AJ seemed humbled already, did he get ass whooped in sparring?

No disrespect taken man. I’m sure in some people that will ring true, I can imagine someone that isn’t bothered about winning to pack a sport in earlier than someone with a ‘winners mentality’ but I think it’s a different kind of quitting than if a ‘winner’ was to quit. Quitting because you’re not that fussed and quitting because you are scared of losing or it’s gotten too tough for you are quite different imo.

I quit athletics & football even though I’d reached a fairly high level but I enjoyed it while I was doing it, just fancied spending my time doing other stuff. When you’re not emotionally invested in the sport you’re doing then it’s easy not to let it effect you when you lose but it also prevents you from having the drive to be truly great I guess. But I know what’s probably better for your mental health.

So all in all you’re probably right that people with that attitude do end up being ‘quitters’

 

No one ‘wants’ to get knocked out on national TV, correct. No one ‘wants’ to fall over in front of a group of people. But a man who gets upset and crys over either has to be pretty mentally fragile and have a lack of pride or respect for themselves imo. Anyway agree to disagree, I think you have no pride and respect for yourself and you think the same of me, good talking to you.

 

That seems a weird choice to me, if he enjoys doing it why should he quit? Not being mentally torn apart by a loss you took doing something you enjoy shouldn’t mean you stop doing it...

 

I think Joshua cares a lot more than he's showing right now. That's a normal feeling when you work so hard toward something and then fail. Most fighter are able to get over it, and control their initial emotions enough to act respectful and humble after a loss. You have to be able to accept defeat. It will probably bother Joshua for awhile, but it's not going to destroy his life like some people want to pretend it will. It takes more control to behave respectfully after a lose like this than it does to express your frustrations. We've seen fighters do that on occasion, and that behavior is far more embarrassing than losing. If Joshua had complained and made excuses it would just make him look bad, and give ammunition to the people who dislike him. I think the pressure might have started getting to Joshua, and after losing he may have felt disappointed and relieved at the same time. We'll see how it affects him mentally in his next few fights. He started out with very high expectations, while most didn't think guys like Wilder and Fury would make it as far as they have.