That was the ultimate show of disrespect to the winner, the boxing fans, the sanctioning bodies and the host nation. A real sense of self entitlement and self importance. He should have shook the hand of Usyk and headed back to the dressing room to prepare himself for the post fight press conference. The Humble One persona smashed to pieces along with a huge exposure of his limited boxing ability falling well short of elite level. Not many are capable of Muhammed Ali ability and no shame failing to reach that level of ability. Big Dave Price fell a lot shorter in his career and was equally devastated after each loss. Yet he provided no excuses, threw no toys out of the pram, recognised his limitations and done the best he could for the rest of his career.
Very well said. It seemed bizarre, someone else pointed out his voice completely changed as well, full character glitch. Is this the "real AJ"? Thing is with AJ he outweighed the guy by thirty pounds on the night and was still hanging on for dear life at the end. USKY has zero pop at heavy otherwise that was a stoppage 100% with the number of clean shots he landed on Joshua's glass chin. Fury Wilder and Joyce put AJ to sleep in a few rounds. Do you think Hearns junior will feel bold enough to go after Whyteleafe for josh now Fury and povetkin softened him up? I think its more likely they go for papa ZHANG in china, new revenue streams koogs, I'm building a worldwide BRAND here.
I think Joshua as in the past will follow the same path in the future fighting for vacated belts avoiding live hungry contenders. Joshua v Ruiz 3 or another Paint Dry Special or worse could be on the cards. Your Chinaman fits the bill perfectly. Usyk, Fury and Wilder are too much for him plus hungry fighters such as Joyce and Bakole sticking it on him may result in a permanent meltdown. Over the next year, he needs to drop down levels of opponent and rebuild against fighters with at least a 30% threat against him. Right now Joshua v Daniel Dubois would be a very good fight for both.
Throwing the coveted Ring belt out of the ring? Just because he lost?? Literally the behaviour of a young child.
Hearn tried to spin it by claiming that Joshua is upset at being treated unfairly by the boxing orgs regarding mandatories. Didn't realise The Ring Magazine told boxers who to fight.
