Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua reveals the areas in which he had to improve

[Mr WorldWide]

All that strength and Prime Joshy from 2018 couldn't put a dent in Joseph Parker for 12 rounds, ran for most of them and made googoo save me eyes when Oilskin looked to get his inside game going.

AJ been ducking a JP rematch since especially what with Joe being in his prime now.

It was a disapointing match up. Joshua showed movement for the first time and when it looked like it would get interesting....the ref jumped in.

Having said that, Parker did himself no favours. I came away with the feeling that he was happy to lose in a close fight rather than risk getting sparked out.

ID like to see them run it back.

[kafkod]

I'm sorry, but Nganou shouldn't have been part of this equation. Joshua hit Francis flush in the jaw, when Francis didn't expect and didn't know how to protect himself. Almost cowardly.

Yeah, you don't expect your opponent to hit you flush on the jaw in a boxing match. That was very unsporting behaviour from AJ. If he was a gentleman and a decent human being, like Tyson Fury, he would have done what Tyson did with Francis ... hit him with weak, pitty-patty punches only and given Francis free shots at his jaw, to make it a fair contest.

[kafkod]

All that strength and Prime Joshy from 2018 couldn't put a dent in Joseph Parker for 12 rounds, ran for most of them and made googoo save me eyes when Oilskin looked to get his inside game going.

AJ been ducking a JP rematch since especially what with Joe being in his prime now.

And thanks to that cheating Italian ref, Parker still hasn't got his inside game going, 6 years later.

[kafkod]

All that strength and Prime Joshy from 2018 couldn't put a dent in Joseph Parker for 12 rounds, ran for most of them and made googoo save me eyes when Oilskin looked to get his inside game going.

AJ been ducking a JP rematch since especially what with Joe being in his prime now.

Parker's punch resistance might be gone now. Zhang has serious power, but Joe went down every time he got touched on the chin by the Big Bang.

[pollywog]

Parker's punch resistance might be gone now. Zhang has serious power, but Joe went down every time he got touched on the chin by the Big Bang.

An early flash knockdown, after which Joe signalled his corner that all was good, and an awkward punch to the back of the head resulting in a slip hardly signals Parkers punch resistance is shot, especially given he got right up, didnt allow Zhang to capitalise, then executed the game plan for the comfortable full distance win.

I doubt AJ could have taken Zhang's shots and come away with a victory

[PerfectJab]

What I notice is that no matter what the content of an article on Boxingscene is, people just react to show their like but particularly their dislike of a fighter.
Don't even bother to react to the article, they just see a name and go off.

What's wrong with an interview where a boxer opens up about how he tries to improve himself??????

[joe strong]

I’m excited by this fight because it is 2 big punchers who had some hiccups in their careers. Both were written off by some (myself included) but have done a good job rebuilding themselves much like Joseph Parker. That is the one thing that is different about HWs. You are always one punch away from getting back into contention which isn’t always the case in lower divisions.

[kafkod]

What I notice is that no matter what the content of an article on Boxingscene is, people just react to show their like but particularly their dislike of a fighter.
Don't even bother to react to the article, they just see a name and go off.

What's wrong with an interview where a boxer opens up about how he tries to improve himself??????

You can guarantee that very time AJ's name is mentioned, for any reason at all, there will be at least one person in the comments section talking about him -allegedly - ducking Wilder. You can also guarantee pollywog will in there, bigging up Joseph Parker and talking about how the ref of AJ/Parker stopped Joe from using his legendary, non-existant inside game to dismantle AJ on the inside.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Anthony Joshua is the most experienced active Heavyweight in the sport, at both World and Elite level. No other Heavyweight fighter, has amassed the consistent level of his resume 'Competing against World and Elite level Heavyweight fighters skill for skill, win or lose'.

And I believe that this experience is now showing up in his career 'Certain folk seem to not understand how experience works. I have seen people making comments, in regards to Anthony Joshua's next fight vs Daniel Dubois. And they are speaking of Joshua, like he is some kind of rookie fighter. Anthony Joshua has all of his performances within his being and psyche, in my opinion he has already fought and beaten multiple fighters who are superior to Daniel Dubois'.

Joshua has beaten fighters, who are better than Dubois 'At Dubois's own game.. Apparently there is a narrative that Dubois is some sort of semi hulk like, power punching fighter 'Who is going to bring aura of intimidation, that will shake Anthony Joshua'.

Anthony Joshua has just fought that type of fighter in his last fight 'And Francis Ngannou was obliterated'.

Daniel Dubois has been knocked out by a jab, from Oleksandr Usyk 'Anthony Joshua fought 24 competitive rounds vs Oleksandr Uysk'.

It is September 14th today 'There is still time left, for all of you Anthony Joshua critics to check yourselves'.

Tyson Fury in comparison, has a severely lacking of experience 'And I specifically stated that, during the build up to his fight vs Oleksandr Uysk. That lacking in World and Elite Level experience was showing for Tyson Fury'.

Both Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Uysk were elite level amateur fighters, who achieved the pinnacle feats of achievement 'Both of those fighters were Olympic Champions'.

