Comments Thread For: Joshua: I've Always Wanted To Rise To Top, Never Felt Mediocre

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Anthony Joshua doesn't need to hear any motivational speeches to overcome his first professional defeat. In fact, he has a brilliant career in the field should he ever choose to go that route. The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and former unified heavyweight titlist was all business at Thursday's press conference in downtown New York City to discuss his Dec. 7 rematch with lone pro conqueror Andy Ruiz. The event was staged less than three city miles from Madison Square Garden, the site of Joshua's first fight in the United States-and his first loss, as Ruiz stopped him in seven rounds this past June.
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[P4Pdunny]

queue the AJ hate in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

[VislorTurlough]

Nothing wrong with AJ. Nobody can fairly hate the guy, unless they have an agenda. He was simply overrated - how much so only time will tell. Maybe a little. Maybe a lot. He’s getting misdirected heat because his mouthpiece was the ringmaster of the Whyte scandal. It’s unfair but so is life

[alexjust]

Nothing wrong with AJ. Nobody can fairly hate the guy, unless they have an agenda. He was simply overrated - how much so only time will tell. Maybe a little. Maybe a lot. He’s getting misdirected heat because his mouthpiece was the ringmaster of the Whyte scandal. It’s unfair but so is life

But then wouldn't it be fair to say that everyone who has ever lost unexpectedly was overrated? I won't go with the list, but you know the list is long and full of surprises. I don't think "overrated" is the right term here. I think AJ is excellent at what he does and he deserves a ton of credit for his accomplishments. He made a mistake by not taking Ruiz as seriously as he would have taken Wilder, Fury or Whyte and he paid the price. That does not take away from his abilities or potential. Look at Klitschko's losses before his decade-long dominance.

I would imagine you have a job. If you make a mistake at your job and $#$#% up, would everyone say that you were overrated? Do you quit your job and change your profession? Boxing fans should extrapolate a bit more what they see on the screen in boxing world to themselves and their jobs. Boxing is a job. Just like plumbing or "lawyering". And if in your 20,30,40, 50 jobs you have a few butchered ones, does this make you crap in what you do? There is a lot of "it depends how" in answering this, but so far in my book the jury is still out on AJ. Even if he loses this rematch.

[Palakin Stu]

you punch Ali, Holyfield, Foreman, Fury, and countless other heavyweights with the same punch Ruiz connected on Joshua and they would have recovered. It wasn't a punch from the gods. It was God removing the fig leaf covering Adam's shame.

[twosweethooks]

No hate!

Joshua has a problem!!

How you gonna fix that glass JAW?????!

Ruiz is not coming like the dude that BLEW it with Tyson!

He will have his best camp ever and Knows how to whip Joshua with those combinations 😂😂😂

Go KO this GLASS JAWED X CHAMPION RUIZ😂😂👏👏👏😆🤣🤣

[NachoMan]

I think AJ spoke a mouthful there. Unlike Wilder, he seems preoccupied with being a great ambassador of boxing, of all sport, before being a great fighter. Wilder doesn't give a **** about being anybody's role model and I think that's going to matter when these guys finally fight. Wilder is a ****ing savage who will be swinging for a KO in every round and AJ is going to be content to have tried his best and to have given a gracious post-fight speech.

[TripleB]

Even if he chetas hes getting KO

andy ruiz eatign tacos yestersay and still gonna kncok u out

[Mateuz asato]

But then wouldn't it be fair to say that everyone who has ever lost unexpectedly was overrated? I won't go with the list, but you know the list is long and full of surprises. I don't think "overrated" is the right term here. I think AJ is excellent at what he does and he deserves a ton of credit for his accomplishments. He made a mistake by not taking Ruiz as seriously as he would have taken Wilder, Fury or Whyte and he paid the price. That does not take away from his abilities or potential. Look at Klitschko's losses before his decade-long dominance.

I would imagine you have a job. If you make a mistake at your job and $#$#% up, would everyone say that you were overrated? Do you quit your job and change your profession? Boxing fans should extrapolate a bit more what they see on the screen in boxing world to themselves and their jobs. Boxing is a job. Just like plumbing or "lawyering". And if in your 20,30,40, 50 jobs you have a few butchered ones, does this make you crap in what you do? There is a lot of "it depends how" in answering this, but so far in my book the jury is still out on AJ. Even if he loses this rematch.

Well said........