Now that AJ's popularity has taken a huge setback...

[Larry the boss]

Nothing that wasn't being done before. You think because Ruiz beat Joshua it erases Wilder being a ducking coward and a shit boxer?

I think Wilder goes on to beat Ortiz again and him and Fury will now be for the Ring Magazine belt as well..talk all the trash you want but Joshua lost to a fat tub of lard..it gets no worse then that..

[Curt Henning]

yeah all wilders "future plans were focused on joshua"...thats why hes got an ortiz fight and a fury fight basically ready to go after that....with fury being a dangerous one that could derail his own career

but i guess he was squarely focused on a joshua fight lol

[Gillie]

its been a whole week now just about and these guys are still trying to convince themselves "oh look all the twitter trendings and youtube videos AJ did".....

people are watching it because they think its hilarious a fat american beat the crap out of the "HW champ"...an out of shape slob beat bodybuilder....people are laughing at him

This exactly. Well said.

[Boksfan]

I think Wilder and his fans are on a suicide watch right now, honestly.

[DaNeutral.]

Has Joshua's popularity taken a huge setback? Im not so sure that is the case at all and even if it turns out to be the case how has the Thread Starter got to these facts so soon? How is it measured? Or does a loss automatically mean a big down turn in popularity? Ive been a British Boxing fan for many years and from my experience that has never been the case. Im sure it is in the US cuz they have that "if you aint 1st you are last" mentality. But not over here.

[Curt Henning]

yeah "wilder fans are on suicide watch honestly"

lol...i dont even have anything to say....this is the kind of stuff we have to deal with....

[Kezzer]

I doubt his popularity has taken a hit; the publicity has been huge around this fight! Almost every post on here even a week later is about it!

These sort of fights are usually a huge benefit to the fighters and the sport in general. The wilder fury fight finishing a draw was exactly the same, just a shame in that case they didn’t take immediate rematch and exploit it.

[DaNeutral.]

I think Wilder goes on to beat Ortiz again and him and Fury will now be for the Ring Magazine belt as well..talk all the trash you want but Joshua lost to a fat tub of lard..it gets no worse then that..

It does. Ducking Josuha is worse than Joshua losing. Joshua fought and lost where as Wilder didnt want to fight.

[MDPopescu]

... by now, Wilder simply is too big to associate himself with whoever... he should sit back and contemplate whatever...

... Wilder TBE, right now... (Ruiz did his job...)

[HarvardBlue]

Joshua is still a popular fighter but the perception of his skill level has taken a hit.

I bet this won't be the last time we see Joshua get clipped in a fight.

His opponents will be brimming with confidence from now on.

Needless to say a lot of his old opponents are probably praying for a rematch.

I could see Parker or Povetkin beating him if they ever fight again.