Comments Thread For: Lewis: Joshua Needs New Trainer, Should Replace Rob McCracken

[SchoolTheseCats]

None of that matters if AJ doesn't blindly rush into Ruiz after knocking him down. Lost focus, got hurt, lost because of that. Not because of his coach.

Trainers can't fix glass jaws.

He has to box very cautiously against most top 20 heavyweights, that's why he couldn't impress recently. His chin is made of glass.

Even without that punch landing that put him down in first time in round 3 aj wasn’t reacting well to Ruiz punches and was already breathing heavy after round one.... Ruiz wasn’t hurt from punch that put him down IMO he was going win fight regardless of if Joshua had took his time after scoring knockdown

[TheUntouchable]

Even without that punch landing that put him down in first time in round 3 aj wasn’t reacting well to Ruiz punches and was already breathing heavy after round one.... Ruiz wasn’t hurt from punch that put him down IMO he was going win fight regardless of if Joshua had took his time after scoring knockdown

Vitali Klitschko had that "empty tank" look too, always had to open his mouth, always looked tired. Joshua breathing heavily doesn't mean he's done. He's a really big guy, those muscles, you need to breathe heavy to get enough oxygen in.

Ruiz looked hurt to me, his eyes were glassy when he sat on the canvas but he recovered quickly. Did he win rounds 1 and 2 on your scorecard? Really? I think it's almost impossible to say Ruiz was winning the fight anyway or seemed like he'd win anyway. Very strange statement in my opinion.

[SchoolTheseCats]

Vitali Klitschko had that "empty tank" look too, always had to open his mouth, always looked tired. Joshua breathing heavily doesn't mean he's done. He's a really big guy, those muscles, you need to breathe heavy to get enough oxygen in.

Ruiz looked hurt to me, his eyes were glassy when he sat on the canvas but he recovered quickly. Did he win rounds 1 and 2 on your scorecard? Really? I think it's almost impossible to say Ruiz was winning the fight anyway or seemed like he'd win anyway. Very strange statement in my opinion.

I had Ruiz winning first round handily second round was a tossup I scored for Ruiz also had written it down to go rewatch once fight was over to score again... that’s point with Joshua though having all those muscles is hindering his stamina and reflexes making him look robotic in his movements and not being able slip a lot of punches, he exert so much energy just trying do the basic things in the ring

[nacho daddy]

Big stomps where you been? I can’t be the only one straightening out the kids here. Good to see you straighten out the untouchable fool getting fresh

pig chomps can get to use the prison library computer all the time. sometimes getting reamed in the azz in cell blk 3

[Oldskoolg]

I still feel the bodyshots Ruiz threw softened AJ up

No ones talking about that, Ruiz landed some murderous body shots...particularly that straight right hand in the 6th round that just took the fight out of Joshua and made him wince

[ThunderFists]

I would love to see AJ spend his camp in the rematch against ruiz alongside canelo and reynoso. Reynoso would teach him how to counter properly and move his head

[W1LL]

I don't subscribe to this "so-and-so is a good trainer, so go with him..." I think it depends on the attributes of the fighter, the trainer has to be a good fit. With Rob McCracken, he got the Amateur GB gig, then stayed on with AJ. His only real experience of note before that was training Carl Froch. And let's be honest, Froch had to rely on having a granite chin. He was also slow, flat-footed and quite predictable. Couldn't box very well. Hmm. I have no idea who could do a better job for AJ. There are no names who immediately jump out. There's Adam Booth who has a great Boxing brain and IQ, but he is already invested in a bunch of fighters and just took Joe Joyce on... not sure who else is out there.

[_original_]

Is his trainer that bad or is he just the fall guy to ax down? Don't know too much about him but he got AJ to where he was to my understanding (undisputed HW champ of the world) and now AJ has a meltdown and get this arse kicked and people are ready to throw him under the bus.



I keep hearing people saying AJ needs to go with Floyd Sr and that's absolutely comical. At this point he's not going to learn new boxing styles that don't resemble his at all. Sr.'s defensive-counter punching style would only work with fluid boxers (Fury, Ruiz) not a powerful basic guy like AJ.

[hitking]

I still feel the bodyshots Ruiz threw softened AJ up

Ruiz’s body attack in the sixth pretty much ended the fight. You could tell it in AJ’s body language. I texted my partner that I thought AJ was gonna quit on his stool in between rounds. I was actually surprised when he came out. But even when he did, it was obvious that it wasn’t gonna take much to get him outta there.

[Califire209]

An experienced trainer could be what Joshua needs,, but I don't think it will help much because AJ is basically a HW version of Victor Ortiz. No mental strength and he quits when the going gets tough..