Tyson Fury was not a elite level amateur fighter, you can only really rate Fury as a solid national level amateur 'I have most likely trained with amateur fighters, superior to Tyson Fury. And boxing was not my sport'.

Tyson Fury best feats of achievement in the amateur ranks, was being beaten by David Price over the distance 'And this is no disrespect, because at the time? David Price was a Commonwealth Champion, and one of the projected favourites to win a medal at the next Olympics'.

Note: I have always compared Anthony Joshua to Batman 'Joshua as a fighter has near psychopathic work ethic, combined with a very analytical and obsessive nature. Those traits support him as a competitor and fighter over the long term. Longitude. If Batman is given time and space to prepare for any of his adversaires. Then Batman is going to find a way to win'.

Due to those stylistically traits as a persona and fighter, I stated almost 2 years ago now 'That the worst thing Anthony Joshua's nearest competitors can do, is allow him time and space to analyse and obsessively try and find a way to win'.

But when Tyson Fury sabotaged his fight vs Anthony Joshua in December 2022, that is essentially the tactical mistake Tyson Fury made 'Fury should of went above and beyond, to make the fight with Anthony Joshua during that stage of his career. Joshua was at his most perceived vulnerable in his career, and there also seemed to be a lot of uncertainty and lacking of consistency with his training i.e in terms of the coaching set up, and most likely his training methodologies being used'.

I have made post, in the past 'Specially stating that Tyson Fury for the first time in his career, made a tactical mistake in missing a opportunity to optimise the best timing for him to fight Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Uysk. Tyson Fury sabotage his fights vs both Anthony Joshua in December 2022, and then against Oleksandr Uysk in April 2023'.

Tyson Fury had great momentum in his career at that point, compared to both Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Uysk fpr various differing reasons. Joshua was at a very vulnerable stage of his career, and although Uysk had beaten Joshua twice, he was still did not have the experienced in my opinion to be best prepared to fight Tyson Fury.

Tyson Fury allowed Anthony Joshua to regain momentum in his career, and Oleksandr Uysk to acquire underrated experience vs Daniel Dubois 'Stylistically Dubois was actually a tough fight for Uysk. If Oleksandr Uysk would of fought Daniel Dubois as one of his first fights ever in the Heavyweight Division, there would be a high likely-hood that the fight would of been way more competitive and similar to Derek Chisora vs Oleksandr Uysk in terms of the action'.

But instead Oleksandr Uysk had not gained clearly more brute strength as a Heavyweight fighter, since fighting Derek Chisora 'And when he fought Dubois, he knocked him out with a jab. Not many people were anticipating that type of performance from Uysk, I have always regarded it as a underrated fight for Uysk'.

To conclude: Anthony Joshua in his career, has been forced to focus in the area's of his game which 'He believed was not his best. Like in Rocky II, were Micky had Rocky Balboa with one arm strapped behind his back, just throwing a jab at the heavy bag'.

Metaphorically all the years, when Anthony Joshua seemed to be convinced and obsessed with being a skill for skill highly technical fighter 'Joshua was holding back a certain aspect of his game, which the media and people within the boxing community picked up on'.

At the time, I did not really like what he was doing 'I don't believe that Anthony Joshua's all round condition vs Andy Ruiz Junior II was great. Joshua seemed to be over trained, whenever Joshua would weigh in at close to 240 pounds flat and under, his durability, brute strength, power and endurance would all decrease'.

But here is a very interesting thing, about this period in Anthony Joshua's career 'Joshua was still wining mega fights, such as regaining heavyweight titles and defending those titles. Anthony Joshua still fought 24 competitive rounds with Oleksandr Uysk'.

Joshua has achieved those feats, even while holding back aspect's of his game 'Innate aspects that were pretty much responsible for his rise in the sport. But this experience has actually aided in his complete all round progression as a fighter'.

Anthony Joshua is at the stage of his career, where he has now combined the two aspects of his game 'Skill for skill game,.and his raw athletic skills game'.

'Anthony Joshua is the only double jeopardy threat in the Heavyweight Division, he is the one of the most component and proven skill for skill pure boxers also? Anthony Joshua is one of the most proven power punchers in the division. No other Heavyweight in the division has that combination of attributes and level of threat at such a high level, Anthony Joshua is the only one'.

'Therefore if Joshua combines and utilizes all of his power, it is over for all of these top level Heavyweights' And that statement goes beyond fighters such Daniel Dubois, it also extends out towards both Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Uysk' etc.

[pollywog]

You can guarantee that very time AJ's name is mentioned, for any reason at all, there will be at least one person in the comments section talking about him -allegedly - ducking Wilder. You can also guarantee pollywog will in there, bigging up Joseph Parker and talking about how the ref of AJ/Parker stopped Joe from using his legendary, non-existant inside game to dismantle AJ on the inside.

Joshua didn't just duck Wilder. He ducked Ortiz, Zhang, Joyce, Hrgovic and a Parker rematch.

Full credit to AJ in one area he doesn't have to improve and a real proven strength : his ducking game!