Look at Evander Holyfield — 10 losses, but still one of the best heavyweight boxers of his era. Not everyone is Rocky Marciano.
Anthony Joshua is still just as dangerous as ever, IF he can deal with this psychologically.
I wouldn’t care...
My goal would be to win fights and defend my titles and make as much $ as possible while taking as little damage as possible.
Whatever works!
AJ is in a bad situation here.
He didn’t just get clipped like Lennox did (against McCall and against Rahman). He got beat up. I like AJ but he could be damaged goods. We will find out soon enough if he’s able to overcome this. IF he can, he may just end up being a legend. If he doesn’t, I imagine he may end up being a good heavyweight just under the elite of his era, kind of like Razor Ruddock was in the era of Tyson/Lewis/Holyfield/Bowe.
Although Joshua got beat up, it resulted from simply being clipped in a similar way to Lewis. That shot he took to the temple while recklessly going for the finish in the 3rd is what done Joshua in. From that point on his legs were shaky and it looked like his mind was 1000 miles away, not to mention the complete confusion he was displaying in his corner.
The only difference being Lewis was down and out after getting clipped in those 2 fights and Joshua got up and tried to continue (in body if not in spirit). Maybe his corner should have spotted the signs of concussion at the end of the 3rd and stopped it, but then they'd have taken criticism for not allowing the champ to go out on his shield.
Good points made. If nothing else, we can definitely credit Joshua for his bravery.