I don't think anyone will argue with the fact it has been carefully planned out. Why not talk about it after the first fight? Why not mentioned between the first and second fight? Why wait til winning the second fight to talk about it? Because discussing it after the first fight or between the two fights would have made it come across like an excuse and diminished his reputation, which could turn fans away from him and decrease earnings. Why else would he wait? PR, keeping up appearances and doing everything possible to keep fans onside and not decrease potentials future earnings. My question is, if he had a serious health issue that affected him to that extent, why on earth was he allowed to fight? Who signed him off to fight? He should have been nowhere near a ring. But, as per, money dictates everything.
Most people I've spoke to say they fought something was wrong with AJ first time round (this was in the aftermath of the fight, not just now) and he certainly looked lethargic and not there to me. That said, I think it was true decorum and good PR for him to not say that something was up with him until after this fight - he didn't make excuses and accepted the loss. Now he's won wide and shown everyone he is better than Ruiz (albeit an out of shape one), he's entitled to explain why he thinks he got battered the first time rather than winning clearly. The amount of rematches done simply because of an excuse made this one a bit refreshing, rather than Haye arguing "Tony Bellew won't win the lottery twice" it was more "I got beat, but I will be better in the rematch." By the way, I'm not an AJ fan, I just think his attitude since the rematch and performance deserves some respect.
“I’ve got a secret but I can’t tell you what it is” is a pointless and irritating statement in all walks of life.
https://www.bustle.com/p/13-signs-your-fatigue-might-be-due-to-anxiety-2925431 Gives credence to the panic attack theory?
Yeah I don’t like this from AJ, it’s totally unnecessary. People know something might not have been right, so to actually address it now is basically a delayed excuse. He said no excuses, but has gone back on it. Guess it could be a response to Ruiz making excuses but he could have taken the higher ground and just moved on. Sad really.
Could have been a testosterone crash from messing up his cycle due to fighting in America and not being certain of the score with the testing. Similar to what (allegedly) happened to Wladimir Klitschko against Brewster.
Apparently it was his motherboard that had gone. They tried applying a patch and resetting his bios but as it was a hardware issue it didn't resolve the problem. The good news is that the new upgraded platform supports an octa core cpu and more ram slots and that's allowed for increased boxing skills to be uploaded.
He had a butt ring injury inflicted by Tony Hayers on the eve of the fight - that is why he was walking like a duck to the ring and could not face sitting down between rounds. At the end of round 6, he asked Rob why his butt was feeling like this hours after taking Tony's erect 3 inches.
Had the motherboard have gone, then everything from that point would have been this: This content is protected
For what it's worth, from somebody's wife who visits the Sheffield institute of sport is that in the build up to the first fight joshua had a blood transfusion due to bring diagnosed anemic.
nearly every elite sportsman becomes ''anaemic'' and has crazy hemoglobin levels , sir lance armstrong springs to mind , somebody get dr freeman to deliver some testosterone LOL
What happened is that Joshua didn't respect Ruiz inside game, his power or boxing skills. He thought he could just walk through him. He then got absolutely battered in exchanges in the first fight. This resulted in him losing 20 pounds of muscle, and running around a massive ring for 12 rounds, throwing jabs at the even fatter Ruiz, who was too obese to chase him around. Maybe he was ill in the first fight, maybe he wasn't. But it was his tactics, and Ruiz poor training camp that won him the second fight. The brief exchanges they did have, Joshua looked lost again last weekend. He will have to keep running in fights against any of the big boys, or that chin will get shattered. But can he keep guys with similar reach and foot speed off him for 12 rounds? I doubt it. Which is why he will wait for Wilder to get old before entertaining the idea.
