AJ was so....meh. So was Usyk for that matter.. If AJ doesn't go for the kill, he will lose another UD. It's easy to outbox a 500 lb whale. Not so much a guy who is serious about his physique.
I am a little tired of rematches--
Why a rematch? it delay so much shit in boxing-
"contracts though" we should be seeing fury -Usyk right now--asap--"but boxing"
It will be very interesting to see how Joshua fights in the rematch. I think the rematch is a very compelling fight!! Joshua has the ability to win this fight if he brings the correct game plan and aggresion. I am looking forward to Usyk vs Joshua 2!!!
I pick Usyk but I will say this strongly, Joshua winning the rematch would NOT be shocking.
It's not an impossibility, I give him maybe a 30% chance in a rematch, and that means stranger things have happened. Don't make the mistake of ruling him out entirely, he has enough physical assets that with a better gamplan and a few improvements he could make the fight a lot closer and maybe even win it.
If you say he has absoloutley NO chance, you haven't learned from all the recent upsets in heavyweight boxing, hell I give Wilder SOME chance against fury in 2 weeks and he got beat way worse than Joshua did.
So picking Usyk, but by no means guaranteed, no means.
If AJ lets his hands go, Usyk can catch and drop him.
Usky won't hit him harder than Klitschko who flattened him but he got up from that.
If he's too worried about being hit by a CW then it's over for him..he might as well forget the rematch.
And he's fighting a southpaw, he needs to show the left-hook he used to have. And more bodypunching which he's never really been good at.
In short he needs new trainers and cornermen.
Joshua threw 641 punches according too compubox. He has to do a lot more than just let his hands go.
He throws a lot of fake, pawing jabs now which he didn't used to do. Almost like they think that's part of the 'brilliant boxing' his corner was telling him he was doing on Saturday.
Better trainer, better strategy and Alex Ariza and AJ batters his face so bad they will stop the fight.
He barely did anything on Saturday and Usyk’s face looked far worse than AJ’s. I’ve seen videos of AJ today and his face is already back to normal. The knots on Usyk’s face and the cut above his eye to his head will take days to heal. Wonder what will happen if Josh were to let his hands go.
Joshua threw 641 punches according too compubox. He has to do a lot more than just let his hands go.
You’d be stupid not to pick Usyk after the first fight. I wouldn’t write AJ off, he has legit power so he’s in there with a shot but I’d have to pick Usyk to beat him again.
I say Oleksandr Usyk because Anthony Joshua is no longer the same fighter. That first Andy Ruiz fight has permanently ruined him. He is more tentative and hesitant in releasing his hands nowadays. In addition, he's become more reluctant to engage, exchange and trade punches with his opponents due to his weak chin and poor stamina.
I say Oleksandr Usyk because Anthony Joshua is no longer the same fighter. That first Andy Ruiz fight has permanently ruined him. He is more tentative and hesitant in releasing his hands now. In addition, he's more reluctant in engaging and exchanging and trading punches with his opponents due to his weak chin and poor stamina.