Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II

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Clash On The Dunes
Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II.jpeg
DateDecember 7, 2019
Venue Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Title(s) on the line WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Andy Ruiz Jr. Anthony Joshua
Nickname Destroyer AJ
Hometown Imperial, California, U.S. Watford, England
Pre-fight record 33–1 (22 KO) 22–1 (21 KO)
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) 6 ft 6 in (198 cm)
Weight 284 lb (129 kg) 237 lb (108 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight champion Former unified heavyweight champion
Result
Joshua wins via 12-round unanimous decision (118–110, 118–110, 119–109)

Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua II, billed as Clash On The Dunes, was a heavyweight professional boxing rematch between the Mexican-American champion Andy Ruiz Jr. and British former champion Anthony Joshua, for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight world titles. The event took place on December 7, 2019, at the Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Joshua won the bout via unanimous decision. [1] [2] The bout between Ruiz and Joshua was refereed by Luis Pabon. [3]

Contents

Background

After losing by seventh-round technical knockout to Andy Ruiz Jr. on June 1, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York City in one of the biggest upsets in the history of boxing, [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Joshua stated in a post-fight interview that he and his team certainly expected to exercise the rematch clause with Ruiz. Four days after the fight took place, Joshua's promoter and group managing director of Matchroom Sport Eddie Hearn announced on social media platforms that Joshua's management team triggered the contractual rematch clause with Ruiz.

Saudi Arabian authorities reportedly paid £30 million ($41.1 million) to host the event in Saudi Arabia. [12]

International broadcasters

The fight was streamed live on Fight Sports MAX in MENA region (Saudi Arabia as host), DAZN in the United States and seven other countries, and televised live on PPV's Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom and Ireland. [13] [14] [15]

Country/RegionBroadcasters
Free-to-air Cable / Pay television PPV Stream
Flag of the Arab League.svg  MENA —Fight Sports MAX
Flag of the United States.svg  United States — DAZN
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Azteca 7 — Azteca En Vivo
Latin America — ESPN [16] — WatchESPN
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom — Sky Sports Box Office
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [17] — Main Event —
Balkan countries — Arena Sport Orion TV (SRB only)
Max TV Go (exclude SRB)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [18] RTL
— RTL Play
Baltic countries — TVPlay Sports [19] — TVPlay Sports+
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium — Eleven Sports [20] — Eleven Sports
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
RTL 7 RTL XL
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [21] —
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei — Astro Box Office Astro Go
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria [22] — Diema Sport — Diema Play Extra
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China CCTV — CNTV
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic — Sport1 — Digi GO
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of France.svg  France [23] — RMC Sport — RMC Sport
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Mola TV [24] —Mola TV On Demand
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel —Sport 1—Sport 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [25] — Wowow — Wowow
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand — Sky Arena —
Nordic countries — Viaplay [26]
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Azteca 7 — Azteca En Vivo
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama [27] RPC-TV — Medcom Go
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Tap Sports—Tap Go
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland [28] TVP Sport — TVP Stream
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania [29] Pro TV — Pro TV Plus
Voyo
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [30] Channel One — Channel One
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa OpenView —
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan TV Varzish —Mediabay
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan [31] Sport
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey [32] —SSport+
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine [33] Inter — Inter

Fight card

Weight ClassWeightvs.MethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight +90 kg. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Joshua def. Flag of the United States.svg Andy Ruiz Jr. (c)UD12 Note 1
Heavyweight+90 kg. Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Povetkin vs. Flag of the United States.svg Michael Hunter SD12
Heavyweight+90 kg. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dillian Whyte def. Flag of Poland.svg Mariusz Wach UD10
Heavyweight+90 kg. Flag of Croatia.svg Filip Hrgović (c)def. Flag of the United States.svg Éric Molina KO3 (12)2:03 Note 2
Heavyweight+90 kg. Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Mahammadrasul Majidov def. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom LittleTKO2 (8)1:49
Lightweight-61.2 kg. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Zuhayr Al Qahtanidef. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Omar DusaryUD8
Super middleweight-76.2 kg. Flag of the United States.svg Diego Pachecodef. Flag of Tanzania.svg Selemani SaidiKO1 (4)1:38
Featherweight-57 kg. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hopey Price def. Flag of Tanzania.svg Swedi MohamedTKO3 (4)2:22
Lightweight-61.2 kg. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Majid Al Naqbidef. Flag of Georgia.svg Ilia BeruashviliTKO3 (4)

^Note 1 For Unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles [34]

^Note 2 For WBC International heavyweight title

Viewership

On Sky Sports Box Office, the fight reportedly broke the all-time UK pay-per-view (PPV) record, according to Eddie Hearn (who said he was told by Sky Sports). The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) revealed that Sky Sports Box Office generated 1.284 million buys on fight night, and a further 291,000 buys over the following two weeks, [35] totaling 1.575 million buys in the UK. [36]

On DAZN, the fight was the most streamed event of 2019. [37] It was watched live by approximately 1.8 million DAZN subscribers across nine markets, according to The Athletic boxing journalist Mike Coppinger, who also said the fight drew 200,000 new subscribers, with most from the United States. [38]

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