Comments Thread For: Joshua Cites Lack of Communication in Usyk Loss, Nobody Told Him He Was Losing

[Sammy7861992]

I bet on usyk on the night I felt the same it was a close fight till the last 4 rounds I felt aj got tired and usyk took over but he did look in trouble on the ropes but I don't see y people say aj has no chance it was a great compititive fight, he just needs to come in super fit in boxing I only like betting on underdogs in good evenly matched fights il do the same in there match bet on whoever underdog on the night

[REDEEMER]

There’s always been lack of communication with McCracken , with Garcia this won’t happen and the result will be a tough fight for whoever A.J faces . Urgency has always been a problem at times with the few close fights he had for this reason Usyk will have an extremely difficult time controlling this one .

[Boxingfanatic75]

Now just imagine if Teddy Atlas was working the corner, screaming at him. He would have made a mistake and got knocked out.

Hahaha! Hey! Don’t mess with my Atlas!

[VislorTurlough]

I hope this great site is preparing for a post Joshua world.

[tokon]

Deluded. He was a few seconds away from getting stopped, Usyk beat the crap out of him.

That he even says he needed to be told that is ridiculous. If it hadn't been for that (su****iously) early final.bell he'd have been stopped.

[Liondw]

A few strange comments from Joshua.

Firstly, he didn't think he was losing, someone had to tell him. Secondly, a corner man should give specific instructions, which punches to throw and when, not just say 'go get him'.

Also, he implied that he wasn't hurt at the end of the fight when it looked like he's about to get knocked out. He's saying he was doing a bit of Ali rope a dope. Omg.

[Toffee]

Pleased to hear him saying this? If he had to be told he was losing that fight then he has bigger problems than a trainer can coach.

He was in the ring, we weren't.

The majority of rounds were fairly close. If you go off Compubox, he outlanded Usyk in 5 of the first 10 rounds. I can see why he would think it was close.

What he couldn't see was that Usyk was clearly doing the better work. We could see it and we assume his corner could see it. They didn't give him what they needed.

The tactic of keeping at range so he could use his length was completely wrong. No way should the bigger man be on the back foot against a guy who moves as well as Usyk. You maintain range by hitting the opponent, not by jumping backwards every time he takes a step.

As exceptional as Usyk was in London, Joshua still has the size advantage and I'm confident he'll actually use it this time around. Whoever wins deserves enormous credit.

[Unidentified]

So he didn't know he was getting punched in the face alot?

[Toffee]

That he even says he needed to be told that is ridiculous. If it hadn't been for that (su****iously) early final.bell he'd have been stopped.

The bell wasn't early.

I still don't believe he'd have been stopped in that exchange. Usyk was wearing him down but he was never in that kind of trouble. He wasn't exactly playing rope a dope... but he certainly wasn't dazed and hanging onto the ropes. He was smiling and, I suspect, exhausted.

[GhostofDempsey]

What difference would it have made if they did tell him he was losing? Was he holding back? Would he have fought any harder? He should have been giving his all regardless if he thought he was winning or losing. Poor excuse.