How does a fight end like this?

That was a good stoppage and it was Joshuas best performanceIt was an unjustified stoppage and a poor performance by AJ. I doubt he averaged more than 20 punches thrown per round.

it was a dodgy stoppage but the guy was miles behind and had no chance of winning so to me thhe ref done the right thing

I just posted a video from Youtube..lol it's at a strip club

I thought it was a terrible stoppage That ref wanted to stop that fight and award it to AJ from the start. He tried to talk the guy into quitting from a minor cut and called the doctor in to look at the cut every 5 minutes. He was hurt but no where near enough to stop the fight. He was ducking and slipping punches when the ref jumped in to "save" him. No wonder he was shocked the fight was stopped. Maybe AJ would have legitimately stopped him later or maybe not. We will never know thanks to a ref who protected AJ's 100% KO record like a mother hen. AJ looked sluggish and his work rate was very poor. If Wilder goes to England to fight AJ he had better insist on a neutral referee.

That’s a garbage stoppage. Wow you brits should be embarrassed and pissed

terrible stoppage

Same **** in the floyd vs McGregor fight.. are 2 more punches really gonna give the guy brain damage? No it wasn't dude, stop! McWelfare was getting blitzed. Emile Griffith killed Benny Paret with 20 punches dude, so yea, definitely possible. UK time and time again you guys are so dang fixed that's why nobody goes there. McClellan, vegetable. Tszyu, career cut short. Dirrell, robbed. Klitschko, robbed. Byron Mitchell, early stoppage. The list goes on and on. The ^ video is a TERRIBLE stoppage.

That back round of the photo looked and sounded like it, of the tv playing the boxing match I just posted a video from Youtube..lol

hell naw...why you ask that? That back round of the photo looked and sounded like it, of the tv playing the boxing match

My initial thoughts were a bullsh#t stoppage by the referee. But in hindsight, Anthony Joshua didn't have a mark on him besides damage from the intentional headbutt. He was getting his second winding and beginning to tee off on Carlos Takam. Takam was also badly busted up and had taken an accumulation of heavy shots throughout. You find that the AJ haters are the most vocal about the "bad stoppage". Unless Takam went out in a bodybag they'd find reasons to criticize the Heavyweight King. The referee showed some compassion and saved Takam from an embarrassing/concussive ending. True. The stoppage may have been a bit premature but the end result was a foregone conclusion. No need for Takam to take any further punishment.

If the roles were reversed and Takam was throwing those shots, do you think it would have been stopped? Not a chance in hell. Takam would have to kill Joshua to get the stoppage.

Didn't see the fight just this clip. It was stopped to give Joshua the KO.

My initial thoughts were a bullsh#t stoppage by the referee. But in hindsight, Anthony Joshua didn't have a mark on him besides damage from the intentional headbutt. He was getting his second winding and beginning to tee off on Carlos Takam. Takam was also badly busted up and had taken an accumulation of heavy shots throughout. You find that the AJ haters are the most vocal about the "bad stoppage". Unless Takam went out in a bodybag they'd find reasons to criticize the Heavyweight King. The referee showed some compassion and saved Takam from an embarrassing/concussive ending.

u at a strip club huh? hell naw...why you ask that?

I didn't see the fight, but Takam wasn't hurt in the least and there wasn't even a flurry to give the ref an excuse, wtf?

All I saw was this little clip, and from what I saw, it was an early stoppage

If the roles were reversed and Takam was throwing those shots, do you think it would have been stopped? Not a chance in hell. Joshua wasnt the one eating bombs all night. Yea, takam could possibly make the distance, but at what cost, im sure the ref was looking for an excuse for a while, because although the guy was taking the punches, he wasnt showing that he could actually win, so why not save him from bigger brain damage.

says larry who thinks ward v kovalev 2 was a great stoppage :lol1: not even close to the same

Honestly that stoppage is even worse on the replay. Takam was using some nice head movement and making Joshua miss bad lol. To much sense lol

says larry who thinks ward v kovalev 2 was a great stoppage :lol1: