Like most British fighters he is one of the biggest hypejobs in the business right now. He has been a media creation and exposed for having a glass jaw.
Lets face it, like most brits - once they step outside the UK into the big time they get found out (Hatton, Khan, Hamed etc) the list is endless.
Tyson Fury’s Irish roots have proven to be the differentiator - his mindset, charisma and work ethic make him special in comparison.
The reality is AJ is finished and tbh, similar to the beating Hamed took to Barrera - he may not even exercise rematch clause (seems to be a thing for the cowardly Brit hypejobs.) Wilder would probably smoke AJ at this point too.
Equally, it looks like British boxing is in a bad place for the future. Further hypejobs like Conor Benn, Antony Yarde, Daniel Dubois, Joe Córdina and Jack Catterrall the list is endless
Is he finished?
if he gets beat again, this is where he gets the real opportunity to build himself. people are down on him but he is the closest to vlad and lennox. he has been fighting top contenders since whyte. go look and see who wilder was fighting before 33-0. they both started boxing at 18 yrs old. ruiz defeat is a crazy temple shot he couldn't recover from when he was going to finish ruiz. a horrible game plan to box usyk.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have the ring IQ to defeat Usyk in the rematch.
If he doesn't retire after that, his last good payday is probably against Wilder.
hard to say, as fans looking on u hope not, but loses have affects mentally, maybe he does need a new team to overcome those mental issues, get him revved up again, box to a clear gameplan that he has confidence in
or maybe he needs to stop being too nice and go out and take his opponents head off, or try to
if he lands good shots on usyk he can definitely get him out of there, take a shot here and there, not too many & get up like fury does and carry on if needed, not everyone hits like pizza face on a face roll, joshua failed to stop the onslaught with that one, that was the problem too, he should have adjusted for a few rounds and come again, if he has the stamina tho, another issue maybe being so muscular, maybe he needs to get them out quick then, so many decisions to make
Depends on the second Usyk fight really. IF he beats Usyk (which would be almost certainly by KO, because he cannot outpoint the better boxer), then he is back in the game. Look at Wlad's career.
No.
I would imagine this rematch is going to be one of his biggest fights ever. Losing a fight is not really having the desired effect, people would think on Joshua.
All of his loses, obsessions and struggles he is having are developing his story and character 'Boxing fans are witnessing shades of Joshua's character that they had never seen before'.
I was not really enthusiastic for the first Usyk vs Joshua fight, but I will be looking forward to the rematch 'As the match up has more depth, and a better theme to the story'.
Not at all, he has plenty of offer, but it depends on him. Nothing wrong with losing fights, pretty much all the greats did. Also nothing wrong with not being the best, because he’s not.
The problem he has is he looks very timid in the ring now and fights with a lot of fear, which is never a good sign. If he can’t regain his confidence properly and shed some of that look of fear, then he’ll keep becoming easier to beat.
he’s talking a good game right now, but they all do, he did before the last fight. So we’ll see what happens when he gets clipped again in the ring.
I suppose the big problem is his casual fan base is dwindling by the day because they’re not boxing fans. when he loses to Usyk again, he can kiss goodbye to stadium fights unless it was against someone like Fury. AJ won’t beat Usyk, so is he truly going to want to go back to smaller arena shows knowing he’s well out of the picture of being number 1? There will still be big opportunities for him though.
LOL.... this is stupid.... even with the losses, he is still a a MUCH more complete fighter than protected names like Wilder. Back when the best fought the best, they all had losses. Glass Jaw? Then what about Fury? He got Knocked Down as well quite a few times in the past few fights alone.
His career will be over only when he can no longer fill stadiums and right now, he is 1 of 2 people in boxing that can actually put butts into seats and take their money.
Yea...but pacquiao can fill those stadiums anywhere in the world....AJ probably only UK and Dubai. Now that he has lost twice...probably not even Dubai.
No if he loses he can comeback and show it was off night. Everyone loses, it's resume. Having a better resume than the man .who beat you. If wilder beats josh, josh is still greater. People say josh isn't what he was any longer so wilder would only be beating the diminished josh
LOL.... this is stupid.... even with the losses, he is still a a MUCH more complete fighter than protected names like Wilder. Back when the best fought the best, they all had losses. Glass Jaw? Then what about Fury? He got Knocked Down as well quite a few times in the past few fights alone.
His career will be over only when he can no longer fill stadiums and right now, he is 1 of 2 people in boxing that can actually put butts into seats and take their money.
Like most British fighters he is one of the biggest hypejobs in the business right now. He has been a media creation and exposed for having a glass jaw.
Lets face it, like most brits - once they step outside the UK into the big time they get found out (Hatton, Khan, Hamed etc) the list is endless.
Tyson Fury’s Irish roots have proven to be the differentiator - his mindset, charisma and work ethic make him special in comparison.
The reality is AJ is finished and tbh, similar to the beating Hamed took to Barrera - he may not even exercise rematch clause (seems to be a thing for the cowardly Brit hypejobs.) Wilder would probably smoke AJ at this point too.
Equally, it looks like British boxing is in a bad place for the future. Further hypejobs like Conor Benn, Antony Yarde, Daniel Dubois, Joe Córdina and Jack Catterrall the list is endless
Is he finished?
I thought Khan won his belt in the states and Kell Brook.? Tyson Fury Irish roots doesn't make him British then?:lol1::lol1::lol1::lol1: You fragile
if he loses to Usyk in the rematch he might as well retire, he's made huge bank from gullible Brit casuals, no point in risking his glass chin being a gatekeeper.