Andy Ruiz Jr. Wants £40 Million For Rematch With Anthony Joshua

Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. will be heading to the ring for a rematch later in the year but is it understood that the Mexican is demanding for £40 million for the bout to be held in the UK.

Soon after AJ lost the fight to the newly crowned heavyweight champion, his promoter Eddie Hearn triggered a rematch clause as stated in the deal meanwhile the 29-year-old wanted the rematch to be staged in his country stating that he is the first boxer from Mexico to attain the feat in history. On the contrary.

Andy realised his dreams of becoming a champion someday during his fight with Joshua at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. He floored Joshua twice in the third round and completed the defeat of the Brit's defeat in the seventh-round flooring him twice finished him off in the seventh round to claim from him three heavyweight titles - WBA, IBF and WBO. 

However, there has not been any official date set for the fight but Andy revealed to FightHype that it will probably be in November or December and both teams are in talks on the rematch.

"Right now my team, they're negotiating everything right now. I've just got to stay busy, stay healthy and be ready for the rematch," he said. 

"I'd love it to be in the United States or in Mexico you know. It all depends on the team and what they negotiate. If they want me to go over there, they've got to give me $50 million (£40m). If they want to come over here - it's just negotiations you know." 

Andy, In his statement, remain confident in himself blaming Joshua's defeat on his inability to move backwards and believes he would even be more caution in the rematch