THE UNDERDOG: Ruiz Jnr is a huge outsider, with some bookmakers placing him as long as 12/1
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THE FAVOURITE: Joshua is not expected to have any issues retaining his heavyweight titles
NOTHING looks right in the heavyweight division these days. The bodies, once regular sized and almost relatable, don’t look right and the belts around wider waists don’t look right. There are too many of them, their meaning devalued, and too many fighters, because of this, have licence to call themselves champions. Then there’s the schedule. That doesn’t look right, either. On it are fights, title fights, but not the ones anybody really wants to see. Title fights in name only, they tend to feature undefeated champions eager to remain undefeated against unheralded challengers eager to get paid. It’s a recipe not so much for clarity as ambivalence.