Comments Thread For: Oleksandr Usyk Repeats, Wins Split Decision Over Anthony Joshua To Retain Titles

[A.B Counterhooks]

Damn almost thousand comments and site down for more than hour...but what a clean performance by usyk...aj did what he could but just wasn't enough.

[MrShakeAndBake]

Congratulations to the #1 P4P Usyk. AJ keep your head up... 117-111 for me. One judge has a suitecase full of money in his hotel room.

GO USYK!

[takenotes]

Corrupt US judge...not surprising since the US is a third world banana republic at this point.

[PRINCEKOOL]

AJ had a weird meltdown there

To be fair though, he’s had so much pressure on him from the start of his career and this rematch just cemented that even In his own mind, there’s no way he can feel he is the best anymore. Not that anybody really thinks he is, but when you have a rematch there, you maintain bit of hope.

I think that realisation kicked in right there and the years of pressure come out

He should take a long break and then see what he wants to do

He didn’t do too badly tonight, Usyk won clearly. AJ did about the best he could really. You can have the right tactics and determination and everything but sometimes there’s just a gap in levels that you can’t really bridge, and that has been the case in his two fights with Usyk.

AJ is a good fighter, he can still be in good heavyweight fights if he can regain some confidence. He needs to forget about his media trained personality and he should turn heel.

Joshua's team should of held him back at the end there.

You are right about the pressure, Joshua has been under big pressure. And you must be honest?

He has been the most heavily criticized boxer pretty much in the sport. Right from the start. But that is what happens when you win the Olympic Gold Medal.

Tyson Fury is not held to the same standards as Joshua. Inside the ring, or outside the ring. Not today, or at any point in his career 'And he won't be in the future'.

I think at the end there, Joshua let out a lot of pent up frustration. But I honestly, don't think it was correct for the time 'It was not good mate'.

He definitively should of been held back by his team. I also don't think people should mock him.

Joshua tried, put in a good effort. But he was definitely beat by the better fighter tonight. 100%, I rate Usyk 'And I like him as a fighter'.

Anthony Joshua has won the Olympic Gold Medal, two time heavyweight Champion. Has many sponsors, he has been a winner.

Dealing with a loss is not new to him, but this position he is in now 'Right now is different, this is new'.

He is not down and out, but he cannot claim to be the best Heavyweight in the game. If he has associated this with his identity, these are delicate times.

Joshua needs a good team around him. And Compassion.

[jkrames]

expected and predicted. AJ is low box IQ.

[Quercusalba]

AJ tried to box him, what an idiot lol

Everyone, and I mean everyone, from nobodies on this site to real pros said AJ can't outbox Usyk. So what did AJ do? He came in and tried to outbox him. Kinda shocking

[VislorTurlough]

Hearn Incels have seen their entire world come crashing down. 2x PED cheat punching bag Whyte ****d by Fury. Now Joshua has brought shame upon the nation by displaying the severity of mental health crisis in Britain. A 3x loser in the past 3 years. And an exclamation point on the death of Matchroom boxing.

[kiaba360]

I had the same score but coming close in this case really doesn't matter. I don't think he could win.

All credit to fighting Usyk twice and showing plenty of ability and grit, but unless he fights Usyk again he doesn't really get to show he can improve.

The other fights out there for him are completely different fights

I'm trying to contemplate who AJ will fight next, but nobody seems to make sense. AJ's new contract with DAZN is also gonna complicate matters. My first thought was the winner of Joyce/Parker, but politics will get in the way.

[sledgehammer17]

That peice of s**t BJ is done after taking the p**s out of usyk, the sport, the belts, the ukraine flag and former great champions, he needs to apologize now, wot a complete idiot

[madhive]

AJ will never live down that post fight rant. That was a complete mental breakdown on his part. They should have never made him go back to ring