Furious Anthony Joshua result: Wilder rips into Andy Ruiz Jr with an expletive-laden rant
Deontay Wilder let rip at Andy Ruiz Jr after the Mexican-American lost his heavyweight world titles to Anthony Joshua.
The American, the WBC heavyweight champion, had been hoping to eventually unify against Ruiz Jr as they both fight under Al Haymon’s PBC banner but was furious to see him relinquish the belts back to AJ, who works with rival promoter Eddie Hearn.
“I’m smart enough to know, cut the f***ing ring off.
“Once you cut the ring off, you put Joshua in a corner and you can have your way with him by hitting him the way you did the first time
“To be in boxing that long and not know how to cut the ring off? If he knew, he didn’t do it, or he didn’t have the intellect. I’m a little upset with him.”
“Ruiz said he was doing great, not letting this moment get to him, but in the end you hear him saying he ate too much and should’ve trained harder… Like, what the f***?
“What do you mean you ate too much and could’ve trained harder?
“I take this s*** seriously. I don’t know what their mentality is, but I didn’t become champion of the world just to say, ‘Put me in the record books. At least I can say I was a champion. They can never take that away from me.’
“F*** that s***. I’m here for legacy. Long live the king. That’s my mentality, and America should love a world champion like me.”
Wilder also had harsh words for the victory Joshua, deriding his performance and suggesting he will NEVER fight the Brit in a unification showdown.
He said: “Joshua did what he had to do to get the win. He ran around the ring and was on his bike all day.
“Basically, he had Klitschko in the camp and he was a lot like Klitschko. That jab-grab-hold method. That’s all he did tonight.
“You want to dominate guys, man. Maybe I’m just too rough, too hard-core and too much of a dream for this time and era, maybe the world wants that nice s***.
“My mentality is so different from these other fighters. But when I think of myself as a champion, you want to come out there and whoop his ass.
“I’m not coming in, after losing to this guy, to just dance and grab and jab and hold. I’m going to show the world and convince them I am the very best and that no one is close to me.
“I don’t think we’ll ever see a unification bout. We’ll never see it, and I don’t want people to get their hopes up on it because it’ll never happen.
Read Also:Watford, Maguire hail Anthony Joshua for masterclass performance
“They couldn’t say anything about fighting me. They couldn’t mention my name. They went around me
“I’m too dangerous. You’ve seen what I do in the ring. I don’t play around.