AJ is finished.

not being able to beat Usyk again and him being finished i feel are two different things.

You claiming he will never win again? be more specific if you are going to believe you are a soothsayer of the future.

 

It's all over for AJ. Thanks for the memories, big fella.

 

When Usyk, luckily for him, stopped to hammer him in the 12th bodybuilder poked his tongue out as if to say: "You didnt hurt me".

The guy is mentally weak and not serious. Big troubles for him on the horizon.

 

Put your feet up & set a spell, big fella. Like sands through the hourglass, the AJ era has ended. Too bad he never went lineal. Decent enough alphabet champ though. I've got him ahead of Bruno.

 

He looked terrible - body language-wise - basically as soon as he lost his 'momentum' half way, and to a lesser extent from the first left hand.

I made a semi-joking prediction a few days before the fight that Joshua would be so outworked and nonplussed by Usyk that his only thought would be 'forget it Josh, you'll do it right in the rematch!' and eventually no más in his corner.

Looks like that was basically correct aside from the fact he didn't literally retire in his corner, but he did seem to retire from the fight mentally. It looked like he cheered at the final bell like a bullied schoolchild at hometime.

 

Reminds me of McGregor in the latter part of his career. There's something in him that's just gone and I'm not sure it can come back, no matter what shape he's in or what tactics he employs. Part of it is just getting found out by prime, elite competition.

The way in which he lost to Ruiz was devastating. He knows he quit in there. If he thought he DIDN'T quit and was trying to regain the clout, the belts, the confidence, he would have fought Ruiz in the same way as the first fight but improved. The tapping jab for 12 rounds against a 282lb marshmallow shows you his confidence is shot.

Usyk can do even better in a rematch.

 

AJ is a posterboy for JD and the bodybuilder for the Peloton, how dare you say he is finished?!

 

Hes a fighter but not a natural born boxer as USyK or Fury or Ruiz.

 

'Some days are rough, some days are tough.'

 

“And some days are Usyk”

 

I wanted Usyk to win, I did think Joshua would eventually KO Usyk though, after losing the rounds up until the KO.

Usyk performed outstandingly, and gave a extremely exciting performance. Joshua did perform outstandingly to despite the loss, I had him clearly winning three rounds.

I do think Joshua can perform better though, and I expect an improved Joshua when the rematch come, if it will be enough I do not know, can Usyk perform better too, who knows, but I do give Joshua a real chance in the rematch, though I put Uysk as a strong favourite, I do not put it past Joshua to find the KO next time round.

 

When he came out in round 3/4 he looked dejected.