AJ suffered a panic attack before the fight according to his father

[LacedUp]

It’s different because those 90k were on his nuts now he walked into a arena who wants to see him lose.

This arena wanted to see him lose?

ehhh

[BangEM]

He’s just not built like that he’s a well spoken good guy who never went through a real struggle.

It has nothing to do with your struggle. Blaming everything on struggle is the reason why a lot of people from deprived backgrounds and the hoods always end up not getting checked for all the mental trauma they're going through because they think "struggle" cures everything and why there are so many nutters in the hoods killing one another with reckless abandon over dumb ****.

Anyone can suffer panic attack or mental breakdown. I was listening to Ron Artest the other day and he alluded to when he suffered mental breakdown and had to get help. Or did you go through more struggles than a Ron Artest who grew up in Queensbridge projects with no parents?

[eco1]

You ever had a panic attack? I've seen my cousin go thru them (he gets medicated for his). Its no laughing matter.

If this really happened to him the fight should have been called off.

I was in NYC and a friend started having panic attacks.

the next thing I know I am in the middle of the street pulling or pushing him out of the way of a MTA Bus.

We almost got killed by it.
My body hurt for the next 48 hours and I had to stay at my friend's place just to take care of him.

He had to be medicated and all.

I have been saying there is something that doesn't match up in this fight.
I can't put the finger on it, but there was something wrong.

[A.K]

If the expectations isn't that big for their own champion in Wilder, why would it be for a foreigner in Joshua? The expectation of getting KO in front of his own crowd in a 90K stadium is a lot more than fighting on foreign soil....

It’s not because those 90k are his fans and they give him energy but that 10k in America hate his ass he couldn’t cope with it.

[deathofaclown]

Nonsense excuses.

He looked fine until he got caught, even dropped Ruiz.

I might believe it if it was a totally unique situation for him but AJ has been in that situation twice before after being hit, he just doesn’t take a shot well.

That’s the top and bottom of it.

[creekrat77]

I'm hearing rumors like crazy that he had a concussion going into the fight and was dropped twice in sparring the previous week. His dad wanted the fight called off but Eddie intervened.

People have been making a lot of comparisons between AJ and Mclellan when Gman fought Benn. The blinking, unable to hold a mouth piece, etc.. very scary stuff. I don't think it was a panic attack as much as it was something much more serious. He had acupuncture marks on his cheeks before the fight which is apparently used in treating concussions. A doctor was also administering a massage on the back of his neck before it started.

[Motorcity Cobra]

The idea that only the UK watched Joshua vs Klitschko is absolute bollocks, that was a massive fight.

Bull****. Joshua has never received this much press before or after a fight. NY is the media capital of the WORLD!!!!!

[HanzGruber]

imagine if he just never came out holy ***..

[eco1]

Different country, and bigger expectations. Say what you will, but you're not respected until you are respected in the USA, even if the arena is 10K people.

What a f ego.

[Ray*]

Not saying its facts but it was his debut in America and it's in the most famous arena Madison Square Garden. Plus on top of that him having the added pressure of having to impress after what wilder did to brezeale. Basically he had a whole new market waiting to see him maybe it got to him mentally.

Looking at it this way maybe you are right.