Did Wilder announcement distract AJ?

Also the man was walking around with a black eye all week probably got slapped around in sparring

You know at this level of the game I wanna say no but I kinda thing everything was upside down for Joshua this week. Wilder stealing the attention. Fury saying he gots to fight real mfers. F#cking Max & SAS kinda f#cking with him. Bet Ak or Barak stepped on the back of his shoe & had him do a lil stutter step with one shoe half off before an interview. AJ seems like a guy that would get affected by that sort of thing I'm not trying to kick a guy when he is down but a lot of things went wrong for him since his fight against Povitkn

Lots of elements all together. - Fight in the US - Change of opponent - Wilder situation - Looking for a fast KO There is always something though..... Strange how AJ went backwards. He made the same mistakes he made against Whyte when he got caught. I don't think Mccracken's advice in the corner was the best. Asking him to keep busy when he needed to gather himself for a few rounds. Ruiz only had success when Joshua went in swinging.

AJ was worried during the introductions. Watch him chewing on his mouth piece. During the fight he was scared of Andy's counters. Fat boy got some fast hands. Exactly the why he was leaning ropes too My man looked stressed the Fock out

AJ was worried during the introductions. Watch him chewing on his mouth piece. During the fight he was scared of Andy's counters. Fat boy got some fast hands.

There should be no excuses like that if you’re a top athlete. Floyd beat Cotto knowing he was heading to jail after the fight.

They kept talking about wilder all week for sure. I don’t remember wilder talking about him before the brezeale fight

Personally, I think AJ's problem was no cardio and a weak chin. I really think that's where it starts and ends.

Completely agree. I think he wanted to make a statement to match Wilder's. When he knocked down Ruiz he went for the big finish. That's not AJ at all - he usually stays at range and finishes using his reach advantage. And he doesn't finish fighters until they're broken down and ready to be finished. That's twice in his career I've seen him get caught up in the moment. The other was Klitschko. I've posted on here before that I didn't like his reaction to Klitschko's punch. We saw it again - took his legs from under him. He took about 4 rounds to recover against Wlad. Credit to Ruiz - he never gave AJ that chance. I feel he was stressed out before the fight tonight I'm not trolling but the why he looked like a man with a lot on his mind

Wilder 1st round KO also added that pressure I feel Completely agree. I think he wanted to make a statement to match Wilder's. When he knocked down Ruiz he went for the big finish. That's not AJ at all - he usually stays at range and finishes using his reach advantage. And he doesn't finish fighters until they're broken down and ready to be finished. That's twice in his career I've seen him get caught up in the moment. The other was Klitschko. I've posted on here before that I didn't like his reaction to Klitschko's punch. We saw it again - took his legs from under him. He took about 4 rounds to recover against Wlad. Credit to Ruiz - he never gave AJ that chance.

Wilder 1st round KO also added that pressure I feel