Joshua between rounds 6-7 “why am I feeling like this?”

Teddy Atlas pointed out that getting hit on the chin is ONE thing, but a shot behind the ear is ANOTHER. He said Joshua simply didn't have his balance after the third round. If it's never happened to you before, an inner ear infection, a sudden labyrinthitis, or a punch, and you've got the weirdest damn feeling...vertigo, confusion, weakness. "What's happening to me?" He tried to keep going in the 4th, 5th and 6th, and sometimes tried a flurry that he thought would deck Ruiz again, but it may have felt like a dream. He was doing it on instinct. And then it was more shots behind the ear in the 7th that did him in. He sure looked weird with all the dreamy smiling. After it was over, it was like somebody still high; he was an auto-pilot while part of him was off in space.

Andy Ruiz won fair and square. But even the biggest Joshua hater must admit that there was something wrong with Joshua.

My source tells me that AJ was drugged to ensure a rematch happens. AJ will fight Ruiz again for all the titles shortly.

Klit bros....do you miss us yet??

He has been dropped and buzzed by Klitschko and still got up to win so he has faced this before. But honestly I said it before during the open workout he looked concussed and had lump on face heading into the fight. Some was even saying he got dropped during sparring several times. I think that was the same story about Dawson going into the Ward fight. The rumors were he got knocked out in sparring and come fight night, he couldn't take a punch for ****.

Real weird.

Honestly, I cannot remember any fighter whose legs would be so quick to betray him. Looking back at his fights, every time he caught a decent shot, his legs start to wobble really bad and it takes him quite some time to recover. I think Wilder would destroy AJ so bad

He really said that? That's gotta be one of the oddest things boxer exer said to his trainer.

He has been dropped and buzzed by Klitschko and still got up to win so he has faced this before. But honestly I said it before during the open workout he looked concussed and had lump on face heading into the fight. Some was even saying he got dropped during sparring several times. I read the sparring thing here also. Wouldn't be surprised if he got ****ed up in sparring towards the end of camp and was concussed going into the fight.

AJ has shown a few times that he’s a real fighter, amateur and pro. Not sure I agree but he definitely needs to prove he’s not a hypejob. Right now the jury is out. He has been dropped and buzzed by Klitschko and still got up to win so he has faced this before. But honestly I said it before during the open workout he looked concussed and had lump on face heading into the fight. Some was even saying he got dropped during sparring several times. Well the jury is out, I don’t want to kick him whilst his down or say “I told you so” but it is what it is. Am just so delighted for Ruiz for having the cojones that the others in the division didn’t have. I know Ruiz had nothing to lose but he still put his name on a contract.

At one point in the between round highlights they showed Joshua covering up, expecting an overhand right, and instead took a massive body shot. Joshua made an awful face at it and was clear he wasn’t expecting it. And he took a number of those. One of the things I worried about going into the fight was AJs tendency to rest when he holds. He just waits for the ref whereas that's where Ruiz gets busy. A couple of times it happened in 5 or 6. Big shots from the smaller man on a guy relaxing once they were together. They hurt! That said, I think he was already cooked.

He has never been through this before in his life. He isn’t a fighting man like Fury said. He might be a genetic freak but he isn’t a fight man. I have said this about him many times and I get criticised, he is too stiff, not fluid at all. He cannot fight shorter people and doesn’t look comfortable on the back foot. He had this weird feeling throughout this fight. He has been dropped and buzzed by Klitschko and still got up to win so he has faced this before. But honestly I said it before during the open workout he looked concussed and had lump on face heading into the fight. Some was even saying he got dropped during sparring several times.

He has never been through this before in his life. He isn’t a fighting man like Fury said. He might be a genetic freak but he isn’t a fight man. I have said this about him many times and I get criticised, he is too stiff, not fluid at all. He cannot fight shorter people and doesn’t look comfortable on the back foot. He had this weird feeling throughout this fight. AJ has shown a few times that he’s a real fighter, amateur and pro. Not sure I agree but he definitely needs to prove he’s not a hypejob. Right now the jury is out.

He has never been through this before in his life. He isn’t a fighting man like Fury said. He might be a genetic freak but he isn’t a fight man. I have said this about him many times and I get criticised, he is too stiff, not fluid at all. He cannot fight shorter people and doesn’t look comfortable on the back foot. He had this weird feeling throughout this fight. 100% Lots of big strong guys want to play boxing, but it's totally different than being BRED into this. Fury was BRED into boxing. Wilder and Joshua just picked it up. Wilder has surprised me with his heart though. He strikes me as a guy who took up the sport and ended up falling in love with it after the fact, while Joshua has seemed like someone who loved the sport at the start and ended up going the opposite route. But Andy is another one of those guys who were bred for this. he was learning the sport while Joshua and Wilder were learning how to talk to girls.

... He took no damage in the first and he's asking what should he do? For real? Bizarre af. ... not so bizarre at all... first time fighting away from home... he changed all his habits... other food, other water, other training environment (in Miami) a.s.o....

Another thing... I agreed with the stoppage. The ref could see that he accepted defeat and didn't look like he wanted to continue. But I wonder if he was in England, would the ref would've let him continue? Or if this was Wilder instead of Joshua in Brooklyn, would the ref given him another chance to continue?

Just hope we don’t hear excuses about getting poised next 😂. literally the post above yours :rofl:

Life comes at you fast.

Ruiz took him into deep waters and drowned him, deep down Joshua isn't a fighting man. He got lucky against Klitschko, not this time.

It was very clear he was concussed from the first knockdown. Signs and symptoms of a concussion may include: Headache or a feeling of pressure in the head Temporary loss of consciousness Confusion or feeling as if in a fog Amnesia surrounding the traumatic event Dizziness or "seeing stars" Ringing in the ears Nausea Vomiting Slurred speech Delayed response to questions Appearing dazed Fatigue