Joshua External Issues?!

Sheesh. Grow up. That is not the point at all, as much as some people want to make this a bickering “my dads harder than your dad” nonsense.

AJ lost fair and square. Psychology is a HUGE part of boxing as we all know. I was questioning his altered demeanour - even if he was in crisis he should’ve been able to pull through it. I make no excuses there and take nothing away from Ruiz.

I just wanted a thread to discuss these observations and if anyone else noticed anything or had any theories - psychology of the fight is a relevant topic and especially in this circumstance. I didn’t want to have to plow through page after page of comments like these to find nuggets of information.

It’s wild how difficult it is to have a neutral discourse on here.

 

I don’t doubt this at all. Good lord this is tiresome.

It’s not about “why did Joshua lose” - it’s a legitimate attempt to discuss Joshua’s altered demeanour and it’s relevance to his psychology.

But yeah, enjoy the reflected glory of Ruiz’s upset victory.

 

See at least this is part of the dialogue. I personally have never seen him look so agitated pre fight, so assumed there was something affecting his psyche. I appreciate all opinions. Just can’t abide mindless trolling and gloating.

 

Again, gloating aside, this is constructive and what I was looking for - I didn’t know both Joshua and Hearn had said that he was fine and had no external issues. That’s what this thread is here for - to catalogue and update this stuff for anyone else who had a similar impression that I had.

I know it’s not gonna be possible, and this thread is already becoming crass, but for the record I was welcoming all opinions on the specific subject. Fighting a losing battle though, inevitably.