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

[paulf]

It totally makes sense that AJ, who was poisoned and sabotaged after getting a concussion from being KOd in sparring, had a panic attack too and his dad tried to stop the fight but the dark lord Eddie Hearn told them that if AJ didn't go and fight John Skipper and the illuminati would kill them and their families.

It's the only reason AJ lost, really.

[Boxing Goat]

I believe this. I've been saying he can't handle the world stage. That's why he never wanted to fight here. Lennox Lewis couldn't figure out why AJ didn't want to fight in America. It's because he's comfortable being a big fish in a small pond. The UK was watching his fight against Klitschko. The whole world was watching his fight against Ruiz because it was his US debut & it was being held in NY at the Mecca of boxing. If AJ can't handle Wilder confronting him in the ring he really can't handle the pressure of being on the world stage

Anthony Joshua 's father has publicly stated that Joshua suffered a panic attack in his dressing room before the fight, delaying his ring walk. His Father asked Eddie Hearn to call the fight off as Joshua didn't… https://t.co/LDiC28F3nP

— ashikoto risto (@ashikotoristo) June 3, 2019

What was there to panic about? He's been on this stage before several times against better fighters.

And if he had kept Ruiz down after the KD in rd3, this would have never been brought up.

[PRINCEKOOL]

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.

Sometimes these things I suppose can just happen, Anthony Joshua is not weak mentally 'He is quite a stoic individual, and sometimes it is those individuals which can suddenly just suffer from these incidents' I think Joshua from day to day is under more pressure than most athletes. A boxer on the level of Anthony Joshua is experiencing the kind of pressures football players only experience during World Cup Finals Or European Cup finals etc Infact? I don't even think any team sports can duplicate the pressures individual athletes are under.

It is a entirely different ball game within individual sports whether it be Tennis, Athletics, Formula 1 or boxing 'This is all experience for Anthony Joshua, he will comeback.

[Caught Square]

Yeah it kinda does, Wlad wasn't the champ and had lost to Fury, so the pressure of beating Wlad wasn't tremendous, and AJ had gotten used to fighting in his backyard his whole life.

In the USA not only was he fighting in front of a brand new and much larger general audience (referring to TV) he was also competing against Wilders KO of Breazele and all the trash talk that proceeded this fight.

It really doesn't, that was Joshua's first big test after only like 18 fights and while he was in the UK he never fought in a crowd that big or in a fight of that magnitude.

Against Ruiz he was a massive favourite and obviously it was a big fight but really it was a showcase that was supposed to be easy work and forgotten about in the grand scheme of things.

[hugh grant]

Poor josh. If that's case I think he can beat ruiz next time

[TexDeuce]

If this isn't true. Does anyone have any info on why Joshua's dad was going off on Eddie Hearn and AJ grabbed his dad and said "it was me"? As in blame him (AJ) not Eddie Hearn.

[LacedUp]

Where is a more reputable source of Joshua's father saying this since he's apparently said it publicly?

Or who da f#ck is "ashikotoris"?

Eddie already shot this & all the bs I've been hearing down earlier. I was wondering where the panic attack sh^t was coming from cuz thats the one thing I hadn't heard yet.

Thin air is my guess.

but look at the video I posted on page 3.

[Ray*]

What was there to panic about? He's been on this stage before several times against better fighters.

And if he had kept Ruiz down after the KD in rd3, this would have never been brought up.

Apparently fighting in america in front of 20K is worldly different lol. If you haven't done it in america then you haven't done it at all.

Such ignorance is why Americans get laughed at outside of america.

[Eff Pandas]

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've had a panic attack before. You feel like you are gonna die basically. Can be hard to breath/catch your breath.

I would imagine if he had a legit panic attack his people woulda protected him better & gotten medical staff to him to see what was wrong cuz a panic attack can look like you're having a medical issue in many cases. And the last thing anyone who was down for you would wanna do is throw you into the ring after having one.

Probably just had nerves or some sh^t & his dad is overreacting about what happened. Lotsa mfers get butterflies before big events & while this fight wasn't really a big deal Joshua had some pressure on him with Wilder's viral KO & this being his US debut.

So idk that I'm buying this, but if this legit AJ needs to fire his whole f#cking team & Eddie's sh^t talking ass.

[Toffee]

I'd need to see a more credible source before I believe this.

But it would kind of make sense. It's probably not something that Hearn and AJ would admit to, and something wasn't right.

Still, it's part of the make up of the man. Takes a lot to be champ.