So it looks like AJ is going to try and outbox Usyk again

Eh, he wasn't doing half-bad landing straight rights coming forward aggressively, IIRC, and they were effective. So he could try to build on this and add some more power through clubbing hooks and such, not going for precision but more like battery. He's gonna need volume for that to work, though. I mean, you can do a boxer-puncher type of thing whilst still being the aggressor, obviously. Still, in their fight Usyk would start getting more aggressive in return and upping his feint game (his right-hand feints are excellent) to land precise lefts, increasing their power as the fight progressed. AJ's boxing ain't all that bad, really, but it's a bit of a simple-yet-effective type of thing while Usyk's style is more layered and thus more difficult to counteract, I think. So a pure boxing match favors Usyk.

I only thought it started to look good when he was going to the body in the middle rounds...he threw some very good body shots and had to figure out how to land them which was also good... but then Usyk adjusted again. Anyway, as bad as the approach turned out to be, in the middle rounds, it looked like he almost found what he needed to do. I thought he fought at one of the fastest paces I've seen from him, Usyk forces that; there was some wasted movements for sure, not a lot of effective punching early on, he did tire out in the last 1/3rd but I thought the pace he mostly kept was a good thing...just more aggressive body punching at that fast pace from the get-go is what I'm thinking...put that in the bank early and see if the pace slows to where he can become the power puncher. If I were to see nothing but body shots early I'd be happy

AJ wasn't thoroughly outboxed like some believe. It was a close fight for the first 8 rounds. A draw on the scorecards by the 8th too. The fight changed when AJ got the eye injury. It's no coincidence that Usyk then swept the last third of the fight once AJ essentially had one eye. He couldn't see left hooks coming in. That's a very bad position to be in against Usyk. If AJ didn't get the eye injury he may have won (or lost) a very close decision, assuming the fight continued in the same pattern as those first 8 rounds.

Haha... AJ needs Deontay in his corner. "Alright Anthony, soon as that 1st round bell ring, you march straight into the fire and throw haymakers. Repeat after me: speak it, believe it, receive it."

AJ needs sugar hill

Fvck AJ what an idiot!

AJ is mentally fragile. He cannot outbox Usyk, and he will get picked off and pot-shotted if he tries that running ish he did against 500 lb Ruiz Jr in the rematch. He should take a leaf from Deontay Wilder's book, and throw the kitchen sink at Usyk. As many have said, AJ seems to have forgotten what got him to the top in the Pros, it certainly wasn't boxing smarts!

Can't believe he said that. Lol.

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1479088855143829509 Wrong decision imo, Joshua got outboxed and schooled by Usyk who was only operating at 70%. AJ needs to come out aggressive and knock Usyk out if he wants to win the rematch. If you watch the actual interview, you'll see the context. He mentioned trying to box as a negative and wants to do something different this time.

- - Y U kicked outta school? AJ a record setting champ may not do math well, but he was one point from a draw on one card, 2 points on another, and near a stoppage of Usyk who looked like he'd been thru a sausage grinder even after cleaned and partially stitched up Frankenstein style . {"data-align":"center","data-size":"full","title":"usyk-wins.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1.jpg","data-attachmentid":31253803} That’s called English bias, and he’s still counting on corruption to get him a win it seems.

No way he can outbox a boxer like Usyk who is leagues above him in skills that it’s not even funny. Perhaps you mean outwork Usyk, a tall task there too but the only way I see him banking in rounds. I would argue that an effective work-rate is an integral component of "boxing". Certainly if Usyk's work-rate were not as high as it is he would be a less effective boxer.

I don't think he necessarily meant he is still going to try and box with Usyk. I expect him to come out the block fast. He better hope he get's him out of there though because if he doesn't then he's in for a long night.

AJ didn't have stamina issues in the Ruiz fight. In fact, he fought on the backfoot and never gassed. Fought a Lomachenka, pitty-pat type fight with Usyk which was all wrong. Calculated aggression, perfect catching shots with the gloves, and hit Usyk to the body excessively for the 1st 4-5 rounds. Multiple the 6th round of the first fight which he had Usyk seriously hurt by 6. That leaves one swing round in debate. AJ 7-5 SD in the rematch. Y'all running around like Usyk is some God but I notice this kind of commentary when it comes to Eastern European fighters. Yeah but fighting off the back foot does not suffice in all situations. Ruiz was slow that fight, and alwys had slow feet. Usyk presses and it benefits Usyk to keep Aj on his back foot and unbalanced. AJ like most modern heavies has no concept of how to go to the body... Yes if he did this would help immeasurably. Saying Usyk was seriously hurt is a stretch. Saying Aj had periods of success, is a reasonable and imo correct observation. Usyk is very very good... ill give you an analogy for my feelings about Usyk and Lomo (for what it is worth lol). Vitalie is Usyk: just better mentally and stronger as a fighter, even if punching technique does not look as clean as Vlad... Vlad would be Lomo... looks technically excellent (only as a puncher!) but has other flaws psychologically, absent in Vitalie. Lomo will always be vulnerable to excellent, strong, tough fighters like Lopez, but Usyk is physically strong and psychologically in beast mode perpetually. People often neglect this aspect of Usyk: at his best he is a very physical fighter... watch his fight against Hunter for example... So AJ may be bigger but when it comes to being a physical fighter, Usyk might be more of a match to AJ than the weight difference would suggest... Again, much like Tunney was as physically tough when necessary, against Dempsy.

