Is Joshua packing glass?

[Cypocryphy]

Id say somewhere between chinny and suspect after last night. Against Ruiz,it was pretty clear is a temple shot that killed his legs so didn't read to much into that loss as 99% of boxers getting clipped up top like that are suffering the same effects.

But after last night,yea,it's pretty suspect now. Reacting like that from a non puncher like Usyk kinda put the writing on the wall. Doesn't necessarily mean he loses to Fury or Wilder though so let's hope we still get those matchups,belts or no belts like AJ has stated.

On that note, anyone getting hit by a 220 pound guy is going to get rocked. The bodyweight is huge. Just a little story from my past that kind of accentuates this. I've always been around 160 pounds, sometimes a little less, sometimes a little more. But there was a period that I went up to about 225. I was still active but gained a crap load of weight for medical reasons. When I played B-ball with my friends, it was like night and day. Same guys trying to stop from from going to the hole. When I was 160, I'd either have to work my way in or I'd fly backward. At 225, however, without even trying, I'd make my bros fly out of the way.

One night at a strip club, I got into it with some people there. It attracted the attention of the bouncer. This bouncer, this guy, he was huge. Just a solid, muscular guy at 6'2" or something. He came at me and I just reacted. I took him down in a second. He hit the ground. He wasn't knocked out or anything but I dropped him. There was no way I would have done that at 160. But at 225? Yeah, I could take anyone down if I caught them. That weight difference is GIGANTIC. I know first hand.

So it's kind of hard to say. Not everyone can be a Foreman or Holyfield.

[elfag]

well if he has been down 7 times, then I would say that is actually below average for a heavyweight champ and for someone in the top 5 of the division. Maybe his chin isnt below average for every heavyweight in the world, but for a champ it is below average, we have enough data to show that and we seen him rocked not just once but multiple times last night, both in the early rounds, in the middle rounds and in the final round.

He also folds mentally and freezes up. In the opening rounds it was odd, he was standing there in the center of the ring while usyk was circling him, never seen anything really like it, like his mind wasnt able to handle two things at once, his foot movement just froze and he was focused solely on Usyk's movement and trying to counter or whatever and forgot to even try to move around the ring too.


They will have to match him up against a real bum next to get his confidence back, maybe even pay the guy some side money to dive. The blueprint is out there to beat him, next guy is just going to try to get in his head and put big pressure on him opening rounds.

[deathofaclown]

I don’t think he has a glass chin. He panics badly when he gets caught flush which makes it look worse

that said, once he is actually hurt, He has arguably the worst recovery time I’ve ever seen in a world level fighter.

[Charlie Zelenoff]

Glass chin and he doesn't like being hit.

[tokon]

Maybe not "glass' but his punch resistance is poor, compounded by poor defensive skills, and his obvious anxiety about actually getting hit making things even worse.

[QueensburyRules]

- -Dunno, did anyone check his gloves after he shredded Usyk?


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[ShoulderRoll]

Usyk certainly isn't packing glass. He held up very well to Joshua's punches and never panicked.

[SN!PER]

The weird thing is he appears very physically strong and durable. I don't really think he has a bad chin. His mentality seems to change in the middle of a fight when he's taking damage. Maybe it's his pain threshold, or anxiety, or something like that.

He looks like he SHOULD be able to take shots and just bulldoze his opponents like a Joe Joyce, but instead he starts to doubt himself and lets the opponent take control of the fight.

[baroidi]

lol Joshua fans thinks inflated muscles is supposed to give him a strong jaw. Joshua's physique is more suited as an underwear model, it's all wrong for an elite boxer, his inflated muscles are detrimental for his stamina and makes him a stiff robot.

[sicko]

Well he never been knocked out cold and he at least finishes on his feet and he got up repeatedly vs Ruiz and the Ref waved it off. Got up vs Wlad and stopped Wlad (a Wlad that was past it of course)

So I wouldn't say "Glass" but yeah the Chin is Shaky
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