Listen to Woolhouse. Gasping as Macklin says "Joshua is at his peak now", "....you don't think he's still learning?!" As if Macklin had just reneged on propagating one of their favourite myths.
Well, AJ said "I'm still in camp" I'm not sure I heard it right, maybe I've misunderstood him but normally fighters are relaxing, they taper down fight week, maybe something has happened in camp, maybe a little injury, a niggle, something and it's rattled his confidence a little bit. We've heard stories before about AJ getting smacked in sparring, maybe something has happened and it's bothering him.
Yeah I caught that, Macklin is right, AJ at his age isn't going to improve much more, he'll just gain more experience. Nelson doing the old "the stabilisers are off now" .... OK Johnny, we are not talking about Dubois ffs
Johnny Nelson making a good point about the "casuals" Nelson said many people filling that stadium don't know how good Usyk actually is, Anna Woolhouse said her cab driver was saying "Naaah AJ will get in the ring and bang him out" Could the crowd sort of turn if AJ isn't explosive and dominating from the opening bell? Could the atmosphere dramatically change if AJ comes out and fiddles around and tries to box?
No ones resume comes close to rhe quality and depth of wins over Wlad, Povetkin, Whyte, Parker, Ruiz, Pulev and Takam.
That's great but you always talk about this. What did you make of Joshua's demeanour? Was a bit strange don't you think?
I think there has been a bit of a shift since Fury's comeback. Fury is clearly more charismatic and likeable and is almost as well known and popular as Joshua. Since his Ruiz loss Joshua's stock has fallen - casuals value unbeaten records. Usyk is likeable and clearly very good - I think the crowd won't be passionately pro-Joshua necessarily.
The footage of Tony Dosh PPV being stopped by a little fatty on very short notice will be his legacy - forever a laughing stock on boxing comedy gold.
Yeah, he was strange, AJ looked off to me, maybe just fight week nerves, it's a tough fight and maybe he is a little edgy but he didn't have that spark in his eyes, he looked tired, he looked like he had other things on his mind.
Only seen the face off so and not the full press conference. I Couldn't see anything strange with it. Why what did make of it?
