FILE PHOTO: Boxing - Andy Ruiz Jr & Anthony Joshua Press Conference - Hilton London Syon Park, London, Britain - September 6, 2019 Andy Ruiz Jr and Anthony Joshua pose during the press conference as promoter Eddie hearn looks on Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
(Reuters) - Briton Anthony Joshua has said his first career defeat at the hands of Andy Ruiz Jr. was down to a lack of experience and he has become a "smarter" fighter ahead of December's rematch.
Mexican-American Ruiz produced one of boxing's biggest upsets when he dethroned the previously undefeated world heavyweight champion with a seventh-round stoppage at New York's Madison Square Garden in June.
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