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Andy Ruiz shocks Anthony Joshua for heavyweight world titles

Ruiz, who has won four fights in a row, looked fearless and poised while Joshua -- who delivered 21 knockouts in his 22 victories -- never seemed to recover from the first knockdown early in the third.

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Andy Ruiz (right) lands a right hand on Anthony Joshua during their heavyweight championship match in New York on Saturday. Pic/AP,PTI

Andy Ruiz (right) lands a right hand on Anthony Joshua during their heavyweight championship match in New York on Saturday. Pic/AP,PTI

Anthony Joshua's bid to make a splash in his US debut ended in misery for the three belt heavyweight world champion with a stunning loss to underdog Andy Ruiz at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Ruiz recorded a monster upset, by knocking down Britain's Joshua four times to take the World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization titles.

The 29-year-old Ruiz came into the fight as a massive 32-1 underdog. But he won it by TKO in the middle of the seventh when the referee stopped it at 1:26 of the round after the fourth knockdown. Ruiz, sent to the canvas once himself, knocked Joshua down twice in the third round and twice more in the seventh.

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