Andy Ruiz Jr (USA) vs Joseph Parker (New Zealand) | Boxing Fight Highlights HD

Andy, The Destroyer, Ruiz Jr. Lupe Stoliai, La'a Huli, Ole Mali'a Toa, Joseph Barker. Obey my commands at all times and above all, protect yourself at all times. Let's go. Yeah, just the intensity, all the smiles and joviality is over. Those boys did not break eye contact in that center ring. There we go. One thing that Kevin Barry likes to do is to make his fighter, make the opponent feel some power. That's where he has been hit from time to time and Ruiz will know that. He'll slide to the right, look for that right hand there. Abel Sanchez gave me the fight plan. He said, I'm coming right at him all the time. Barker needs to get himself off the ropes. It's not where he wants to be. No, it isn't and Andy makes him pay. Andy may be winning this first round, but Andy's still beaten to the punch at this stage in round number one. Now, the object now is for Joe to try and establish that jab because Andy will be coming at him all the time. Joe backed off a little bit that time, made him miss. There's the jab of Joseph. That's his idea to get him off, but he wants to make him feel some power. They're trying to walk him to the ropes. He doesn't want to get his back up to the rope. This is exactly where Ruiz wants Parker. He wants him to buy into his body movement. Clapper that Andy heard he thought was the bell ending the round. Round number one goes to Andy Ruiz. Here we go with round number two. Joe has got to establish that. Parker again. He's just leaning on to those shots. Oh, there it is. It opens up in a war. Joe got clipped again. Not good size. He wants to try to nail him as a body shot. A good one upstairs with the left hand. Barker's finding his range a little better. He's cuffing overhand right. He's not just throwing single shots. He's making Parker pull back. Joseph has been hit more in the first part of this fight than he has in any of his other fights. He's pouring with the jab at this point as well. He's not touching him. Again, he finds himself back on the ropes. This isn't where he wants to be. He needs to slide down. Watching Parker drop his right hand to the chest rather than going headhunting. And now watch Ruiz try to take advantage of that. He'll touch him to the body and then come upstairs. That's the one thing that Abel Sanchez keeps saying, don't wait, don't wait. And Andy, when he goes downstairs, is catching Joseph and he's touching him upstairs. Any time Joseph Parker does anything, as you'd expect, the crowd goes nuts. Because Joe right now, the jab is not, you know, he's positioning with the jab instead of using it. There he uses it as a sledgehammer, but Andy Ruiz made him pay counterpunch again. I haven't seen Joseph miss as much of his, I don't want to say lazy now, because that was good work with the left hand there. Joe having a little bit better round here in round three than he had the first two. Proving how tough Andy Ruiz is for Joseph Parker. Joseph hasn't landed anything big. The fight plan for Joseph is to try to drag him into deep water. Parker landed a little left hook on the inside there. But Andy landed one as well. Well, Andy needs some pressure, instead he waits. Something happens that needs to be straightened out. He's right on top of him. Ruiz went for that left hand upstairs. With ten seconds to go here, Joe has an open up looking great. That's good work from Parker. I've got to tell you, I think Ruiz won the third round as well. But I bet Ruiz landed more effective blows during the course of that round than what Joe did. And Joe landed a few, or a couple anyway. We're at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. This is the WBO. Don't let him get off first. And when he doesn't wait, he's very effective on Joe. I was looking for him to throw the right hand behind the jab. He realized Joseph brings that left hand down. He wants to try to crack him with the right hand upstairs. Joe hasn't caught him with anything flush yet. I'd like to see him set that up a little bit better. It was more of a slapping shot. High risk, just going and leading with the body shot. To let go with the right hand, and he hasn't been landing it. There's a couple body shots. They'd like to try and soften up the body, but Andy's super tough. He's got a real sledgehammer on that jab to the body. Parker landing and doubling up. I think if he lands the left hook, he can land that right hand. Oh yeah, he will. He just landed it there. Joe's got a big sweat build up, and Andy comes in and puts pressure on Joseph Parker. You can't let Ruiz just wander forward like that. Good timing from Ruiz. He just pulled back. Ruiz is being patient, too. He's not throwing caution to the wind. He's veering up that right hand. That was one of the best, as you said, dial-in jabs that Joseph's thrown. Well, the left hook was on, but I think Joseph landed a hanger on him, too. Parker landed a right hand and a left hook. Both guys have tested the power and felt the power of the opponent. Exactly what Abel Sanchez wants Andy Ruiz to do. Back upstairs as Andy comes in. Now we're seeing the hand speed of Joseph Parker a little bit. Needs to do a little bit more of that. These rounds are getting too close. At the moment, he's getting walked onto that right hand consistently. Just drifting. They say he can't fight going backwards, but he's got a plan at some stage. There's the jab. Joe off on his toes. At this point, Andy Ruiz, it's only a 12-round fight. Four rounds in the bag to his left. Makes a miss. Joe hits him to the body. But Selvan Lungabe from the Philippines at Engle. Has returned back to that tactic, which did work. Brother's power. Pretty good chins from both boys. There's the left hook again from Joe. Something we've seen him before do in his past fights. He needs to take the initiative. Joe works downstairs. And now we see some hand speed from Joseph Parker. Immediately, every time Joe lands a punch, Andy counters with something. Might be close to the butt, I think. As long as Joe circles and doesn't pull straight back, he's alright in terms of boxing Andy Ruiz. This is more of a Parker round. Bit of counter-fighting from Parker there. Ruiz again, right hook for an overhand right. He doubles his jab in the left hook. This is a different Parker now in this round. This is by far his best round of the fight. I thought that Joseph