Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua On Dealing With Criticism: "It's Hard To Ignore It"

[Bunch Pag]

Gotta take rough with smooth I'm afraid..

Can't use the media and social media to your advantage and then complain at times when it's not at your advantage.. people are what they are..

This forum is the only place I'm signed up to.. I've never used the likes of Facebook, Instagram etc.. why would I want people to know when I've been for a shyte or why would I want to let the burglars know I'm going on holiday?

[Redgloveman]

Biggest upset since Tyson lost to Douglas? I wouldn't go THAT far, Andy Ruiz was underrated, hes overweight sure, but he is a tough good boxer, so not that big of an upset. I think the biggest upset since Tyson losing to Douglas was probably either Lewis losing to Rahman or Wlad Klitschko losing to Corrie Sanders.

That’s the thing with these writers. Every HW upset is “the biggest upset since Tyson lost to Douglas”

[Redgloveman]

Sounding like someone who uses the term casual way too casual as if it means something.

Look at AJ's history. Aside from Parker, he had knocked out every single opponent going into the Ruiz fight. Who else has recently done that? Wilder. They were both touted as knock out artists and on a collision course with each other. I agree you cannot fight everyone the same way but since you act like what you claim others to be, AJ has been fighting everyone else the same way and eventually he ran into an opponent who could take his punishment and dish it back. A real boxing fan would see that both AJ and Wilder fought the same way against everyone and never really changed much in their style. I also agree that getting the W is all that matters but you acting like what you claim others to be(again) fail to notice that Ruiz came in way overweight even for his standards and a W for AJ would have been easy regardless. AJ literally ran away the entire fight and just jabbed Ruiz. If AJ stunned Ruiz he was too afraid to engage. That showed me that AJ is still too fresh and green and is not worthy of being a champ. He still has a lot to learn before he can claim to be a champ.

My point still stands. My mom would have beaten Ruiz that night. Anyone who cannot wipe their own butt has no business in boxing.

You can’t really complain about Joshua never changing his style whilst at the same time complain about him ‘running away’ rather than meeting Ruiz in the centre of the ring like he did the first time.

Joshua had to prepare for his style change through an entire fight camp. He has to expect the best version of Ruiz to show up, he can’t just be complacent in the hope that Ruiz eats himself into a coma

[Silver Spear]

Lol. You reinforced me with most of this. Not his fault Ruiz failed to train & wasn't able to find AJ because was able to adjust & fight a more successful gameplan that got him a clear decision. If everybody thought he was gonna come in and fight the same way that got him knocked out to entertain and risk another big L, then that's on them. Name of the game is hit and don't get hit & he played to a T. To say he's too green and not worthy of being called champ is just shading him. He's got three of the four belts in the division and has fought nothing but the top comp the division has to offer at the time not named Wilder or Fury. Fury is still the lineal & WBC champ regardless, but Joshua is the unified champ. Hoping that fight happens if he gets past Pulev and Fury blows through Wilder again.

I am not claiming it was AJ's fault that Ruiz was not prepared. I am countering your argument about AJ looking good and beating him easy. Anyone would have beaten Ruiz easy that night so saying AJ looked good in doing so is a joke. I expected AJ to do exactly what he did that night. I thought he would lose some muscle mass, since I think that is what tires him out so early in fights, and I expected him to jab his way to a victory. AJ did really well and I commend him for sticking to a his game plan and not deviating even if Ruiz looked succeptible to some power shots. That fight proved to me that AJ is still greenish and has a lot to learn especially for being the so called unified champ.

[Silver Spear]

You can’t really complain about Joshua never changing his style whilst at the same time complain about him ‘running away’ rather than meeting Ruiz in the centre of the ring like he did the first time.

Joshua had to prepare for his style change through an entire fight camp. He has to expect the best version of Ruiz to show up, he can’t just be complacent in the hope that Ruiz eats himself into a coma

Are you claiming that I am complaining about AJ not ever changing his style? I was making a point that AJ has fought the same exact way and has gotten a KO win in almost every single fight he has won. You can meet someone in the middle and still out box them without taking much punishment. Look at how Canelo was able to negate and avoid a lot of GGG's power shots and was almost forcing Ggg to play the jab game. AJ lacks defense. He has been getting by on his size and power alone but as we have already seen his chin is not good.

[UNBANNED]

who needs a trainer when all u need is doubters

in the rematch u boxed with a hooker not with a boxer and thats why u won

AJ is a frontrunner. He ran entire night against Lil Ruiz and it was STILL a close fight.

With that being said HW is still an average division and neither Fury or Wilder are special either. Still hoping Usyk emerges

[Griever0730]

He won those belts from the fattest athlete in professional sport, who forgot to train. Hardly an achievement. It's up there with Charles Martin world title winning fight.

You wrong bruh. He beat Martin for the IBF. If you wanna discredit the Martin go ahead bc Martin didn't really earn that belt with the way his fight with Glazkov ended. He beat Klitschko for the vacant WBA title. He beat Parker and unified with the WBO belt. He just got back what he had lost to Ruiz. Not his fault Ruiz failed to do what he was supposed to do in training and embarrassed himself back to oblivion.

[Griever0730]

I am not claiming it was AJ's fault that Ruiz was not prepared. I am countering your argument about AJ looking good and beating him easy. Anyone would have beaten Ruiz easy that night so saying AJ looked good in doing so is a joke. I expected AJ to do exactly what he did that night. I thought he would lose some muscle mass, since I think that is what tires him out so early in fights, and I expected him to jab his way to a victory. AJ did really well and I commend him for sticking to a his game plan and not deviating even if Ruiz looked succeptible to some power shots. That fight proved to me that AJ is still greenish and has a lot to learn especially for being the so called unified champ.

How you countering my argument? You just stated most of the stuff I did. Whether he's got a weak chin, too much muscles(which he cut some muscle for the second fight if you ain't notice), ain't pretty enough for you, etc. is you looking to point out his negatives just to not give him his credit for handling his business. Every boxer has their weaknesses. It's how you protect them by using your strengths. Simple as that.

[BoloShot]

Joshua is weak minded. ****** and self doubting. Not a good combo unless you're Eddie Hearn, that man will have the likes of AJ wrapped around his finger.

[Silver Spear]

How you countering my argument? You just stated most of the stuff I did. Whether he's got a weak chin, too much muscles(which he cut some muscle for the second fight if you ain't notice), ain't pretty enough for you, etc. is you looking to point out his negatives just to not give him his credit for handling his business. Every boxer has their weaknesses. It's how you protect them by using your strengths. Simple as that.

I am giving AJ credit for doing what he had to do in order to get the win that night. I am also saying that it was not that hard to do given his opponent. To have that type of an opponent for such a high profile championship fight is a joke. You sound like you are saying he is the best HW currently and that he is a great boxer. If that is the case then I am disagreeing with you for the reasons I have stated before.

I agree every boxer has their weakness and the good and great ones know how to hide them. AJ does not do a good job hiding his especially after being dropped by a 40 year old close to 2 years being retired ex champ. AJ has 2 main weaknesses, he had 3 but in his last fight he looks to have fixed one.

1. His defense is terrible, if he gets rocked he does not know how to react properly. I am not sure if this is due to his ego or his pride or what but he acts like a deer in headlights when he gets rocked.

2. He gets tired too easy early on and does not do well with pressure. This is party due to my 3rd point which is his size but he has fixed that at least it was that way in his last fight and I believe this attributed to his stamina and gassing out too early.

I still think he is young and has a lot to learn but at this stage in his life he has little time to do it so he better do it fast or he will not be champ much longer.