Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) is one of boxing’s biggest stars, having regularly sold out massive sports stadiums in the United Kingdom over the past couple of years. This Saturday night, the unified heavyweight champion will make his United States debut against short notice underdog Andy Ruiz Jr (32-1, 21 KOs), in what is expected to be a packed Madison Square Garden in New York.
While this is hardly the fight anyone wanted, and the frustrations are mounting that the triumvirate of Joshua, Deontay Wilder, and Tyson Fury are destined not to fight each other in 2019, you can’t deny that all of these men are still going to make obscene amounts of money fighting demonstrably inferior opposition.