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

[BigZ44]

Lennox and AJ should get together, squash whatever beef they have and work with each other

[P4Pdunny]

i hear that, don't disagree...

[Bigchip]

Is AJ more Frank Bruno or more Lennox Lewis at this point?

Both Lennox and Wladimir Klitschko got a bit arrogant, lost by KO, and then changed to Emanuel Steward.

Steward took them from being good fighter to making them GREAT!

One difference with Joshua:

Emanuel Steward ain’t walking thru that door...

[BlackSoul]

if a top 5(some say top 3) ATG UNDISPUTED HEAVYWEIGHT OF ALL TIME recommends somethin' YOU PAY ATTENTION

[hugh grant]

Lennox should train josh but my but might be to. Selfish

[denilson200]

I just want to remind everyone that Joshua was KNOCKED OUT by Andy Ruiz ��....what a great night for boxing! How many pegs was Eddie Hearn knocked down? Lol....without Joshua, slaveroom is NOTHING

AJ wasn't knocked out. The ref stopped it whilst AJ was on his feet.

Ricky Hatton Vs Manny

That's a knockout dude

Tyson Vs Marvis Frazier

That's a knockout dude

Hell - Tyson used to knockout them for the count of 20 !!

A knockout is when you knockout em out COLD and they're sleeping.

Ruiz didn't knock AJ out.

[MastaBlasta]

Ruiz took AJs best punches and beat the dog out of him you don't know what you are talking about Ruiz vs Wilder is still a good fight and nothing is guaranteed Wilder has more 1 punch power but he also leaves himself open and has been stunned if a 6'2 Russian can drop him and TKO him with headgear so can Andy we will just have to wait and see. Im a big Wilder fan by the way I always knew AJ was a knockout waiting to happen and that he would put Joshua to sleep quicker than Ruiz did but styles make fights.

Overall I agree with you.

Wilder fights with more stealth against fighters like Ruiz, and could well catch Ruiz and end it. But more likely he will have to repeat good defense and big punches many times in a Ruiz fight. Meanwhile Ruiz is VERY adept at fighting taller guys of any weight, and has a very good motor once he starts swinging. It's a dangerous affair for any tall heavyweight. It will be dangerous for Wilder as long as the fight goes, as it will for Ruiz.

Ruiz motor allows him to **** guys until they are out of good defensive position. He will do that to anyone, if he's not ****** out of position himself. You either move, run or you're gonna be in a firefight. Key is keeping good position (footwork) and being prepared to put up a huge firefight yourself.

I think Wilder would find a way (he's a lot tougher than many think and can brawl), but there are definitely ways Ruiz could win. It's a dangerous fight. Whether the Ruiz/AJ fight ever happened, it would have been a dangerous fight. Grade A HW action!

AJ can make it back. I think Team hearn is wrong for him in terms of being a rough, tough FIGHTER first. If he doesn't make changes he will always be at risk against talented guys who fight first, box second, aren't afraid, and haven't been emasculated by hearn's A-Side promotion BS. With no undo advantage from a ref, or judges, and without an advantage in well-wishers
and attention, AJ will have to RE-LEARN to fight. With serious intent and be ready to wage war for many rounds ... not some stoppage BS.

Need Bad Intentions. AJ needs to FIGHT in sparring and get rid of red carpet training. Getting dropped or KO'd in sparring can happen, but shouldn't, because a fighter is ON HIS BUSINESS - not because the promoter is 'not allowing' sparring to get out of hand.

Will be interesting to see where AJ goes from here.

[Htown-Finest]

Is AJ more Frank Bruno or more Lennox Lewis at this point?

Both Lennox and Wladimir Klitschko got a bit arrogant, lost by KO, and then changed to Emanuel Steward.

Steward took them from being good fighter to making them GREAT!

One difference with Joshua:

Emanuel Steward ain’t walking thru that door...

Hire Jonathan Banks

[MastaBlasta]

You're not of the smart kind, are you?

The title shot was gifted to him. He did well in the ring but he didn't do anything to be there in the first place. Miller got busted, Ruiz got lucky. That's what I said.

What? "didn't do anything to be there" - BS. He showed he belonged. Every and ANY fighter with a good record is a pro and deserves to be there. They can only show they don't belong there by what they DO In THE FIGHT.

Some "fans" don't realize the amount of training, sparring, injuries, and lifestyle choices figters go through to "deserve" to fight.

The Patriots have to play EVERY team on the schedule, and potentially every team in the League. So do the Raptors, Warriors, Lakers, etc. Why? 'Cause they are all PROS, and on a given night the worst team MAY upset the best. Same for boxing. If a guy is a pro, has fought his way into the top 20, he HAS EARNED any good, profitable fight he gets. Period!

Get off mama's tet with that deserve a shot BS

[TheUntouchable]

What? "didn't do anything to be there" - BS. He showed he belonged. Every and ANY fighter with a good record is a pro and deserves to be there. They can only show they don't belong there by what they DO In THE FIGHT.

Some "fans" don't realize the amount of training, sparring, injuries, and lifestyle choices figters go through to "deserve" to fight.

The Patriots have to play EVERY team on the schedule, and potentially every team in the League. So do the Raptors, Warriors, Lakers, etc. Why? 'Cause they are all PROS, and on a given night the worst team MAY upset the best. Same for boxing. If a guy is a pro, has fought his way into the top 20, he HAS EARNED any good, profitable fight he gets. Period!

Get off mama's tet with that deserve a shot BS

That's just typical dumbass talk. Ruiz got the title shot because Miller failed tests. That's the only reason. Nobody wanted to see Ruiz beforehand. He was irrelevant and rightfully so. Terrible fight vs Parker, other than that only fought bums and couldn't even impress against them.

Patriots, Raptors, Warriors, Lakers? Who's that? I'm talking about boxing here. There's no schedule, no real rankings, nothing. Schwarz was highly ranked, did he deserve to fight in Vegas? Against Fury? Schwarz isn't the best heavyweight in Germany and all of them suck in Germany.


"Some "fans" don't realize the amount of training, sparring, injuries, and lifestyle choices figters go through to "deserve" to fight."

Literally every fighter goes through that. Lifestyle choices yeah look at Ruiz. LOOK AT HIM. He's not even dedicated to being an athlete, he's dedicated to eating chocolate bars. What did he do in the ring before the AJ fight to deserve the fight? Nothing. You know it, I know it, even Ruiz himself knows it.

Yeah, he's still a fighter but so is everyone else in the game. Can't hand out free title shots with mulitiple million dollar purses to everyone who puts gloves on. You have to earn it or get lucky and Ruiz got lucky.