The political battle between Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Donald Trump continues in Iowa as the two battle head-to-head in another presidential debate, according to Fox News Latino. However, even before the debate started, Trump was nowhere to be found and announced boycotting the event, giving Cruz another opening to slam his opponent.

The debate, which will happen on Thursday with Megyn Kelly of Fox News, has recently been the center the Texan senator's statements against Trump. Slamming Trump's announcement to boycott the debate, Cruz said that Trump owes it to the Iowans to show respect, the news agency reports.

Furthermore, Cruz also claimed that Trump was boycotting the debate because he was avoiding some questions from Kelly, who had been known to be bold in her statements against Trump.

"He doesn't think he should have any questions on his record. And it's really quite astonishing that Donald is apparently so afraid of Megyn Kelly," Cruz said as quoted by the publication. Cruz even directly stated just how Trump proved that he is not worthy of the seat at the White House.

"He's admitting that he cannot stand the scrutiny, and that means he's not up to the job of being commander-in-chief. Anyone scared of Megyn Kelly is not going to be able to stand up to Hillary Clinton or Vladimir Putin. And we need a strong, principled, conservative president," he added as quoted by the news agency.

Meanwhile, CNN reports that even though Trump may seemingly win Iowa votes, tables may turn and people might just start voting for his opponent, Cruz. Monmounth University released its latest poll on Wednesday showing that Trump is up 30 percent against Cruz at 23 percent.

However, it is still 50-50 according to some, including Iowa Rep. Steve King who said, "This has now become a binary decision," he said as quoted by CNN adding, "Either you're from Trump, or your vote needs to be Cruz."

Meanwhile, the news that Trump will be boycotting the Iowa caucuses may just put Cruz in a better position than how he initially kicked off in the state. Cruz even said that voters must think hard if they will vote for Trump or not because Iowa's votes are significant in the electoral race, the news agency reports.

"To be honest, even if you want another candidate to win the nomination, if Trump wins Iowa, that just sucks the oxygen out for everyone," Cruz said as quoted by the news outlet.