Jake Paul like Andy Ruiz comes into the fight with Joshua an underdog but strangely not much more of one with sports books that Ruiz was at that time.
That was some years ago now at that stage of course and many fights have happened since then.
The bout at the time saw Ruiz light up the world by stopping Joshua and becoming the first Mexican heavyweight champion of the world when no one thought it were possible.
Paul comes into this as an underdog as well but is only 6/1 underdog in some places to beat Joshua, Ruiz would have possibly been a little shorter than that at the time to upset Joshua but still, not a whole much more.
What Jake Paul Can Learn From Andy Ruiz Knockout Of Anthony Joshua
Sportsbooks must be thinking, well, Joshua is coming into this off not a few great years where he hasn’t really fought anyway (was taken the distance by Franklin, Wattin not much of a threat to him, Ngannou an MMA fighter), as well as losing multiple times to Usyk, being knocked out then last year by Daniel Dubois violently as well.
That will all be factoring in to sports books making Paul that short a price.
Paul can take heart from that and like the Dubois fight, notice that Joshua is suspectable to that right hand from shorter fighters as well like he was against shorter fighters in Ruiz and Dubois.
The fact Dubois and Ruiz were both shorter opponents than Joshua is something Paul can look at in terms of getting inside the reach and closing the distance.
Ruiz did it very effectively.
Why not have a meeting with Ruiz all together to discuss it, Ruiz for his part extended this offer to Jake Paul not long ago.
Ruiz also mentioned the right hand for Jake Paul as being key.
Maybe it can be.
Ultimately, when all is said and done, Paul vs Joshua is not boxing selling its soul.
It is in fact — expanding its audience and reducing its age demographics — worldwide.
