Opinion piece: Joshua IS a mentally shot fighter.

Yeah grahams finished with the training with the arthritis...but get him in for his knowledge would be a decent move imo. In terms of trying to get joshua moving in and landing on an opponent he,d be good for that.

Depends what joshua wants out of his career tbh regarding the gb set up. The gb set ups done him well to a certain level.

In most of his fights the styles largely kept him out of harms way consideing his chin doesnt look up to it. It might actually be his most effective way to fight. Ideal world tho after last weeks failure its time to cut ties and give himself the chance to find out if he could actually be as good as a lot of people thought he was. Maybe the gb set ups the best place for him...but it looks like staying there he,ll come up just short of the very top level. Anything else is a gamble but one probably worth taking.

It seems hes insistant on keeping mckracken in that case tho i,d honestly bring billy graham into camp for the usyk and fury fights.

Was a random thought but everyone saying joshua should pressure usyk next time out. One thing graham knows well is how to get his fighters pressuring an opponent. Hes maybe not the best trainer britain has...but in terms of pressure fighting hes got to be up there as one of britains best.

 

Bruno could also turn water to wine, according to some people on this forum.

 

Water into hp brown sauce.

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Some of the topics and posts on AJ really do let this forum down it has to be said.

The way some people talk about him makes him sound like he's a English title level semi pro boxer who does a bit of painting and decorating on the side, not a gold medalist, 2 x unified world champion and the highest earning British fighter in the history of the sport. I'm not singling out anybody in particular or any specific topic, it's just a general theme which is not hard to pick up on...

The idea he's mentally shot makes no sense and just does not add up- why would he willingly agree and sign to fight Usyk, a tough mandatory challenger with a very awkward style for him when he could have just vacated, kept his other 2 belts and had a much easier fight for tens of millions??

You don't take the hardest fight available with all the expectation, pressure and extra risk it brings if you are mentally shot.

AJ's got a net worth of well over 100 million GBP, the fact he took the fight to begin with, and has since agreed to a re-match more than anything shows he still want to compete and still thinks he can win!! There's no other reason for him to fight Usyk twice, if he did not believe he could beat him.

His team got the tactics wrong and he underperformed. I thought his performance was very naïve and ill concieved rather than poor. He's got strengths and weaknesses just like any other fighter, doesn't mean he finished in the sport.

 

I agree

Olu G will never be the same again

 

Emu is coming to the end of a long hard career in McDonalds - manhandling those Andy Ruiz orders takes its toll on the crew members.

 

Looks like Furys been on the Big Macs too those crew members must be run off their feet.

 

AJ has had a mental block since the first Ruiz fight, he went for the KO after putting Andy down but got countered and put down himself. I believe the beating he took from that fight has affected him badly.

 

I don't think he's been the same since the Wlad fight. No early knockouts since that fight, some poor performances, and of course the two defeats.

I think he's done at top level. The way he currently fights in the ring, I think even Whyte stops him. It can't be easy trying to prepare for a fight with so many out of the ring commitments, maybe he has lost focus on the the actual boxing? Or is it he just has little confidence in his chin and stamina?

 

Whyte wouldn't stop him, Usyk didn't stop or drop him, Whyte won't be doing that either.

I think there's been a bit of an overreaction to this one which is a tad disrespectful to Usyk too.

 

What the actual ****?? He is reading that off an autocue right?

 

NO brain
NO chin
NO heart

 

He's going to have holograms of Lenny Mclean, Ronnie Kray and the Driscoll brothers in his entrance. Escorted in the walk in by dave courtney and phil and grant.