Comments Thread For: Usyk Believes Joshua Has Received Unfair Criticism Over Recent Performance

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WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk believes his most recent opponent, Anthony Joshua, has received unfair criticism over his most recent outing.
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[MONGOOSE66]

I agree with Usyk. Everyone has an opinion but has ZERO experiences. They’re like back seat drivers.

[Smash]

Who are those people who judge him?

eh they are called the sports pundits and the boxing public, u know the guys who actually pay your wages

[Richard Hamilton]

If the keyboard warriors actually stepped in a boxing gym, they would be timid quiet and stood in the corner on their smartphone. Cowards typing, anyone can do it.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Fury's performance vs Walln was miles worst.

Wallin busted up Fury real good, and pushed him in a close fight.

Was Joshua busted up vs Franklin? No.

Was Franklin vs Joshua a close fight? No.

Did Joshua win 95% of the rounds? Yes.

We get it, Joshua did not knock-out Franklin 'It was a satisfactory performance overall'.

But Joshua's was clearly not even out of second gear.

Tyson Fury vs Wallin was extending himself and going through the gears 'Still he could not deck or knock-out Wallin'.

Franklin & Wallin are pretty much the same level of fighter 'Franklin has pushed Whyte, and put in a commendable effort vs Joshua'.

Wallin really outside of his fight vs Fury, has beaten no World level fighters 'Therefore nobody can rate him as a World level fighter' etc.

Note: Joshua's performance vs Franklin overall was satisfactory. It would of been more concerning if he was hurt, or clearly going through the gears without causing significant damage upon Franklin 'Joshua for me produced a controlled and composed performance, and made the fight easy'.

Joshua throughout his career has made stylistically easy fights difficult for himself. This was because he seemingly had no idea how to fight a big man type fight i.e A big man type fight is the default tactics used by all great super heavyweights vs fighters with old school dimensions.

Anthony Joshua for the first time in his entire career vs Franklin actually fought a big man styled fight 'Solid jab, and he tied Franklin up on the inside and wrestled'. If Joshua could of tied Usyk up at mid-range, disrupted the action and wrestled 'The dynamic of that fight would of altered dramatically'.

So overall, Joshua's performance vs Franklin was not super great. But it was by no means a bad performance, Joshua won the fight in second gear easy etc.

[Richard Hamilton]

Who are those people who judge him?

eh they are called the sports pundits and the boxing public, u know the guys who actually pay your wages

99 percent have zero clue what they are talking about it.

[Smash]

99 percent have zero clue what they are talking about it.

if we all needed to be experts in our fields to say anything it would be a very quiet world

[Ropeydope]

People are giddy when their biases are confirmed. Joshua is good, just not great, like Usyk. They went 24 rounds. We have plenty of data.
It’s not too late for him to change that perception, but it all starts with mending his bruised ego and getting back in the ring and beating Wilder and/or Fury. Decisions against fringe contenders doesn’t move the needle, and it shouldn’t.

[uppercut510]

Aj did some good things techincal wise that true boxing fans can appreciate, casuals saw a name they didnt know much about and expected a ko and not a close fight.

[Teetotaler69]

Usyk is definitely a man of class