Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua: Southpaws Are Nightmares - I Would've Smoked Usyk If He Wasn't Lefty

[P to the J]

the point is.... how the fk was AJ ever going to beat Fury ???

Fury is one of a small handful of orthodox fighters that I have seen during my lifetime, who can start and finish a fight as a ELITE southpaw

not talking about the dozens of try-hards who thought that they could.... or who think that it is helpful to give their opponent a different look, despite the fact that they lose all of their own instinctive advantages

I can only think of 3 fighters who can do it

even Mayweather can't do it

AJ has been totally undressed in his losses to Ruiz and Usyk






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Always think Fury looks really awkward as a southpaw, he just doesn’t look anywhere near as bad as Whyte doing it. Seen him trying to left uppercut from there and it’s not good.

[Jack_sh*t]

AJ couldn't even smoke Usyk if Walter White cooked him first.

[Sammy7861992]

It is common knowledge that some fighters struggle to adapt to southpaws. It messes with your sense of distance, way you must move, and punches/traps you must look out for.

You're going to see less southpaw champions because there are less left handers in the world.

100 percent spot on And u need to be careful because the angles of punches are opposite u can easily get injured mixing up with one because of that I often hurt or tear my bicep when getting in with a southpaw, it's clear day as day most people on this site don't know **** about boxing, and the ones going aj in this one are clearly some of them

[SN!PER]

It wouldn't even be a fight between Fury and AJ. . . .Tyson would've just played with this guy.

[Boro]

Wallin gave Fury hell and many believe that fight should've been stopped.

Granted, it wasn't for a world title.

Why do people repeat this type of shít over and over, Wallin in no way "giving him hell" he won 3-4 rounds AT BEST and the cuts were CLEAN making them easy to stich as long as they don't impede his vision which they weren't, there was no reason what so ever to stop the fight.

[Boro]

The problem AJ has is that he started boxing far too late. When you are a kid you pick things up far easier, it becomes second nature to you. Joshua just doesn’t have the footwork and boxing skill he should have learned as a kid. Usyk on the other hand looks fluid, you can tell this guy has been at it since he was little. Anyone that has played sport at a reasonable level knows how easy it is to beat someone that didn’t pick up their sport until adulthood, the technique is never quite as good in the late starter no matter how hard they try. I believe Joshua is trying to learn new things, but at this stage of his career it will take 20 times longer to learn anything new than it would take a kid. Wilder has the same problem, but he knows his deficiencies better than Joshua and always looks for the killer right hand. You can tell by watching Usyk and Fury that they have been boxing most of their lives, they have a natural instinct inside the ring that must be taught and honed early. It is not Usyk being a southpaw that is making him beat AJ, its the technique and skills he learned as a child that are making him beat a man considerably bigger than himself.

You do realise Usyk started at 15 and Joshua 18 right it's not like he started in his formative years, so it's hardly relevant.

[elfag]

You have to be ***ing kidding me, I have heard some weak ass excuses, including I wore the wrong pair of socks, but this really takes the cake. "I would have won if my opponent wasnt a southpaw". um was it a surprise? did you not spar southpaws all training camp for your southpaw opponent?

This guy AJ got everyone and everything to blame but himself jesus christ, he is going to get his ass kicked again and have more excuses post fight.

[elfag]

AJ just said what Canelo, Charlo, GGG, Munguia, and BJS (southpaw but lower level) refuse to say about Andrade so they feed the fan boys boring fighters nonsense.

Welcome to Bob Arum;s Pet Rock Boxing Fan Club

Andrande is in his mid 30s and hasnt done chit, that is his own fault not canelos.

[alexnation]

Looks like AJ just got a mental L. Usyk is going to give them the physical L this weekend. After that, I really want to see AJ-Wilder and Usyk-Fury

[Jab jab boom]

Imagine being an Olympic medalist, multiple time world champion and using the excuse that your opponent was a lefty as your rationale for losing and looking like a b***h in the corner d****d against the ropes at the end of the fight.