Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk RBR.

Unlike Ray Leonard I always really enjoyed Roy as a expert commentator so I agree!

 

remember the OTT reaction here after the Chisora fight? **** it I’m gonna go and have a read back.

 

Joshua boxed well tonight. His performance would've beaten everyone except Usyk and a focused Fury.
Surprised and relieved that the scorecards weren't totally cooked.
My respect for Joshua has actually grown and more surprisingly I respect Hearn for not fixing the fight.

 

Bellew is deluded, AJ couldn't punch in bunches because everytime he tried to Usyk landed the straight, what a fool.
He's really deluded

 

And that he ducked anyone better than gatekeeper level.

 

Of course he's lucky because his boxing skills are embarrassing. Joshua is also very lucky to have had the run he did because he's a mentally weak fighter.

 

I don't mean to sound cruel but AJ needs plastic surgery after that fight. He aged about 10 years in 12 rounds.

 

That was pretty easy to score, 9-3. Think even 8-4 would be generous. Last round could be 10-8 as well

 

You're like a modern day nostradamus.

 

I can totally believe that

I personally don't see much wrong with that anyway if thats the case

 

No, when you're trailing on the card going into Rounds 11 and 12 the "right strategy" is not to "relax".The right strategy then is to do what Carl Froch would have done - close the distance and aggressively seek the knockout because that's the only surefire way to win.

Also, when your fighter has struggled to land the whole fight because his opponent is more mobile and has better movement it is not the right advice just to tell your fighter to keep trying something that has continually failed. The right strategy to win then is to do what Lennox Lewis would have done - clinch frequently, lean all over the smaller man and wear him down with the extra weight.

The advice Joshua got from his corner was playing into Usyk's hands and doing nothing to increase his own chances of winning.

 

Really I thought they hated AJ and only slobbed for Deontay's knob.

 

What an excellent fight that was, there wasn't too much clinching which is something I hate in boxing. Both fighters come out of this one with a lot of credit. Can't wait to see the rematch. Usyk was brilliant he fought his fight and I scored it 116-112 although a few of the earlier rounds could have went either way depending on how you score things. A good night for boxing all round imo.

 

Usyks head movement all night was a thing of beauty.

Completely destroyed Joshua's jab and took away his size advantage.

The Ukrainian ranks amongst the greats now.