Does anyone know wtf this idiot is trying to say? Many have asked this question... He will make a lot more sense if you down a fifth or so, pop a Codeine, or few...

AJ has major stamina issues and cannot move well enough to outbox Usyk... There is one caveat to this issue: AJ can bank early rounds while Usyk settles in, if he can do this for a few rounds and neutralize him for a few more rounds, he is heading into a situation where he can afford to lose a few rounds trying to go after Usyk... If I were training AJ I would have him primed to go hard for 4 middle rounds. Start early jabbing and winning early rounds, then balls to the wall... Thats his chance. After that Usyk will figure him out and win the later rounds in the fight. Assuming AJ cannot KO him, which I doubt is happening. Lets all remember something: Championship fights at 15 rounds show us a lot because the puncher needs more rounds to win. A puncher wins fights when he has more chances of connecting with a big punch, a boxer wins fights preventing the puncher from connecting and winning rounds. Tunney versus Dempsey tells us a bit about this match up when two great fighters of the two schools are matched FOR 15 ROUNDS! Usyk is an incredible cruiser/light heavy, whom, like Tunney, can beat the best heavyweights as well... Joshua is no Dempsey, has less rounds to work, has stamina issues, etc... AJ didn't have stamina issues in the Ruiz fight. In fact, he fought on the backfoot and never gassed. Fought a Lomachenka, pitty-pat type fight with Usyk which was all wrong. Calculated aggression, perfect catching shots with the gloves, and hit Usyk to the body excessively for the 1st 4-5 rounds. Multiple the 6th round of the first fight which he had Usyk seriously hurt by 6. That leaves one swing round in debate. AJ 7-5 SD in the rematch. Y'all running around like Usyk is some God but I notice this kind of commentary when it comes to Eastern European fighters.

- - U plugged up stoppage blown U up like a balloon ready to be released kamikaze style at the weighin... Does anyone know wtf this idiot is trying to say?

AJ has major stamina issues and cannot move well enough to outbox Usyk... There is one caveat to this issue: AJ can bank early rounds while Usyk settles in, if he can do this for a few rounds and neutralize him for a few more rounds, he is heading into a situation where he can afford to lose a few rounds trying to go after Usyk... If I were training AJ I would have him primed to go hard for 4 middle rounds. Start early jabbing and winning early rounds, then balls to the wall... Thats his chance. After that Usyk will figure him out and win the later rounds in the fight. Assuming AJ cannot KO him, which I doubt is happening. Lets all remember something: Championship fights at 15 rounds show us a lot because the puncher needs more rounds to win. A puncher wins fights when he has more chances of connecting with a big punch, a boxer wins fights preventing the puncher from connecting and winning rounds. Tunney versus Dempsey tells us a bit about this match up when two great fighters of the two schools are matched FOR 15 ROUNDS! Usyk is an incredible cruiser/light heavy, whom, like Tunney, can beat the best heavyweights as well... Joshua is no Dempsey, has less rounds to work, has stamina issues, etc...

https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1479088855143829509 Wrong decision imo, Joshua got outboxed and schooled by Usyk who was only operating at 70%. AJ needs to come out aggressive and knock Usyk out if he wants to win the rematch. If Joshua used his size and jab like Klitzchco. He would EASILY whip Usyk. Ask Chris Byrd.

Joshua's only chance is to bring the heat early. Balls to the wall. That being said, I still think Usyk would fry him up, but Joshua has zero chance of winning on points. Nash out.

He's gone a bit too hard on his philosophical stuff AJ. He does need to get the dog back in him. Plenty have said that and it's not so clear if he really does get it or will genuinely live and breathe a different approach, come fight night. He needs months under a different trainer, getting bits here there and everywhere is showing in his performances, they are pedestrian and conflicted. He doesn't believe the approach. Tbh who can blame him when Rob McCracken was just saying keep doing what you doing, get behind the jab, when he was several rounds down.