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2 Anthony Joshua insists Andy Ruiz Jr is not the hardest puncher he’s faced, despite the Mexican-American being the only man to beat him in his professional career.
Ruiz floored the British superstar four times and stopped him when they first clashed in New York in the summer of 2019, but AJ insists Wladimir Klitschko hit him harder when he dropped him in their 2017 battle.
Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko shared heavy punches in their warGetty
When asked the question on the Pound For Pound Podcast, Joshua hesitated and then replied: “Who’s hit me the hardest? Yeah, Klitschko.
“I was gonna say Ruiz, but when he hit me that was like a concussion on the back of my head.
“When I went in with Klitschko, yeah, I just knew this could go two ways.
“I could either win or I’m gonna be laid out on my back. You know when you get carried out on a stretcher?”
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Joshua beat Ruiz in their rematchAFP or licensors
AJ eventually stopped Klitschko in round eleven after a hectic couple of middle rounds in which he exchanged knockdowns with the legendary champion.
Joshua put the Ukrainian down in the fifth before being flattened by a cataclysmic right hand three minutes later.
Referencing that famous punch, he continued: “It was the 15 that came after that as well.
“This guy’s a beast, he’s a beast.“
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