List of sparring partners who knocked out Joshua

[ShaneMosleySr]

Lawrence Okolie, Daniel Dubois, David Price... and now possibly Joey Dawejko?

I’m not sure if it’s an excuse or more evidence that he just isn’t that good.

[thecomedian2]

I am hearing that he was K.O in sparring a few days before the match and he was still concussed

[DuckAdonis]

Yeah because sparring proves how good you are? He has wins over Klitschko, Parker, Povetkin and Whyte. Let's just wait for the rematch and see how Joshua rebuilds his career. Andy Ruiz could have just had his number or Joshua just got hit with an equilibrium shot that he didn't recover from...

Ruiz is not really above other guys Joshua beat. That's just boxing man, styles make fights. Doesn't mean Joshua isn't any good. It's how you come back from a loss

[famicommander]

Yeah because sparring proves how good you are? He has wins over Klitschko, Parker, Povetkin and Whyte. Let's just wait for the rematch and see how Joshua rebuilds his career. Andy Ruiz could have just had his number or Joshua just got hit with an equilibrium shot that he didn't recover from...

Ruiz is not really above other guys Joshua beat. That's just boxing man, styles make fights. Doesn't mean Joshua isn't any good. It's how you come back from a loss

Parker and Whyte suck and Povetkin and Klitschko were totally shot.

[M Bison]

Yeah because sparring proves how good you are? He has wins over Klitschko, Parker, Povetkin and Whyte. Let's just wait for the rematch and see how Joshua rebuilds his career. Andy Ruiz could have just had his number or Joshua just got hit with an equilibrium shot that he didn't recover from...

Ruiz is not really above other guys Joshua beat. That's just boxing man, styles make fights. Doesn't mean Joshua isn't any good. It's how you come back from a loss

I'm sure it will be a different story when AJ spends a full training camp preparing just for Andy Ruiz. If you can beat Povetkin you can definitely beat someone like Andy Ruiz who is of lower grade, hell Povetkin right now would still beat Ruiz.

[ShaneMosleySr]

Klitschko was in his 40s, hadn’t fought for two years and almost beat Joshua. It was a life and death fight where both were hurt. Klitschko was essentially shut out in his previous fight as well.

Povetkin was 38 or 39 and is a smaller heavyweight who relies on speed. And he actually did well against Joshua until he was knocked out.

Dillian Whyte hurt Joshua and is assumed to be good because now because... why? Because of his knock out loss to Joshua? Because he was losing to Chisora in a rematch before he knocked him out late? Because their first fight was controversial? Is it because he went life and death with Jospeh Parker? Is it because he knocked out Lucas Browne, who turned around and lost in even more devastating fashion to Dave Allen? Or is it a win over Robert Helenius?

Joseph Parker’s best wins are a controversial win over Andy Ruiz and a close victory over Hughie Fury, unless you believe Carlos Takam or Alexander Dimitrenki are better than Hughie.

Now add in the fact that Anthony Joshua lost to Andy Ruiz, who was almost universally rated outside the top 10 in the division before the fight.

The excuse that comes up today is Joshua was knocked out in sparring and went ahead with the fight anyway. That’s the fourth story the public has heard about Joshua being knocked out in sparring during his pro career!!!

So that’s what the thread is about. Is that an excuse for a loss? Or just more evidence that Joshua is just a top 10 type heavyweight, like Whyte, Ortiz, Parker, Ruiz, Rivas, Kownacki, Pulev etc.

I personally think it’s Tyson Fury and everyone else at this point and I think there’s just too much evidence Joshua is everyone else.

Yeah because sparring proves how good you are? He has wins over Klitschko, Parker, Povetkin and Whyte. Let's just wait for the rematch and see how Joshua rebuilds his career. Andy Ruiz could have just had his number or Joshua just got hit with an equilibrium shot that he didn't recover from...

Ruiz is not really above other guys Joshua beat. That's just boxing man, styles make fights. Doesn't mean Joshua isn't any good. It's how you come back from a loss

[Boxfan83]

lmao, wasn't Floyd KO'd by Zab Judah the last 5 training camps of his career? This is getting ridiculous with the discrediting of Ruiz's win. Like Ruiz didn't train his whole life to box and won by lucky punch. Ruiz had a gameplan and the skill to make it work. He out did everything physically and mentally Team Joshua had to offer.

[roxythecat]

You dont full spar the week leading up to a big fight, maybe touch spar for timing etc. I think he went down with some form illness but Eddie wouldnt pull him hence AJ's Fathers reaction after he got stopped. In all honesty AJ was a accident waiting to happen, read someone call him a glass cannon which is spot on.

[A.K]

When klitchko dropped him it wasn’t even that hard of a shot but at that moment I knew wilder would take his head off.

[Eff Pandas]

Joshua the only HW champion that was a journeyman in his own training camp apparently.

Undefeated in official fights, but taking L's all day in sparring matches.