Comments Thread For: Derrick James Doesn't Believe Anthony Joshua Needs To Be A Dog To Be Successful

[Corelone]

When somebody says something ******, then somebody else comes out of nowhere with sure conviction, to explain what was meant. Leads me to believe I'm dealing with the same person, or the same ******ity.

[Califire209]

AJ has No Guts keep your weak ass overseas. AJ is a lost soul,, Andy is in Possession of Joshua Soul.

[Casualfanboy]

Do you think Tyson Fury has a higher punch out put than Joshua?

Do you think in today's heavyweight game, Joshua has the worst endurance of all Heavyweights?

Of course Joshua's endurance is not his strongest attribute, but in comparison to 95% of the other Heavyweights 'Joshua has solid endurance'.

Here is a past post of mine, which shows the statistics of Joshua's performances in his top-level fights. Once analyzing the statistics, most people should then realize that this notion 'That Joshua has terrible endurance is complete nonsense over dramatized, especially compared to most other Heavyweights of this era'.

Only Usyk & Joyce have really shown any evidence of having elite level endurance. Tyson Fury was fatigued badly from round-2 on wards vs Wilder etc.

You have good points here. Anyone who has watched a Lewis fight knows he was dog tired early in bouts. Champions like Lewis are capable of going to a different level to gut out spectacular wins. Both Fury and Lewis respectively, possess amazing ring IQ, heart, and not just size to rely on. Fatigue to fighters such as these is a mere sensation to be ignored, and continue there march to victory, by any means there skills serve them. So, you are correct, Joshua’s endurance is not the issue.

[Oregonian]

For the most part, Anthony Joshua's career has been flooded with a perpetual amount of praise. From his hulking physique to his ability to separate his foes from their consciousness, Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs) has essentially been the heavyweight division's golden child. However, despite his praises being sung, Andy Ruiz Jr. revealed several cracks in his armor.
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Once upon a time a British boxer with a lot flaws in his fight game dropped his trainer and signed with Freddie Roach. When he got clipped, he dropped Roach and went to Hunter. When that didn’t work for him, he left and went to Bomac. No coach was going to make Khan better.
AJ is doing the same thing

[PRINCEKOOL]

You have good points here. Anyone who has watched a Lewis fight knows he was dog tired early in bouts. Champions like Lewis are capable of going to a different level to gut out spectacular wins. Both Fury and Lewis respectively, possess amazing ring IQ, heart, and not just size to rely on. Fatigue to fighters such as these is a mere sensation to be ignored, and continue there march to victory, by any means there skills serve them. So, you are correct, Joshua’s endurance is not the issue.

Joshua's endurance is not super elite, but in comparison to most other Heavyweights within this era 'It is solid'. That is precisely what the data shows.

And yes all fighters get fatigued, it is how you behave and react when you are fatigued. Joshua did have more composure when fatigued in the second fight vs Usyk.

But this composure and ability to fight through the fatigue is not as high as Lewis, Holyfield, Ali, Frazier, Norton 'Past heavyweight fighters who have been in intense fights, and held composure with their technique'.

In this era only really Joyce & Usyk have shown that they have elite level endurance.

Fury fatigues rapidly when he is in a pressured fight, and he does then start to make unforced errors 'But he fights through the fatigue'. As I have shown in the statistics, Fury is not really operating at a super high level in terms of work-rate and out-put 'So this notion that he has monster endurance is mythology'.

Usyk attacked Joshua with over 700 punches in their second fight, and it appeared as if he could still take it to another level. Joyce produced a offensive work rate of over 900 pounds vs Parker 'Close to double the work-rate, of Tyson Fury's fights that have gone the full 12 rounds'.

Joshua himself vs Usyk was operating at a level of intensity that very few Heavyweights enter into these days. His endurance is by no means his greatest attribute, and it can and should be improved. If Joshua had elite level endurance on the level of Holyfield, he would of most likely won more of the latter rounds vs Usyk 'Making that fight even closer'.

It was the latter rounds were Joshua lost the fight. Not because his endurance is terrible, but because he was inside the ring with a super elite fighter 'And one of Usyk's best attributes is his endurance'.

When Fury fights Usyk, I honestly think the fight will look similar to Joshua vs Usyk II. If Fury loses the fight, it will be down to him fatiguing and making unforced errors in the second half of the fight 'Unforced errors that he always makes as Kronk Fury, but who exactly has he been boxing who can exploit them? Usyk's entire game is built around exploiting unforced errors 'You have to stay on point technically for 12 rounds vs Usyk, otherwise he will rack up the points round after round'.

[Casualfanboy]

Joshua's endurance is not super elite, but in comparison to most other Heavyweights in this era 'It is solid'. That is precisely what the data shows.

And yes all fighters get fatigued, it is how you behave and react when you are fatigued. Joshua did have more composure when fatigued in the second fight vs Usyk.

But this composure and ability to fight through the fatigue is not as high as Lewis, Holyfield, Ali, Frazier, Norton 'Past heavyweight fighters who have been in intense fights, and held composure with their technique'.

In this era only really Joyce & Usyk have shown that they have elite level endurance.

Fury fatigues rapidly when he is in a pressured fight, and he does then start to make unforced errors 'But he fights through the fatigue'. As I have shown the statistics, Fury is not really operating at a super high level in terms of work-rate and out-put 'So this notion that he has monster endurance is mythology'.

Usyk attacked Joshua with over 700 punches in the second fight, and it appeared as if he could still take it to another level. Joyce produced a offensive work rate of over 900 pounds vs Parker 'Close to double the work-rate of some of Fury's fights at top level that have gone the distance'.

Joshua himself vs Usyk was operating at a level of intensity that very few Heavyweights enter into these days. His endurance is by no means his greatest attribute, and it can and should be improved 'If Joshua had elite level endurance on the level of Holyfield, he would of most likely won more of the latter rounds vs Usyk '.

And it was the latter rounds were he lost the fight. Not because his endurance is terrible, but because he was inside the ring with a super elite fighter 'And one of Usyk's best attributes is his endurance'.

When Fury fights Usyk, I honestly think the fight will look similar to Joshua vs Usyk II. If Fury loses the fight, it will be down to him fatigueing and making unforced errors in the second half of the fight 'Unforced errors that he always makes as Kronk Fury, but who exactly has he been boxing who can exploit them? Usyk's entire game is built around exploiting unforced errors 'You have to stay on point technically for 12 rounds vs Usyk, otherwise he will rack up the points round after round'.

The fight Dr said, “Intangibles win fights”. Now ad skill, size and power factors.

[The D3vil]

He's right.

AJ needs a better chin, better stamina, and more heart.