Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Jermaine Franklin & Austin Williams vs. River Wilson-Bent RBR.

Almost every heavyweight has KO power in their first few fights.

 

AJ lightly jabbed Franklin in the back of the head after the fight was over, Franklin turned around.

 

Franklin was a 9/1 shot but could have gone 15 with the bodybuilder. Give him props.

 

But it's true.

People only remember KOs and losses.

 

How was that a beatdown when Joshua himself had two black eyes and was covered in his own blood? Fury will embarass him. I actually thought Franklin edged that.

 

Unless AJ played it super safe knowing he got a big payday on the horizon he looked real bad. It’s his confidence plain and simple. Whether Confidence to take a counter shot or confidence in his gas tank to not tire he doesn’t have it. It’s a visible difference in the guy and it’s not athletic or skill. One of the most stark examples of confidence issues I’ve seen.

 

The bodybuilder gets a pass tonight because of the new trainer. But I don't think this cautious jab and hold style will work against the top guys. Joshua just doesn't have that long range power jab that Wlad and Lewis had.

 

To be fair, Wlad performed like this his whole career with Steward. The difference is he clearly had much more power.

 

Aj is absolutely terrified of getting hit, awful for a contender, wilder fury Joyce all beat him. Unless it was a deliberate poor performance to encourage fury to get it on. Reffed by a paid man to get him all the advantages in the "fight" awful, if that's what all that time and training has done for him, he's finished

 

AJ hit the back of Franklin's head when Franklin was going to his corner after the final bell. It pissed Franklin off and he walked towards AJ. Then AJ pressed his head to Franklin's head and pushed him towards to the ropes. AJ has serious anger management issues.

 

At one point in this fight Joshua was only -400 live. Lmao.

 

Joshua looks finished. I don't think his trainer is helping though. Got a heavyweight knock out artist tryna box like a defensive midget weight black american fighter. It's not gonna work. Joshua would've been better off sticking with Garcia. He showed big improvements in that second Usyk fight, now he looks utterly pathetic!

 

It’s like when AJ speaks post match he goes into fight or flight mode and you don’t expect what he’s gonna do.

 

It’s very hypocritical. So many people were saying how shot AJ is and that Franklin’s gonna beat him. Now that AJ won in almost a shutout people still bash on him, it’s ridiculous. It wasn’t a good fight, but that was mainly due to Franklin’s negative boxing.