Anthony Joshua’s 7th round knockout stuns Twitter Nigeria

Steve Dede 05:30 - 02 June 2019

Anthony Joshua (Kevin Quigley/Daily Mail)

Mexican Ruiz Jr knocked out Anthony Joshua in the seventh-round to send shock waves among Nigerians.

Nigerians are still at a loss for words at Anthony Joshua’s seventh-round knockout by Mexican Andy Ruiz Jr in a heavyweight bout at the Madison Square Garden.

Joshua was the huge favourites with the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) titles but Ruiz Jr stunned the British Nigerian.

Joshua who was sent to the canvas four times during the fight has a massive following in Nigeria because of his connection to the country of his parents.

The outcome of the fight stunned Nigerians who took to Twitter to share their disappointment.

Despite coming in the early morning of Sunday, June 2 due to the time difference, Nigerians stayed up all night to follow the fight.

Not the biggest Anthony Joshua fan [team fury here] - forget the slander.
Yet, his knockdowns were dodgy. I call fixed match. After he put Ruiz down in the 3rd he had a chance to keep the heat. He reduced the aggression. Trash match, why I hate sports and the trash behind scenes
— Ife. (@IfeJohnseen) June 2, 2019

So, in case you're just waking up.... Just like me.

Anthony Joshua was beaten by Andy Ruiz. What an unexpected way to suffer his first loss in the heavyweight division. INFRINGEMENT! #JoshuaRuiz
— Fisayo Dairo (@FisayoDairo) June 2, 2019

Why am I having this feeling that someone somewhere had a knife to his/her throat....and Joshua threw the fight to save the person.

I can't shake this feeling!
— Bioland®🌍 (@bioland2) June 2, 2019

The only way AJ can come back from this is to KO Ruiz in an immediate rematch just like Lewis/Rahman 1&2. This isn't the end for AJ yet.... #JoshuaRuiz
— ChiefChiph (@chinnky) June 2, 2019

How come Anthony Joshua??? If it was Wilder or fury, we'd expect something tough? But how you let Ruiz Jr beat you up??? So so disappointed 😪😪
— Ibukun Aluko (@IbkSports) June 2, 2019

If you know anyone that supports Tottenham and fucks with Anthony Joshua big, please give them a hug for me.
— Uncle Tolu (@Uncle_Tolu) June 2, 2019

Is there a worse decision in sports than Anthony Joshua turning down $40 million to fight Deontay Wilder? Save yourself the time thinking. The answer is no.
— Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) June 2, 2019

A fat man won him moral lesson don’t kill itself in the gym,
— ONA.O (@hizeed) June 2, 2019

Drake is cursed 😂
See what you have caused #AnthonyJoshua
— DREMO🔥🐉 (@Dremodrizzy) June 2, 2019

At some point,complacency gets to all of us. It is almost as if we can do nothing to stop it.Even the most disciplined/most focused of us at point become complacent.Sometimes we get away with it,many times we don't.AJ got complacent.He forgot Ruiz & focused on Wilder/Fury.
— Babanla (@biolakazeem) June 2, 2019

Watch Anthony Joshua turn to "Nigerian born British boxer" or "British boxer of Nigerian descent" in 4....3....2.....

Sigh.
— Sage. (@Olufisiayo) June 2, 2019

AJ prepared for this fight bro. It’s a mental thing. He came into the fight and he was rocked and shocked. He threw in the towel, he could have fought 50 rounds today, nothing would have changed
— Mayowa A. Balogun (@Sweeegu) June 2, 2019

Because Ruiz is fat doesn't mean he has no power in his punches. The two things are unrelated. 😕
— T. Rânkïn' (@AfroVII) June 2, 2019

Not the biggest Anthony Joshua fan [team fury here] - forget the slander.
Yet, his knockdowns were dodgy. I call fixed match. After he put Ruiz down in the 3rd he had a chance to keep the heat. He reduced the aggression. Trash match, why I hate sports and the trash behind scenes
— Ife. (@IfeJohnseen) June 2, 2019

After Joshua’s stunning loss, ‘Joshua’ was the number one on Twitter Nigeria trend while ‘Ruiz’ was number two as the fight took over Twitter.

American boxer Deontay Wilder also made the trend in number three while rap superstar Drake was also in it as people alluded to the ‘Drake curse’- which suggest that people lose in sports when they take photos with Drake.