Comments Thread For: Joshua Plans For War With Usyk, Explains Why He Tried To Outbox Him

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British superstar Anthony Joshua has explained why he picked the strategy of trying to outbox Oleksandr Usyk. Back in September, Joshua lost his WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles when he dropped a twelve round unanimous decision to Usyk at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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[BLASTER1]

So hes basically admitted he had gassing out problems.
Not sure if he tries to put it to Usyk that he doesn't gas himself out now.
What's the difference from that fight to the next rematch?

[The Old LefHook]

He's all talk. And not much good at that, either.

[elfag]

"Joshua wants to avoid the scenario of burning out his engine by doing way too much in the first half."

he barely let his hands go and still got gassed.

many people watching the last fight live were wondering after the first 4 rounds if Usyk would gas with all that movement and punching he was doing... thinking AJ may have a chance in the late rounds with his supposed power but low and behold AJ was more tired than Usyk the entire duration of the fight and barely finished it standing

[15round]

Joshua should stay off the dope. He had 12 rounds to take care of business and couldn't get it done. Usyk took the early rounds and Joshua got desperate and fought with aggression in the middle rounds but Usyk held his own. Usyk came back in the late rounds and didn't need to knock out Joshua but I believe he could have if he needed to. Joshua needed to knockout Usyk but couldn't do it. We didn't see the best of Usyk but Joshua has shown who he is in his many fights and Usyk is the better fighter.

[Oregonian]

He's all talk. And not much good at that, either.

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Exactly. Also, by the 6th and 7th round his team was supposed to know how close the fight was. This idea that they fought the “wrong strategy” is one of the many BS we keep hearing from sour losers. And AJ is exactly that.
Even if he wins the rematch, so what? AJ is officially a gatekeeper at HW.
Loony Wilder will beat him at this point.

[LaidOut]

AJ doesn't know what the hell he's saying. He threw so little in the first fight for 12 rounds, and we ALL saw how he was practically having a heart attack immediately after. Man was literally in full pain and exhaustion. He's just too limited, and will be damned if he pushes hard for 3 rounds, or tries to go the distance. And Usyk will return even better, more acclimatized to being a HW.

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AJ will be blowing out his a** if he tries to 'put on on' Usyk.

Joshua can talk tough all he wants, but deep down he's a big softie.

[Kris Silver]

As a recently critical fan, I watched his recent interview with Kugan Cassius. He was saying how he may act professional under the spot light, be a humble loser, and have tried to box more. But he accepts he put too much time into improving his boxing (strange sentence really, can you shoot him for that).

He is looking to learn new things and use his aggression better. Went immediately to the States to see different coaches, learn some new things, had some difficult conversations within his team setup. Will mix it up and embrace the challenges. He spoke well of Wilder and Fury, gave them props. At the same time he got a bit edgy and sweary, showed some passion at points.

What more do you want really. Athletes win and lose. In fight sports you can be one of the very best one minute, to a bum the next minute. Which shows some rather exaggeratory fans up for just being over the top.

I doubt he wins the rematch either as Usyck is quite the talent and it's a bad style match-up. But he's not afraid to face to face top buys despite what might be said, and he'll give it a damn good go. Props to any athlete for that. #LosersGonnaHate

[champion4ever]

I believe it's safe to say now that Anthony Joshua is a washed out fighter. He really is a ruined and shot fighter who no longer believes in himself. He was always a fighter who lacked self confidence.

It just took the first Andy Ruiz fight to expose it. Also, it was the reason why he originally avoided and ducked the Deontay Wilder fight too because he lacked the self-confidence that he could beat him.