Why does Joshua need six months off?

[uppercut510]

well maybe his body is tired

[killakali]

We are in the two fight a year era for top guys. Can't oversaturate the market with your top guy. Its 90k+ fans for Joshua every fight now. Mfers gonna be planning their vacations around Joshua's fights lol.

With his fan base he should be able to fight three times a year. Just like Pacquiao did the year he beat de la Hoya.

[Madison Boxing]

it was a tough fight thats why. i dont have a problem with fighters taking time off after a gruelling fight. i have problems when someone beats up a bum, barely gets hit and then takes 6 months off.

[Eff Pandas]

With his fan base he should be able to fight three times a year. Just like Pacquiao did the year he beat de la Hoya.

Idk man. I think you risk saturating the market fighting him too much or anyone who's a big draw between the PPV prices + ticket prices. That's always been the model anyway, the higher profile you are the less you fight.

And the ODLH fight is what put Manny on a higher level. That's when he turned into a 2 fight a year guy himself.

I guess it wouldn't surprise me if Joshua has 3 fights next year doe with how his schedule will line up if he fights in October, but after that, assuming he keeps on his current trajectory, which is a big assumption obviously, I doubt he'll be fighting more than 2 bouts a year.

And hell from his POV why wouldn't you fight just twice a year when you are knocking down 8 digits per fight & he'll probably have a ton of out of the ring commitments that have lil to do with getting hit in the head putting money in his pockets.

[soul_survivor]

I don't get it, which big star fights more than once or twice a year? This is not unusual by modern standards?

Ortiz, Fury, Parker, Wlad or Wilder next. I'd prefer Fury but I don't mind any of the others.

[boliodogs]

He doesn't need 6 months off. Fighting only twice a year seems to be what most champions do these days. They don't need that much time off. Champions used to defend their titles 3 or 4 times a year. It did them no harm and they stayed sharper by fighting more often.

[joe strong]

The days of Mike Tyson fighting every month will never return. Depressing to think that.

Yeah but that was fighting cans. It's pretty much twice a year once a guy is near the top...

[joe strong]

He doesn't need 6 months off. Fighting only twice a year seems to be what most champions do these days. They don't need that much time off. Champions used to defend their titles 3 or 4 times a year. It did them no harm and they stayed sharper by fighting more often.

I really think it depends on the fight. If a guy scores a fast knockout without taking much punishment he may fit in another fight but for the most part at the top it's twice a year.

[MrRolltide91]

Idk man. I think you risk saturating the market fighting him too much or anyone who's a big draw between the PPV prices + ticket prices. That's always been the model anyway, the higher profile you are the less you fight.

And the ODLH fight is what put Manny on a higher level. That's when he turned into a 2 fight a year guy himself.

I guess it wouldn't surprise me if Joshua has 3 fights next year doe with how his schedule will line up if he fights in October, but after that, assuming he keeps on his current trajectory, which is a big assumption obviously, I doubt he'll be fighting more than 2 bouts a year.

And hell from his POV why wouldn't you fight just twice a year when you are knocking down 8 digits per fight & he'll probably have a ton of out of the ring commitments that have lil to do with getting hit in the head putting money in his pockets.

Boxingscene just released an article saying AJ will fight twice a year.

[SUBZER0ED]

Regardless how he got it, it's there and it will take time to heal. It's not exactly like he had an easy fight - he pretty much went death and life in there.

Not dis*****g that he needs time to heal. I thought you were suggesting that he took more of a beating than Klitschko.