Damn Joshua straight up quit

[Real King Kong]

Joshua looked done, but it wasn’t a good stoppage. He asked him 2x if he was good to go and both times the answer was yes.

[jaded]

I’ll delete mine so you don’t look silly. We all make mistakes

When I looked again a saw the mouthpiece I thought....oh **** LOL

[786]

He told the ref he wanted to continue, the replays confirmed this.

He spat his mouthpiece out, backed away from the ref with his hands by his sides. Then backed away from the ref more when he said he wanted to continue, rested his arms on the ropes and was looking away. He said "yes" but all of his body language said he was done. He didn't put his hands up and step towards the ref to show he wanted to continue. This is what he should have done before waiting for his mouthpiece to be put back in. Instead he kept retreating to the corner, was looking away from the ref and then rested his arms on the ropes. He quit.

[Mammoth]

Joshua looked done, but it wasn’t a good stoppage. He asked him 2x if he was good to go and both times the answer was yes.

He should have come out to fight then

[jaded]

Joshua looked done, but it wasn’t a good stoppage. He asked him 2x if he was good to go and both times the answer was yes.

That's my point. He could have let him go on and stop it afterwards if he couldn't continue. He was the champion and should have been given the chance.

[jaded]

He should have come out to fight then

Didn't get the chance. The ref didn't put his mouthpiece in and let him.

[_Rexy_]

When I looked again a saw the mouthpiece I thought....oh **** LOL

The mouthpiece thing kind of reminded me of Tyson/Douglas actually.

Especially with Robbie making a thread saying Joshua wasn’t hurt, he was just waiting for his mouth guard lmao

[_Rexy_]

Didn't get the chance. The ref didn't put his mouthpiece in and let him.

Rules state that the ref doesn’t stop for a mouth guard until there’s a lull in the action. I’ve seen guys fight for over a minute without a gum shield until the ref stopped it. Holyfield/Cooper being one off the top of my head.

[Real King Kong]

He should have come out to fight then

Well the referee was standing directly in front of him asking if he wanted to continue, to which he replied “yes”...twice. It was a strange stoppage.

[embryo]

Fight could have been stopped earlier. AJ definitely quit and showed his British balls are too small for NYC. Go back to the UK and fight in your safe space.