Comments Thread For: Hearn: Joshua Had Horrific Camp, Flu Before Fighting Povetkin

[Boksfan]

Wildher had a flu before Ortiz so it's all good.

[trippers1]

Apparently povetkin had man flu and also had ear ache. Heard it hear first.

[JuniorTorres720]

The fight was too good for them to start coming up with excuses. Who knows, maybe it's true? But, if it's an excuse to try and make Anthony look better by somewhat discrediting Povetkin's performance, that is P-E-T-T-Y.

Povetkin had a superb performance and came to win the fight. Fans and Hearn were probably expecting a one sided affair but when the Russian showed up to fight I was impressed and Hearn was definitely shook for those first few rounds. Povetkin gave a good account of himself. Joshua looked too calm in there and a little flustered by Povetkin's quick and powerful approach. I though the first three rounds were easily Povetkin's with 4 and 5 being a little more competitive. Joshua started to figure out Povetkin in the sixth and his jab to the bodies eventually brought the head down by the 7th.

This wasn't a bad fight. And Joshua is a young professional that is still growing. With that being said no one should discredit Povetkin's game performance. He came to fight! Joshua came through and showed skill when he finally got Povetkin out of there. Not only that but Joshua has faced adversity a few times and he's come back and won. That should also show that he's world champion material.

[hugh grant]

Josh is scared of losing and he's becoming unbeatable. Even with flu pov could t last 7 rounds?
When Josh has you hurt he's clinical. Pov supposedly had Josh hurt in first round, so why wasn't pov clinical?

[paulf]

Lol here we go. He should have came out to the ring in a wheelchair.

[angkag]

Josh is scared of losing and he's becoming unbeatable. Even with flu pov could t last 7 rounds?
When Josh has you hurt he's clinical. Pov supposedly had Josh hurt in first round, so why wasn't pov clinical?

And according to that one judge, Povetkin only won a single round........

[kafkod]

I'll be honest I half belive this... Dude's hair was off, He didn't break a sweat right away & he seemed sluggish from the start. But yeah....

Yeah, AJ had a bad hair day too, as well as the flu!

Seriously it was great performance by AJ. He kept his cool during a fast, confident start by Povetkin and took him out in deadly style!

[kafkod]

The fight was too good for them to start coming up with excuses. Who knows, maybe it's true? But, if it's an excuse to try and make Anthony look better by somewhat discrediting Povetkin's performance, that is P-E-T-T-Y.

Povetkin had a superb performance and came to win the fight. Fans and Hearn were probably expecting a one sided affair but when the Russian showed up to fight I was impressed and Hearn was definitely shook for those first few rounds. Povetkin gave a good account of himself. Joshua looked too calm in there and a little flustered by Povetkin's quick and powerful approach. I though the first three rounds were easily Povetkin's with 4 and 5 being a little more competitive. Joshua started to figure out Povetkin in the sixth and his jab to the bodies eventually brought the head down by the 7th.

This wasn't a bad fight. And Joshua is a young professional that is still growing. With that being said no one should discredit Povetkin's game performance. He came to fight! Joshua came through and showed skill when he finally got Povetkin out of there. Not only that but Joshua has faced adversity a few times and he's come back and won. That should also show that he's world champion material.

Nobody should have expected a one sided affair, going by Povetkin's record and how sharp he looked against Price. I certainly didn't.

[kafkod]

Wildher had a flu before Ortiz so it's all good.

And Ortiz had high blood pressure and only just sc****d through the pre-fight medical.

[P4Pdunny]

The fight was too good for them to start coming up with excuses. Who knows, maybe it's true? But, if it's an excuse to try and make Anthony look better by somewhat discrediting Povetkin's performance, that is P-E-T-T-Y.

Povetkin had a superb performance and came to win the fight. Fans and Hearn were probably expecting a one sided affair but when the Russian showed up to fight I was impressed and Hearn was definitely shook for those first few rounds. Povetkin gave a good account of himself. Joshua looked too calm in there and a little flustered by Povetkin's quick and powerful approach. I though the first three rounds were easily Povetkin's with 4 and 5 being a little more competitive. Joshua started to figure out Povetkin in the sixth and his jab to the bodies eventually brought the head down by the 7th.

This wasn't a bad fight. And Joshua is a young professional that is still growing. With that being said no one should discredit Povetkin's game performance. He came to fight! Joshua came through and showed skill when he finally got Povetkin out of there. Not only that but Joshua has faced adversity a few times and he's come back and won. That should also show that he's world champion material.

I don't think they were trying to make Pov look bad per say, more highlight AJ's resilience to still get the job done/make AJ look good.

I mean, the fans probably expected an easy night but the majority of AJ's fans would buy a ticket if he was scheduled to fight me.

AJ, his team and most of us who follow the sport religiously knew it was going to be a hard assignment so I agree - kudos to AJ for getting the job done and weathering storms which he's had to do a couple times now.