Andy Ruiz Jr to earn £5m after stunning Anthony Joshua... with British heavyweight landing £20m
Daily MailNewly-crowned world champion Andy Ruiz Jr will bank just £5million after producing one of the greatest heavyweight upsets in history against Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden. World heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr will receive £5m for beating Anthony Joshua Joshua, having agreed to the deal as champion, will receive £20m despite losing the fight Joshua struggled to gain a foothold in the early rounds, but found a breakthrough in the third, flooring Ruiz Jr with a left hook. The challenger recovered and showed slick hand speed to knock Joshua down twice before the end of the round with chopping right hooks to the temple. Joshua knocks Ruiz Jr down with a left hook during a dramatic third round in New York Ruiz Jr stepped in to take the fight with just five weeks' notice after Joshua’s original opponent Jarrell Miller failed a drugs test.