Anthony Joshua: World champion 'had health issue' before first Andy Ruiz fight

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Unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says a health issue left him 'tired' and 'drained' in the build-up to his June defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr.

Anthony Joshua became a two-time world heavyweight champion with a unanimous points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr in a tense rematch in Saudi Arabia

Conspiracy theories had circulated after his initial defeat, one of the biggest shocks in heavyweight history. "In the changing room before the fight I got a bucket of ice and was putting my head in it thinking 'why do I feel so tired?' Joshua, who will return to the UK in the early hours of Monday morning with the IBF, WBA and WBO belts, was on the front of Sunday's Saudi newspapers, alongside Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, who attended his fight.

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Hmmm

He sneezed 3 times we get it

I don't know, but I'm no longer impressed by him anymore. Kept running away from his opponent, now he's world champion? Not even decking Ruiz once !I've more respect for the fat man.

Being sht isn't a health issue...

Boxing should be banned

Does this mean we can start putting complacency on sick notes?

What surgery? Proof of this?

If he had won he wouldn't have any health issues......

did the 'issue' happen to start in round 3? we've all seen it 😆

By the looks of it Ruiz had health issues in this fight (ie morbidly obese)

He sure did.. It was a bruised ego

I would guess it was a deviated septum.

Gosh the first fight he health issues the second fight Ruiz admitted he was unfit but still lasted the whole fight bet the ref had a headache 4 weeks ago excuses excuses

Frontal lobotomy

Yer yer same old

Looked like a neck or inner ear injury 🙄

And 2 fights instead of one certainly fixed his Wealth issues if not his alleged health issue😅😅😅😅😅

He had a health issue during the 1st fight also it's called the Pallookaville virus 🤪 💥

Won on technical points

Take an aspirin. Carry on sonny, nothing to see here

Ramon deckers kicked ass with a broken fist. No complaints, accepted the fight and won.

Excess Pride? Arrogance? Are they medical issues 🤔🤣

Oh that's a pity to be making excuses now.

'THE' most boring fight I have seen in a very long time.

Silly to come out with that. Should have accepted the belts and gone home. Who concocted that nonsense?

Come on man it's best not to talk if you're not going to say. It's coming across as an excuse now.

Diabetes makes people feel tired as do other conditions but needing an operation?

He was not up to par in that first bout,,, last night he looked totally focused, light and lean, I don’t get where the hate comes from, he’s a great boxer, I’ve always thought it... second only to Iron Mike ✊🏻 for me

Maybe Andy_destroyer1 had “health issues” yesterday and that’s why this bloke won 🤷🏻‍♀️

The other bloke could out run me that time lovefeildeventstrophys

Transformer pyjama sofa brigade inbound......3,2,1 go

Have a rematch with him and see him knock you down again 4 times like the first fight then run your mouth.

Excuses, period.

chesty cough? there there poor thing

Couldn’t he get the right amount of juicing done?

That's what David Hayes always says after a defeat

Typical female saying football wins for Sheffield and Southampton on the news

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