Anthony Joshuas career is a disappointment

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  1. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wilder win is definitely better than Parker win considering everything
     
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  2. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Byrd 2x
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    There's more

    He doesn't have so many quality wins but way more depth than Joshua
     
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  3. Jacdaniel

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    In the big fights, AJ disappears. He has no heart.

    He was almost beaten by 40 year old Wlad. Usyk comfortably beat him twice. His match with Ruiz was to establish himself in the US and he got battered. His fight with Dubois was to get him back into contention and he got slapped around.
     
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  4. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Great post.

    Usyk 2 was arguably the blueprint that could've relaunched a second career for Joshua...

    Unpopular opinion, especially around here, but IMHO Joshua-2 was closer to Fury-1 than most would admit - and miles better than both Joshua-1 and Fury-2.

    Fight that well against anyone other than Usyk (and maybe Fury) and he'd have beaten them... But he didn't, and the rest is history.
     
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  5. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    Thanks.

    Also, a shout out to Robert Garcia. Years back he got a lot of recognition here, but he is now somewhat forgotten. That man is an amazing trainer!
     
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  6. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nah chief

    Joshua had a good 9th round

    Not as effective as Fury was in either fight vs Usyk
     
    Joeywill, Dec 23, 2025
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  7. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Watch them again...

    Fury was miles away from winning his second hand with Usyk.
    Joshua still clearly lost (but then so did Fury in the first bout), but he improved significantly on the first time around and it was a better performance than Fury's rematch.

    Fury had a few rounds in #1 where it felt like he might be building enough momentum to have a chance of winning... But he was almost stopped and still lost clearly and comfortably.
     
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  8. IsaL

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    Most overrated HW of my lifetime
     
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  9. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The weird part is that he still gets very overrated on here

    Like I get in the real world with casual people

    But you'd think on a hardcore boxing forum it would be different
     
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  10. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who overrates him ? Show me the comments where Joshua is being heavily praised in the past year ?

    Most people on this forum think Joshua is finished at world level.
     
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  11. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Strawman fanboys have taken a right kicking on this forum the last few days. It's been brutal to watch. :lol:
     
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  12. likeafire

    likeafire Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I mean when he’s fighting YouTubers when he’s still active in his career, there’s definitely something that’s gone wrong. Now I’m hearing he might be fighting an mma guy next, again. The way he was acting after knocking out a novice was bemusing, was acting like he just knocked out usyk
     
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  13. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Loyal Member

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    Halleljah!

    Can't understand the Joshua hate. I hope he finds it inside of himself to have one or two more good performances and retires rich, famous, healthy, and well admired by those who matter.
     
    catchwtboxing, Dec 23, 2025
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  14. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You know you're a fanboy when you're really excited about your hero's bank account after taking dog**** fights.
     
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  15. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Acting like he's better than Fury (he's clearly not)

    Some guy compared him to Wlad all time as if it's similar

    Acting like he's not similar to Wilder in terms of ability

    Athletic Low skilled heavyweight with a lot of power just like Wilder
     
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