The boxing world is absolutely gobsmacked and in sheer disbelief after the lightly-regarded Andy Ruiz Jr (33-1, 22 KOs) pulled off a gigantic upset, as he stopped Anthony Joshua (22-1, 21 KOs) to become the new IBF, WBA, and WBO heavyweight champion. This was Joshua’s United States debut in front of a pro-Joshua crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York, and it proved to be disastrous.
Joshua was knocked down four times overall, but it was the Brit who put the Mexican-American on the canvas first. It looked as if when Ruiz was floored with a left hook in round three that Joshua would be on his way to his expected win.