In what was billed as New Zealand's first world heavyweight championship fight, both unbeaten challengers didn't fail to deliver.. In the early sessions, it looked like Andy Ruiz jr 29/0 (19 Ko's) was on his way to becoming the first Mexican-American heavyweight champion. Out hustling the hometown fighter for the best part of 4 rounds, even stunning the 24-year old Parker in the second.. Ruiz appeared to sit back on his earlier work after the fifth and allow Joseph to dictate behind the jab.. Ruiz had little answer for much of Parkers work in the middle rounds and resorted to loading up for one big shot.. Parker won most of the middle rounds on pure activity, but rarely taking the chances to shoot his trademark right hand.. With many rounds appearing close to the untrained eye, going into the eleventh round it appeared that Both men had everything to play for.. Ruiz pushed to take the 11th with more aggressive work but the final stanza edging towards the busier Parker.. looking back at the fight I'm sure both fighters would agree that they could have took a lot more risks with such high stakes on the line.. The judges scorings were close with on official offering a 114-114 draw.. however both of the other two judges scored the fight for Parker by a score of 115-113. Parker now moves into the mix with Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder as universally recognised beltholders and will more than likely make his first defence against the Uk's Hughie Fury in 2017.. Tony Weeks was the referee.
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