Is Anthony Joshua career as good as over?

[JakeTheBoxer]

No, he can still fight Wilder or Fury for a big money, even when he loses to Usyk again.

[Rockybigblower]

LOL.... this is ******.... even with the losses, he is still a a MUCH more complete fighter than protected names like Wilder. Back when the best fought the best, they all had losses. Glass Jaw? Then what about Fury? He got Knocked Down as well quite a few times in the past few fights alone.

His career will be over only when he can no longer fill stadiums and right now, he is 1 of 2 people in boxing that can actually put butts into seats and take their money.

Yea...but pacquiao can fill those stadiums anywhere in the world....AJ probably only UK and Dubai. Now that he has lost twice...probably not even Dubai.

[deathofaclown]

Not at all, he has plenty of offer, but it depends on him. Nothing wrong with losing fights, pretty much all the greats did. Also nothing wrong with not being the best, because he’s not.

The problem he has is he looks very timid in the ring now and fights with a lot of fear, which is never a good sign. If he can’t regain his confidence properly and shed some of that look of fear, then he’ll keep becoming easier to beat.

he’s talking a good game right now, but they all do, he did before the last fight. So we’ll see what happens when he gets clipped again in the ring.

I suppose the big problem is his casual fan base is dwindling by the day because they’re not boxing fans. when he loses to Usyk again, he can kiss goodbye to stadium fights unless it was against someone like Fury. AJ won’t beat Usyk, so is he truly going to want to go back to smaller arena shows knowing he’s well out of the picture of being number 1? There will still be big opportunities for him though.

[PRINCEKOOL]

No.

I would imagine this rematch is going to be one of his biggest fights ever. Losing a fight is not really having the desired effect, people would think on Joshua.

All of his loses, obsessions and struggles he is having are developing his story and character 'Boxing fans are witnessing shades of Joshua's character that they had never seen before'.

I was not really enthusiastic for the first Usyk vs Joshua fight, but I will be looking forward to the rematch 'As the match up has more depth, and a better theme to the story'.

[M312]

You must be very bored

[Dolor]

Depends on the second Usyk fight really. IF he beats Usyk (which would be almost certainly by KO, because he cannot outpoint the better boxer), then he is back in the game. Look at Wlad's career.

[Smash]

hard to say, as fans looking on u hope not, but loses have affects mentally, maybe he does need a new team to overcome those mental issues, get him revved up again, box to a clear gameplan that he has confidence in

or maybe he needs to stop being too nice and go out and take his opponents head off, or try to

if he lands good shots on usyk he can definitely get him out of there, take a shot here and there, not too many & get up like fury does and carry on if needed, not everyone hits like pizza face on a face roll, joshua failed to stop the onslaught with that one, that was the problem too, he should have adjusted for a few rounds and come again, if he has the stamina tho, another issue maybe being so muscular, maybe he needs to get them out quick then, so many decisions to make

[BangEM]

Americans just bastardised the English language and most are too dumb and illiterate to understand basic words.

A hypejob is a bum like Wilder who fought 40 cans and never fought a real mandatory.

Josh has his flaws but a hypejob he isn’t. When you’re in 12 championship fights in 26 fights - something that has never happened in the history of the HW division - you’re not a hypejob.

If he’s a hypejob - then Floyd Mayweather was a BIGGER hypejob.

Anyway, if he can finally boss up and tell Rob and the other weed carriers that they’re fired - then there will be a rebirth and he’ll end up as the best of this era. If not, his career is pretty much done.

[15round]

hard to say, as fans looking on u hope not, but loses have affects mentally, maybe he does need a new team to overcome those mental issues, get him revved up again, box to a clear gameplan that he has confidence in

or maybe he needs to stop being too nice and go out and take his opponents head off, or try to

if he lands good shots on usyk he can definitely get him out of there, take a shot here and there, not too many & get up like fury does and carry on if needed, not everyone hits like pizza face on a face roll, joshua failed to stop the onslaught with that one, that was the problem too, he should have adjusted for a few rounds and come again, if he has the stamina tho, another issue maybe being so muscular, maybe he needs to get them out quick then, so many decisions to make

That is a lot of "ifs and buts". lol

[15round]

The rematch will tell us what he has left. Right now his confidence is very low. If I was his team I would line up a tune up fight first. He almost didn't make it out of the last round and that is not a good thought to take into the next fight, especially since that same fighter was laying the leather on him.