Former European super-bantamweight champion, Spencer Oliver has warned British professional boxer, Anthony Joshua against taking a ‘dangerous’ immediate rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr.
In fact, Oliver, who is the latest in a long list of esteemed boxing pundits who have urged the 29-year-old not to take the fight against Ruiz, suggested a second defeat to the Mexican could be the end of Joshua’s career.
“I think it’s a dangerous move, I really do. I think he is going to have a lot of demons going into that fight,” Oliver was quoted as saying by Talksport.com..
“Ruiz Jr is going to have been elevated to another level – he’s not going to want to let that title go.
“It’s going to be a tough, tough night for Anthony Joshua and we are really going to find out what he is made of.”
“He wants it, he doesn’t want to go through that warming up process with another couple of fights or whatever. But Anthony Joshua really is a brand.
“And when you have become a brand, a loss is really, really damaging. Another loss could be career-ending because he will lose all that marketability.
“Does he really want to be mixing it at that lower level? I don’t just think he is the face of boxing, he is the face of sport.” .
