My confidence in Joshua has gone down drastically

[QueensburyRules]

He should have broken him down and stopped him late.

He tip tapped to victory

Ruiz was fat, he was slow, he was awful, he should not have seen the final bell.

- -Yet somehow like Ruiz, U see the final bell everyday.

Fat, slow, and awful two of a kind.

[whollisboxing]

Everyone here knows I basically introduced AJ to this forum when he was ABA champion.

He lived up to my expectations for a long time and then some, but I feel like his last two performances were horrible. But it wasn't like it was new..

He didn't look good against Takam or Parker either, and whilst the Povetkin fight was a decent one, even that wasn't without troubles.

At first I looked past it, but I've begun to see a pattern.

Seeing him run around from the fat mexican still is a bit embarrassing imo. Despite him needing to do whatever he needed to do.

Just a bit comical to see such a big guy afraid of exchanging with a small chubby guy.

Where's your confidence in AJ currently?

There was a brief moment (or two) in the Ruiz rematch where AJ stood toe-to-toe and exchanged. When he did that, Andy came back with some heat because fat or not, he still has the faster hands and Joshua smartly got back on his bike. Exchanging at close range was Ruiz' only chance of winning so why would AJ or any other fighter comply with their opponent's wishes? To prove a point?

AJ would have been crucified if he had gotten buzzed in an exchange yet again and we would have called him ******.

So he decides to stick and move against a guy who's built like a sumo wrestler because it's a boxing match, not a tough-man contest.

Either way he got the win he desperately needed and nothing will change that.

[whollisboxing]

Everyone here knows I basically introduced AJ to this forum when he was ABA champion.

He lived up to my expectations for a long time and then some, but I feel like his last two performances were horrible. But it wasn't like it was new..

He didn't look good against Takam or Parker either, and whilst the Povetkin fight was a decent one, even that wasn't without troubles.

At first I looked past it, but I've begun to see a pattern.

Seeing him run around from the fat mexican still is a bit embarrassing imo. Despite him needing to do whatever he needed to do.

Just a bit comical to see such a big guy afraid of exchanging with a small chubby guy.

Where's your confidence in AJ currently?

I'm confident in Anthony Joshua going forward because he has the presence of mind to get on his bike if his opponent has faster hands during exchanges in close.

[HandsofIron]

Freak out?? What fight did you watch. If fury takes on the best he will be KO’d for sure, he hasn’t taken on many fights at the top end yet in his career

Watch the rematch again, whenever Ruiz clipped AJ with a good shot, Joshua panics and starts flailing with his arms, desperately trying to hold on to Ruiz. It's like AJ gets flashbacks from the first fight.

Edit: Dude, Fury just beat the best twice in Wilder (first fight was a robbery, Fury deserved the W) and the decades long, reigning champ Wlad Klit.

[LacedUp]

Yes but your thread is today ? Anyone can look up how many knockout losses Rahman had vs Ruiz and see AJ out boxing Ruiz is far more impressive then what Lewis did because someone did that already twice .

The idiot is you.

How is a decision more impressive than brutally KOing the guy who KOd you?

ffs you're thick my man.

any way, back to the conspiracies for you.

[LacedUp]

AJ typically ****s but chooses to box for once, and people all lose hope in him. Fury typically boxes, but chooses to **** for once and everyone over exaggerates him now. Go figure. I say AJ is still the best guy in the division and he will smash Fury by KO

Fury didn't '****' and if you think he did, YDKSAB.

Also, Fury took it to the most dangerous guy in the division, supposedly. AJ ran from a guy who recently was ranked outside the top 10 and largely forgotten.

I'm sure you can see the difference.

[LacedUp]

Since when is beating somebody 12 -0 in rounds "running". What should AJ have done, the same mistake as in the first fight?

But he did run. He literally ran any time Ruiz got close. not hating on it, but lets call a spade a spade.

[LacedUp]

In that case Ruiz would have stopped AJ again, likely. It is pretty ****** to trade with the guy with faster and shorter arms.

hence the lessening of confidence.

[LacedUp]

Freak out?? What fight did you watch. If fury takes on the best he will be KO’d for sure, he hasn’t taken on many fights at the top end yet in his career

He's literally taken the two top punchers in history and is still undefeated.

[LacedUp]

There was a brief moment (or two) in the Ruiz rematch where AJ stood toe-to-toe and exchanged. When he did that, Andy came back with some heat because fat or not, he still has the faster hands and Joshua smartly got back on his bike. Exchanging at close range was Ruiz' only chance of winning so why would AJ or any other fighter comply with their opponent's wishes? To prove a point?

AJ would have been crucified if he had gotten buzzed in an exchange yet again and we would have called him ******.

So he decides to stick and move against a guy who's built like a sumo wrestler because it's a boxing match, not a tough-man contest.

Either way he got the win he desperately needed and nothing will change that.

I agree. As I said in the OP he did what he needed to do, but I just wasn't impressed by it.

He didn't assert himself at any point in the fight. Everyone watching that fight prayed AJ didn't get touched because we knew he'd be stiffed.

That's why my confidence has gone down so much. he looked incredible weak and fragile. comparing it to the universal soldier who smashed klitschko.. like night and day.