gave away the first four rounds. And this is where conditioning counts in. Both those boys exchanging left hooks, but neither of them really turning over the knuckles there. Big Jeff Cromogia, but I'll tell you this, Abel's got the most out of him that I've seen. Andy doesn't take a step back. Joe hasn't been able to back him up. Even when he hits him, Andy plants his legs. But Joe's backing up all the time. At some stage, he's got to play on his feet. So I have no idea how these guys score fights. Now here's Joseph turning it up a notch now. Left hook there as Ruiz came in. Joe not committed to the jab right now. If Andy Ruiz can just stalk him forward, it suits the heavier fighter. Nonetheless, it is cut. Joe flips him with the left hook again. Now here's Joe up in the toes, and that's when he's at best, when he circles, plants. Oh, look at that! Left hook, Andy caught him on the inside. There's a right hand. And that's what Abel Sanchez is counting on. A little cut. We've had bigger cuts today. But Joe make Andy move a little bit laterally instead of allowing him to come straight in on him. As Andy comes straight in and gets off the left hand. Coming forward all the time. Joe throws the right hand, but nothing big lands. He feels like he can out-punch this guy. And every once in a while, they're going to test each other. He's just lost his range. He's creeping into range, and it's allowed Joseph Parker to dial it. Andy Ruiz is pummeled with a bright eye. Good work through the body there from Parker. Slide down the ropes to grab him and walk him back. Left hook, now the solid left hook. And here they go! Now he's got the determined look again. Ruiz comes in, forces him back. Parker needs to stop looking at the referee and get back on action. There's a beautiful right hand. Joe's got that left hand down. That means the right hand's coming shortly. For the first time, I think Parker's beating him for the punch on the inside. And Ruiz is starting to tire. Andy's got Parker on his back foot again. Uppercut on the inside. Nice by Joseph. Parker takes the deep side. He bred the left hand down. Ruiz clips him with the left hand. Right hand on the inside. Watch him slide back the other way every now and then. And Andy comes in. He still hasn't been able to push Andy back. And allows Andy to stalk him. Back downstairs. Nice one, we've seen it all. What a man! He really cracked Ruiz with that. Good options from Ruiz there. Catching him as he's... As the last three probably have. There's the left hook, right hand. Andy backs him up. This is where he wants him. Now let's see if he explodes. Double leg jab. But he cannot get Andy to back up. And he's still looking for him. And at this point, Mike, with a minute gone... Well, I was about to say, Joseph really hasn't landed much of anything. But Parker took those on the gloves. Now they're inside fighting. But there's been a lot of close rounds in this fight. Parker needs to put his foot on the accelerator. Well, I'll tell you this, there haven't been many breathers for either guy. Nobody down. Andy's cut by the right eye, but it's not a bad cut. I think Joe won that round. Yep. So after nine, I've got this thing dead even. And sustain that cut in the seventh round by his right eye. But with Abel Sanchez working on him, you wouldn't even know it was there. Because it's championship time now. It's 10-11 at 12. And this fight is dead even. Because underneath is where the muscles are. Not on the surface. Right hand on Joe's chin. Joe got the worst of that. He got the left hook. He lands a left hook that time. You see Parker every now and then lead with that right hand. Because I think Ruiz is looking into it. He's drifting. Ruiz just taking the jab. That's the jab. Now the chain goes up to Joseph. And Joseph gets clipped by Andy Ruiz. Both of them are allowing the other. That's a good work. The body from the right hand from Parker. Waiting. Trying to land another big right hand again. I can't spell anything from judges that I don't know. A bit more urgency there from Ruiz. Beats him to the punch on the inside. Right after that, he's right on the assault again. Yes, Parker though landed the uppercut. As Parker's walking forward. There's that sledgehammer jab to the sternum from Ruiz. Parker doubling and tripling up. The guy's really been shaking. Joe's landing to the body hard. There was an overhand right again by Ruiz. If their idea was to run him out of gas, it isn't working. Now there's a big exchange by both guys in there. Oh, Andy uses his shoulder in there. That's as hard as you can hit a man without him going. And here's there Ruiz. And this is another one of those rounds. Too close to call. Both guys have had their moments. And here comes the belt. Back to provisional judges. Why will they go on a panel? But again, these are three unknown judges to me. I've got Parker out front by one point. What country wants it the most? Hodge gas so they have left. It's settled down. Joe goes to the left hand. Back up still. Joe is going to land something really heavy. He's going to try and drop this guy. Andy reaching now. This is something else. Parker backing out. Ruiz moving forward. This is it. This is what champions are made of. 20-week sensational referee has done a typical job. They both need this round. And I'll tell you this. Joe had better pick it up because Andy looks more aggressive. Hey, is a draw out of the question for this thing? Who knows? This is what history has made of. Parker cannot afford to right here. Party shot, but Ruiz is some kind of tough. Oh, is he tough. Minutes 16, 15. Who wants it the most? Look at this. 40 seconds in history. 35 seconds out. Joe loads up the right hand. Trades and trades. They're both in fine shape. The pace has been pretty good for a heavyweight championship fight. In fact, it's been terrific. Right hand. Last 15 seconds of the fight now. Anybody lands something big with less than 10 seconds to go, Andy comes forward. You're watching history, folks. Who's going to be the heavyweight champion of the world? After 12 rounds of action, we go to the judges. Score cards for a decision. For your winner, by majority decision, a new WBO heavyweight champion of the world, fighting out of the blue corner. Joseph Parker has made history. Do you for watching history. Joseph Parker becomes the first New Zealand-born heavyweight champion of the world.