AJ under Igor

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  1. BudC

    BudC New Member Full Member

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    AJ changes trainer every week, now he confirmed at the press conference that he’s training with Team Usyk and that Igor will be the head trainer for the fight with Paul.
     
    BudC, Nov 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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  2. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    AJ's ring IQ is severely lacking.

    He decided to trade up close with Ruiz jr. who has T-rex arms by comparison. Then he had the brilliant game plan of trying to out box the grandmaster boxer in Usyk.

    Learning nothing from his losses he hurt Dubois, got close and then decided to throw an uppercut out of position at the wrong range getting himself sparked out.

    As good as Usyks trainer is I'm not sure at AJ's age he can fix ego or stupidity.
     
    Oddone, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bro needed to change trainers for Jake paul LMFAO
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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  4. CharlesCalthrop

    CharlesCalthrop New Member Full Member

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    It seems an odd choice to go to a trainer that I presume came from the Soviet system. Joshua is too muscle-bound and stiff to try and do what Usyk does, especially over 12 rounds. In my opinion he is too old for a radical change, and would have preferred if he came full circle and went back to Rob McCracken for the final stage of his career. Saying that, I wish him all the best. The Dubious match and knockout was brutal for him, fair play for wanting to get back in the ring.
     
    CharlesCalthrop, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    No, he'd changed trainers before Paul-Tank fell through.
    AJ to work with Usyk?
     
    CST80, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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  6. PistonHondai

    PistonHondai Active Member Full Member

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    Why would he need any trainer for this joke fight?
     
    PistonHondai, Nov 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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  7. like a boss

    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In perhaps the biggest sellout in boxing history, a former world heavyweight champion agrees to fight an undersized, Youtuber and needs a new trainer for it?

    Hilarious!
     
    like a boss, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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  8. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Why not Sylvester Stallone?
     
    Babality, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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  9. swooosh

    swooosh New Member Full Member

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    AJ is perfect for the soviet system, have you not seen the documentary about the American boxer who fought the russian monster to avenge his friends death?
     
    swooosh, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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  10. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This fight was always on table aj never wanted Fury. Jacob Paul is the biggest fight of joshuas career and he has no confidence so he sacked his team again
     
    MarkusFlorez99, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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  11. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Knock it off with the conspiratorial nonsense. You sound deranged.
     
    CST80, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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  12. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Fury Vs Paul next year once Jake has dealt with the bodybuilding bum
     
    miniq, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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  13. CutThroatFade

    CutThroatFade Rangers FC Full Member

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    Fury still has Ngannou problems. Has no business fighting anyone celebrities or MMA fighters until he gives Ngannou his rightful rematch.
     
    CutThroatFade, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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  14. Marvelous_Iron

    Marvelous_Iron Active Member Full Member

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    Kind of a shame he never took up Lennox's offer to train him
     
    Marvelous_Iron, Nov 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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  15. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wasn’t aware that was out there. He should have taken it. Similar physical molds, similar physical gifts, etc. Even for fight plans, Lewis could just look at it as “how would I fight this guy?”
     
    Barrf, Nov 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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