Comments Thread For: Joshua Aims To Get Proper Respect, Especially From U.S. Critics, By Beating Usyk

[SteveM]

Joshua had it easy. Me a Brit, I worked on commercial fishing boats in Alaska in the eighties and I gotta a lot of "do ya think Diana likes it up the ass from Charles?"

[Bob]

I have no respect for Aj for several reasons but I'll stick to boxing.
For a start he's only relevant through rematchroom paperwork. He's ducked or blocked undesputed 3 times! With that paperwork, right now we should all be looking forward to Fury Usyk undesputed instead we've had to wait for an immediate rematch that was pencilled in for Feb that has taken 11 months, they had 6 months pre war.

Edward of rematchroom is playing Moneyball boxing with Aj.
Aj beat c class Martin for a belt then in an epic fight with Klitschko got a freebe wba. But Klitschko was 41, retired a year & a half & removed from the tbrb rankings all after looking clueless & shot against Fury. He couldn't hit Fury yet only lost to Aj because he was to old & gassed to finish the job after the 6th.

At every opportunity Edward has looked at the top 10 & picked the oldest most shot heavy he can find, Pov 38, Takem 38, Pulev 40, we can all quote Foreman but he Ko'ed a fat middleweight in Moorer which Aj isn't. Edward early on even signed old man Ortiz but Mcracken is quoted as quite simply saying nah, he's all wrong.

It's no coincidence the last 2 Aj boxed of his own generation both beat him, meanwhile the 2 peers he's avoided have gone on to have the greatest trilogy since Bowe Holyfield. They should all have boxed at least once already.

Finally resume, lbh Fury's is a bit crap but he's boxed 2 world number 1s for all the belts in theyre own back yards as the underdog & won all the belts, that's legacy. Aj has never boxed a top 2 heavyweight. Again Klitschko was unranked in the tbrb before the fight. Ajs highest ranked opponents he created, Ruiz from 15 to 3 & now Usyk from 10 to 2, AJ's first top 2 heavyweight is a Cruiserweight he created xD

If Aj beats Usyk, fight's Fury without rematchroom clauses then Wilder though he's old & shot now he'll gain my respect. But he wont.

[BoxingIsGreat]

For me, one of the most recent memorable heavyweight fights is Wlad-Joshua.
Both made me into a fan that night. Big balls and heart. Nothing memorable since.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I like Usyk but I'll root for Joshua, if I watch it. I wanna see him keep the belts stance.

[tokon]

If Joshua beats Usyk he's gonna give up the belts? What does "dash the belts" mean?

[BoxingIsGreat]

If Joshua beats Usyk he's gonna give up the belts? What does "dash the belts" mean?

I thought it means put them in the trash can, not accept them. Maybe the British fans can chip in on language. Joshua himself explains it too.

[tokon]

I thought it means put them in the trash can, not accept them..

Now that would be interesting! Thanks.

[boxing IQ]

If respect is what you wanted from the US, why didn't you fight their champion?

[BoxingIsGreat]

If respect is what you wanted from the US, why didn't you fight their champion?

That can be next, win or lose. Good stylistic fight. No belts?

[BoxingIsGreat]

Dash something=Run away from. Maybe it means something else in British English.