Andy Ruiz affected Joshua's confidence

[Guest]

I'm just saying that his psyche seems fragile now, !! Anorak.

https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=862466

[JakeTheBoxer]

Joshua still looked better than Crawford against Kavaliauskas, for example.

[Stuntman Mike]

AJ was good.

Are you joking he cant take a punch like a real champion he shows his fear and fills his diaper

He doesnt have it mentally ,hes a false champion a never would have been when there was only one belt

Fury has now officially leagues ahead of joshua after this preformance

Waldimir showed how to deal with a younger hungrier Pulev like a real champ ,joshua ran like a chicken

[GM Jay]

AJ looked good tonight

Fury was hurt by Walin before stopping Wilder in the next fight

[KingLennox]

“Joshua scared. Joshua not the same boxer. Joshua too cautious”. This coming from the same people who were saying he had no head movement, static, has no boxing skills. The Ruiz fight has made him a better boxer. He’s not as static on his feet now, better head movement and he’s boxing behind the jab more setting up the bigger punches rather than just throwing power punches the whole time.

I haven’t logged on here for a while but I see it still has the same knuckle-dragging, nut-hugging fanboys who can’t give credit and just ****post all the time.

[ShoulderRoll]

Joshua still looked better than Crawford against Kavaliauskas, for example.

Kavaliuskas isn't 40, though.

And Crawford has that dog in him. His mentality doesn't falter when he gets punched in the mouth.

[Sparked_26]

Are you joking he cant take a punch like a real champion he shows his fear and fills his diaper

He doesnt have it mentally ,hes a false champion a never would have been when there was only one belt

Fury has now officially leagues ahead of joshua after this preformance

Waldimir showed how to deal with a younger hungrier Pulev like a real champ ,joshua ran like a chicken

I think you've warched that fight with an agenda and it would not have mattered if you watched it or not.

When did AJ take a shot poorly in that fight?

My only criticism would be probably Tyson Fury specific in that AJ is in that Wlad mode where he is loathe to throw a shot if it's not gonna land. So he would need some re-wiring to make that fight a good one

[Dakuwaqa]

I agree. He gets too caught with emotions as well.

[deathofaclown]

Joshua still looked better than Crawford against Kavaliauskas, for example.

Mean Machine wasn’t 40 years old, he was undefeated and good puncher.

Pulev is nearly 40, has only had one real meaningful fight in his career 6 years ago and got stopped.

It’s hard to really compare the two.

That said, AJ got the job done but looked as basic as ever for most of the fight

[alexguiness]

The best I have seen Joshua confidence wise was coming back into the fight to stop Wlad.

After that he looked OK until the Ruiz fight where his confidence issues were exposed horribly.

He hides it well, but there is definitely a weakness in his psyche.

That's why he always has the same team and nuthuggers around him, he needs that reassurance constantly to perform.

I'm not hating on the guy for it, but stage fright is a very real thing.