Earlier this year, the two fought for the first time in New York, where Joshua fell four times before his defeat to Andy Ruiz. During this fight, he lost his WBO, WBA, and IBF titles.
This time, Joshua would have lost again in the eighth round when Ruiz came again with the type of punches that lost Joshua the first match.
This time though, Joshua stayed focused and on his feet long enough to win the fight by unanimous decision, 117 – 111.
Supporters in Nigeria followed the fight and supported Joshua through the fight, sharing comments and happenings from the game with the hashtags, RuizJoshua2 and JoshuaRuiz2.
When Joshua won, social media users celebrated his comeback.
Check out some reactions below:
https://twitter.com/EzraelAni/status/1203443575561826309?s=20
Anthony Joshua. Great mentality. He took an L. He didn’t blame anyone. He didn’t say anyone imposed Ruiz Jr on him. He focused, trained harder, switched strategy and came back with a master class tactical victory! pic.twitter.com/lGKNxjsyuK
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) December 7, 2019
-Anthony Joshua stays in England
-He is a Nigerian
-He lost a fight while staying in England
-He traveled HOME in Nigeria
-We gave him our strength
-He went back to where he stays
-He regained his belts back.When Nigeria is on your matter, you’re finished. #RuizJoshua2 pic.twitter.com/wVqaPUhl42
— Big Chops (@iamBigChops) December 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/iam_masterelite/status/1203547328969355264?s=20
