Maybe Usyk retired Joshua

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  1. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    [url]https://sportvites.com/2022/12/14/anthony-joshua-hints-at-boxing-retirement-im-an-old-man-im-read-for-details/#[/url]

    Im not impressed.
     
  2. ChiefGego

    ChiefGego Active Member Full Member

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    You don't have to be impressed, that's his choice, but he won't ever be relevant in any historical discussions if he does retire, yeah.
     
  3. Umair Malik

    Umair Malik New Member Full Member

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    Now way Eddie Earn is going to let him RIP (retire in peace), there is more money to made from the cash cow.

    He can fight any of these.

    Whyte
    Wallin
    Parker
    Wilder
    Andy Ruiz 3
    Michael Hunter
    Hughie Fury
     
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  4. Mickc

    Mickc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Out of that list Hearn won’t match Joshua with Wilder until last,that’s if at all. Wilder will brutally KO Joshua and certainly retire him !
     
  5. serioussam

    serioussam Active Member Full Member

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    Maybe he really lost his heart for boxing, but its normal that boxers need a break after such losses. Maybe his passion for boxing comes back after a year or so.

    I've got 3
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    1. He takes a year or more off and comes back (most likely)
    2. He gonna have a warm-up fight in 2023 and then go for the Whyte rematch (probably)
    3. He will finally retire and won't have fights anymore (don't think so)
     
  6. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He won't go near Wilder with a bodyguard, I doubt he'd fight Ruiz either no point in it. Whyte? that's about right if Arreola isn't available
     
  7. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Anthony Joshua sucks.
     
  8. snake33

    snake33 Active Member Full Member

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    Joshua will book a sure win or two in 2023. A break would make things worse.
    If he stays busy for a year or so, Fury and Usyk will retire and he can get a title.
     
  9. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    He needs to get back in the ring. The longer he waits, the more difficult it will be.
     
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  10. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Don't worry Big Femi

    You can get reemed by Fury, Wilder or Joyce....up to you.
     
  11. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agree

    He needs hard sparring in a very uncomfortable environment to bring out a nastiness within him

    So far, everything he has done has been in public where there has been so much scrutiny and criticism.

    He needs to fade back and work on his game before coming back.

    Even the biggest athletes in the world do their prep work privately. For some reason, Joshua has taken it upon himself to self publicise everything and is now reaping public resentment that has built up over the years
     
  12. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    He knows he will never get those W’s back from Usyk. And I think that really to the wind out of his sails. Usyk severely damaged Joshua’s ego, which was quite frankly out of control and blown up.

    Good Riddance!! :)
     
  13. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wlad ruined him.
     
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  14. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The sooner Joshua retires the better for the sport.
     
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  15. chico g

    chico g Let's watch some Sesame Street...lmao Full Member

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    It's perfectly understandable. The bodybuilder could go on to unify the division once Fury and Usyk leave. But for a historical purposes, he'll always be known as a paper unified champion. lol
     
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