How overrated was Anthony Joshua?

[IronDanHamza]

Very.

He’s a solid fighter, strong guy, can punch. Not much else.

He’s so overrated that because he lost to Andy Ruiz we have people claiming Ruiz is some top level guy despite the fact he’s a fat slob and has beaten no one of note other than Joshua.

[Raggamuffin]

He was very overrated. Very…

[Hatesrats]

No. (PERIOD)

GOLD medal...ect STMFUP!

[KingGilgamesh]

No. (PERIOD)

GOLD medal...ect STMFUP!

His gold medal was won in extremely dubois terms. I have no idea why people mention it. He actually lost his opening fight if it wasn't for the corruption.

I'm in two minds. Joshua didnt come from any privilege. He was destined to be another statistic from the inner city. He has been diligent, professional and likeable and changed the circumstances for himself and his family for the better.

But he has always been criminally overrated. Weirdly enough, I still don't think we have seen the best of him. But he has been forced to carry the weight of the entire UKs expectations on his back and by looking at his face at the end of the fight, its frying his ****ing brain. British boxing fans are like the football fans, nationalistically insecure, clueless and ******. This was Joshua's most exciting fight going in and there was next to no hype, because people thought Joshua was going to waltz through it. In typical moronic sweet caroliner fashion. They'll now be proclaiming that Joshua was the "worst champion the UK has had" when, in reality, he's just a solid, competent heavyweight who probably resides in somewhere around the top 5 in the world. Nothing to scoff at, but hardly the next coming of Lewis either.

[Sun_Tzu]

He wasnt over rated. All ive seen on this board for years is how bad he is.

[dan_cov]

Very overrated but that isn't to say he is awful or Usyk isn't just a fantastic fighter.

I do see improvement though even tonight I seen some minor improvements in AJ I just think his main issues aren't even so much the obvious things people claim such as his chin and stamina though they are **** average its more his tendencies. Amateurish tendencies like staying too tall on his exits, pulling straight back etc
you are not getting away with that **** at elite level

[removed]

Joshua has always been overrated and I've always said it.

When he finally came up against a prime hungry fighter who came to win, he got his face smashed to bits.

Fury would've stopped him.

[diplo]

Not overrated at all. Look at his resume. Not even in question. Let's be fair to the guy. He's reached his ceiling, is all.

[ShoulderRoll]

Possibly. Usyk will be 35 by then. A little older and probably a little slower. He seemed gassed in the later rounds and make some really wild misses trying to retaliate after getting hit that Joshua could have capitalized on. At the same time he could just be even more comfortable at the weight and look even better.

If anything I would expect Usyk to do even better next time. He seemed nervous coming into the ring, but now he will be more confident about what he can do against Joshua and might even add new wrinkles.

[Beercules]

Another black hope exposed