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Joshua lightens the load as Ruiz Jr piles on the pounds

Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua go head to head during the weigh-in Action.[Courtesy]

Lean-looking British challenger Anthony Joshua weighed in more than three stones lighter than world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr ahead of their title rematch in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

Joshua hit the scales at 16 stones and 13 pounds (107.5kg), the former champion’s lightest ever weight for a world title fight, at the Diriyah venue near the capital Riyadh on Friday.

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