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Anthony Joshua would stand little chance against Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury.

That’s according to former world champion Glenn McCrory, who was far from impressed with AJ’s unanimous points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night.

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Anthony Joshua won back his three world titles in a fight that smashed UK pay-per-view records

Joshua had learned from the mistakes he made in his first fight with Ruiz as he outboxed the Mexican-American to win back the heavyweight world titles he had lost in stunning fashion in June.
But McCrory has accused the 30-year-old champion of ‘running away’ from his opponent, saying he looked vulnerable every time ‘the little fat bloke’ put him under pressure.
“I see it in two ways,” he told talkSPORT hosts Jim White and Natalie Sawyer when asked about Saturday’s fight in the Middle East.
“One, he did what he had to do to win and pick up the £60m; he boxed excellently, used great movement and his jab was good.
“But on the other hand, he made Andy Ruiz Jr look like Rocky Marciano! He made an ordinary fighter look dangerous.

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Joshua got some good, powerful shots in at Ruiz Jr, but would only throw them on his terms and at the correct range

“At the end of the day, he was in the ring with a little fat bloke. I’m not taking too much away from Ruiz Jr, but he was badly out of shape and Joshua made him look like some sort of monster.
“This wasn’t Mike Tyson, this wasn’t George Foreman. You’ve got to put it in context of who he beat.
“There looked to be so much frailty around Joshua; any time he got in close quarters he grabbed, because it looked like he would get hurt at any time.
“I thought he’d pepper him with a jab, step in and take him out, but his confidence didn’t look there. Any time they came close he tied them up. He wasn’t in with a super danger man!
“If you weren’t a boxing fan and you looked at the TV screen, you would say ‘is this a joke?’ You’ve got one super athlete at 6ft 6in and one fella who is badly out of shape, and yet the big fella is all over the ring and running away, running away, running away.”

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Joshua kept Ruiz at bay and worked him around the ring all night

Joshua’s win has set him up to chase what would be huge fights with Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury next year, although he’ll likely need to face mandatory challenger for the IBF belt Kubrat Pulev first.
But McCrory says the Brit will have absolutely no chance against heavyweight rivals Fury or Wilder if he keeps fighting as he did against Ruiz Jr.
He added: “I want to give him credit, it was a beautiful boxing display… but are you going to do that with Deontay Wilder?

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“For me, Tyson Fury looks way better, and do not even go near Deontay Wilder because he’ll get knocked out.
“Fight fans will want it, and Joshua doesn’t shirk a challenge so hopefully he’ll take a fight like that, but it’s then we’ll find out if he’s back and whether he can claim greatness.
“It’s when he goes in with somebody like Wilder when we’ll find out his true measure and where he will stand in heavyweight history.”