If Joshua could fight aggressive vs Usyk, why didn't he the first time?

[PRINCEKOOL]

Maybe my memory is faulty. I would have sworn I saw Ruiz go down like a sack of cement from an AJ left hook and I really don't remember Usyk looking the slightest bit bothered by anything AJ landed on him.

Uysk was battered, had visual damage.

Ruiz Junior was knocked down, got back up and proceeded to knock down Joshua.

Then for the rest of the fight, he beat him up badly.

Joshua was also fighting a aggressive fight, nobody before or since that fight has ever? Stood up to the full force of Joshua's offense.

People need to really analyse the Usyk fight, he won but? It was not the kind of shattering loss people are making out.

[kafkod]

Of course AJ can fight aggressively vs Usyk and I believe that's what he'll do.

The real question is ... will he beat Usyk fighting like that? He has a puncher's chance, to be real, but the odds are against him, imo.

[kafkod]

Uysk was battered, had visual damage.

Ruiz Junior was knocked down, got back up and proceeded to knock down Joshua.

Then for the rest of the fight, he beat him up badly.

Joshua was also fighting a aggressive fight, nobody before or since that fight has ever? Stood up to the full force of Joshua's offense.

People need to really analyse the Usyk fight, he won but? It was not the kind of shattering loss people are making out.

Yes, Usyk had facial damage, more facial damage than I've seen him sustain in any of his other fights. That proves AJ must have landed some decent shots on him. The reason nobody remembers any of those decent shots landed by AJ is that he might as well have been tagging Usyk with a pea shooter for all the reaction he got.

I've said this before and I'll say it again - Usyk has a hell of a chin. He takes head shots as well as anybody in the division. If AJ is going to stop him he needs to go to the body and doing that will leave him open to being tagged himself. He needs to roll the dice and go for it, which is what I'm expecting him to do.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Yes, Usyk had facial damage, more facial damage than I've seen him sustain in any of his other fights. That proves AJ must have landed some decent shots on him. The reason nobody remembers any of those decent shots landed by AJ is that he might as well have been tagging Usyk with a pea shooter for all the reaction he got.

I've said this before and I'll say it again - Usyk has a hell of a chin. He takes head shots as well as anybody in the division. If AJ is going to stop him he needs to go to the body and doing that will leave him open to being tagged himself. He needs to roll the dice and go for it, which is what I'm expecting him to do.

Yes if this is a Hagler vs Hearns affair, and Joshua loses? Joshua may come out of the fight, with credit and respect.

The body attacks is good advise. I do like a fighter who attacks the body, but? In this era of super heavyweights, it is something that gets neglected.

[P to the J]

This is where Joshua's innate traits excel.

He is naturally a over analytical fighter outside of the ring, with near psychopathic work ethic.

Joshua started boxing very late, and within 2-3 years was a Olympic Champion. None of this is normal.

He only achieved such feats due to his innate abilities outside the ring, and near psychopathic work ethic.

That's true, ppl have gotta give him props for that. Same thing kind of thing we were just celebrating Wilder for earlier this week

Not insane, work rate, because while Wilder trains hard, doesn't look to have improved much. I mean achieving so much from such a starting point. AJ's had a great career so far

[BustedKnuckles]

You don't really know what Josh was trying to do. He might have figured he's not going to outbox usyk but usyk had all the answers when Josh tried step on gas.
But I think usyk does the same thing in rematch whilst Josh won't.
I think Josh can do it

Usyk does the same thing in the rematch, PLUS anticipates AJ's new strategy, or adapts to it, too.

[MONGOOSE66]

You could say oh that wasn't his strategy but his strategy of boxing clearly wasn't working very well as early as the first round so why didn't he just say fugg it BANZAAAAIIIIII

I tell you why, because he knew he would get ko'd

It’s easy to see 20/20 when we’re not involved in something. That just normal life but this is boxing and most people on here have NEVER met a man who was fooking them up and had to figure a way to beat them.
Joshua is not good at thinking on his toes in the moment but he is good at coming back and winning on the second try. I KNOW AJ will whip Usyk pretty easy the second time around.