Comments Thread For: Atlas Praises Joshua For Bouncing Back, Expects Him To Beat Pulev

[RINGG]

Everybody "Expects Him To Beat Pulev".

[Ray*]

This is the most interesting observation:
"In his next fight with a new style, will it be a combination of his new and old style? That's interesting."
I agree

That’s why I couldn’t care less how he got his belts back, for me it’s let’s see what he does next. How does he approach his next fight or how does he tweak his style from now onwards, are we going to see Joshua boxing more? Are we going to see him pressuring guys with his size, is he going to be more educated with his punches/style? There is a lot of things that needs an answer, one thing is sure he cannot be going gunho for his whole career. That would shorten your career, and I wouldn’t be shocked if Joshua now chooses to box more than we have ever seen him before.

[Squared.Circle]

I can't believe I agree with you..lol...Joshua did the hit and not get hit. It worked. It should've work. It's what he was supposed to do after losing in such dramatic fashion. Why not use the "boxers footwork" and box around the shorter faster (and still deceptively dangerous) obese out of shape guy that previously crumpled you? "Footwork" is legitimately half of what boxing is all about (physically) anyway. Why not use it?

I understand what others are saying regarding "taking it to Ruiz," especially since Ruiz was out of shape, but there's more than one way to skin a cat - which means Joshua can choose another way to try and beat him if they ever fight again - Joshua can demand a trilogy if he wants to prove something to himself in more ways than one.....

An immediate rematch required a safer plan. Which was: "box" to get those belts back, at least for now.... Only Joshua knows what it felt like to get toppled like that - why risk getting toppled again using that same toe to toe style, Stylz make fights, and Joshua had to temporarily change his normal routine for a guaranteed win.....Again, why not just get those belts back home for now?

Baha snap. Only those blinded by hatred or jealousy try to discredit the win. And that’s what boxing is about, winning. Entertainment comes second. People moan and say AJ can’t box, he easily outboxes Ruiz, and now he’s running? Hatred and jealousy.

[Oshio]

A lot of people comment as if they can take a hit. It is easier to be a keyboard warrior than being there in the ring.

[The D3vil]

I might agree if he was fighting a guy like Luis Ortiz, Dillian Whyte, Joseph Parker, etc. . ., but Andy Ruiz was a self-destructive, morbidly obese, waste in the rematch.

I'd be like if Tyson fought the morbidly obese version of Buster Douglas that Holyfield beat and ran away from him all day.

[Monty Fisto]

I might agree if he was fighting a guy like Luis Ortiz, Dillian Whyte, Joseph Parker, etc. . ., but Andy Ruiz was a self-destructive, morbidly obese, waste in the rematch.

I'd be like if Tyson fought the morbidly obese version of Buster Douglas that Holyfield beat and ran away from him all day.

1. If Mike Tyson had rematched Buster Douglas and won a one-sided victory, would this have been a better or a worse result for Tyson's career/legacy?
2. Adopting a strategy that plays to your opponents weaknesses is inarguably the correct strategy to adopt
3. Joshua didn't run. He cut Ruiz in the first round. He landed a lot of punches. He got cut himself. He engaged with him frequently -- but on his toes and ready to move back out as needed. What he didn't do was the same thing as the first fight when (pertinently) he lost. Maybe you're getting confused and remembering the last round when the fight was won and he did the smart thing of not engaging, given that engaging was the only way in which his opponent might win at that point.
4. A lot of people said Joshua wouldn't be able to change his style and hit and move for 12 rounds. He did. Atlas is acknowledging that.

[Zelda]

I have said this before...Atlas is just being an attention whore at this time. Ruiz Jr. better stays away from him.

[Apollo7]

A lot of people said Joshua shouldn't take an immediate rematch, that he would lose an immediate rematch. He took it and he won. You have to give him credit for that.

In the rematch he did the obvious thing which was to use his movement to out box the shorter, slower footed opponent. When he went toe to toe in the first fight he got KTFO so it would be incredibly ****** to try that again. Haters gonna hate.

[Bunch Pag]

I would say "here's another hand picked fighter" to keep the cash cow milking away but we all know what happened last time.....

[The D3vil]

1. If Mike Tyson had rematched Buster Douglas and won a one-sided victory, would this have been a better or a worse result for Tyson's career/legacy?
2. Adopting a strategy that plays to your opponents weaknesses is inarguably the correct strategy to adopt
3. Joshua didn't run. He cut Ruiz in the first round. He landed a lot of punches. He got cut himself. He engaged with him frequently -- but on his toes and ready to move back out as needed. What he didn't do was the same thing as the first fight when (pertinently) he lost. Maybe you're getting confused and remembering the last round when the fight was won and he did the smart thing of not engaging, given that engaging was the only way in which his opponent might win at that point.
4. A lot of people said Joshua wouldn't be able to change his style and hit and move for 12 rounds. He did. Atlas is acknowledging that.

If Buster Douglas comes into the next fight like 30lbs overweight and Tyson fights scared against him to pull out a decision, it would've been criticized, rightfully so.

Ruiz was not prepared at all and it was obvious. There was no reason that Joshua shouldn't have just taken him out.

Now, I do agree that Joshua changed his style, but that wasn't the fight that he needed to do that.