Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Andrés Ponce Ruiz Jr. RBR

Parker is severely underrated. He fights the best and so her loses some.

 

Way too early to rank AJ's career on a single night.

Wlad got stopped by Sanders and Brewster. Lewis by Rahman and McColl.

 

Joshua wasn’t right at all. He looked out of it during the walk-in and the questions to his corner even before the knockdown where strange. He even asked “what is happening to me”. He should speak to Fury about getting mental health help

 

Fury makes me scratch my head sometimes. He takes a crap on Price ("big stiff idiot) but that released a video before his fight with Povetkin that he could win the fight and to believe in himself. He was gracious about Wilder after their fight. And now he is sending condolences to AJ.

 

Fair points, but I am not yet inclined to believe that AJ didn't show up as usual tonight, he was the same AJ we've seen in the past.

And I also feel that Ruiz JR displayed a special kind of power today, especially at 268. Styles make fights, could be AJ was too robotic in the exchanges because that is his style and it has worked for AJ in the past when coming out on top.

When Parker fought Ruiz he showed more movement.

This Ruiz tonight looked bloody good and dangerous... didn't even go wild when AJ was hurt, he took his time and let AJ fall into his punishment.

 

Joshua is so freaking stiff man, Ruiz was unloading on him in the last few rounds.

 

My goodness, do you really believe AJ wanted to continue?

The referee commanded him to walk forward and instead AJ gave a Charles Martin type delayed response and didn't follow instruction because he wanted the ref to take the decision out of his hands.

 

Well Hean had a bad night..

Coyle stopped.
Kelly loses his perfect record with a Draw
Katie Taylor was gifted a decision and her stock slid a little.
AJ gets exposed,


Yeah I'm saying "exposed" because that was exposed, he wasn't tanked cleanly with one big shot, he was dropped 4 times and beaten up.

Exposed.

 

I was just having fun

Though Joshua didn’t look good here very flat little to no offense outside a few isolated bursts when he thought ruiz was hurt

He still fights tense which really hurts his stamina he did the same vs wlad.

It’s weird my dad noticed it but I didn’t pick up on it but Joshua doesn’t really throw a combo if he misses the initial shot and I think that’s why ruiz was so comfy countering

Joshua would miss ruiz would fire knowing another one wasn’t behind

I actually thought Joshua was better suited to use height make ruiz miss from being out of range and with Ruiz completely out of position fire. Ruiz left him self open lunging but I think Joshua was too tired to do anything

Just bizarre he pretty much quit and seemed so relieved the fight was over almost seemed happy to lose a very strange reaction to such a massive loss in a fight that was supposed to be a statement

 

Claressa Shields even looking hot, does this night have any more shocks for us?

 

Not quite so classy from Dillian lmao

 

But dude, as others have said Joshua is skilled!

 

Yeah one silly poster on this forum yesterday said Parker had no heart....

What what his name? Oh yeah it was @_Scott_