AJ: "Wladmir was my Toughest Opponent"

Little known fact; that's what was on his famous USB. Wlad saying: 'Your soul will be forever trapped in my colon like a compacted ****'

 

There is also the fact that some opponents will dislike giving credit to their superiors. Joshua included. However people that lost to Shavers have said similar

 

Joshua is delusional

 

He never failed to beat a count, including multiple bombs and a headbutt from Sanders. Stopped but never ko'd. When he was at his best he picked apart, dominated and destroyed guys for a decade. You call it cautious, I call it winning. Didn't get his rematch vs a probably juiced Fury and super unlucky vs Joshua. Compare that performance at 41 vs any similar champion. You don't know what you're talking about anyway.

 

Who is Anthony Joshua?

I googled him looks like a bodybuilder

 

I know plenty what I'm talking about. Just because you don't like what I say doesn't mean it not true...
And my point was he HAD to fight cautious, because both his gas tank and his chin were huge question marks ...
And my point about his losses were that they happened all throughout his career...not just when he was starting out or when he got old

 

Just because someone gets beaten doesn't mean another fight wasn't their hardest

Wladimir got beaten by Sanders but I expect his fight first fight with Peters would be deemed as tougher

 

Usyk definitely going for the stoppage now in the rematch .

 

He reigned for a decade you idiot with three of the four straps.

 

That doesn't change the fact that he's been KOd 4 times at various points in his career by varying levels of competition. Both things can be true at the same time YOU IDIOT

 

Ruiz wasn't tougher than Wlad, just like Hasim Rahman wasn't tougher than vitali for Lewis. Lesser fighters can win on the night. Ruiz gets dominated by Joshua 9/10 through jab alone.

But I think Usyk is definitely better than 40 year old Wlad, I just think Joshua feels it was his tactics that got him beat last time, not his ability.

 

Usyk isn't going for anything, he knows if he gets clipped heavy he might get staunched. AJ understands he will get outboxed again but if he presses he is open to getting KO'd himself.

It will be like the first bout...but AJ is going to have bite down on his gumshield and fight like what a born and bred heavyweight should fight like...but he can't and won't because he's a bum dosser.

 

Well along a similar line of logic you might consider that Joshua was badly knocked down by Wlad and almost on his way out before he clawed his way back to a win, so I can perfectly see why he might consider him a tougher overall fight (mentally and physically) than Usyk. As for Ruiz, I believe Joshua simply had an off night, which is why he was so eager to get back in the ring for the rematch.

Maybe he just doesn't want to give Usyk any credit, but there's a possibility he's also telling the truth from his POV.

 

Possibly, though it depends on what Joshua considers by the word 'tough': Usyk, who just outclassed him over the majority of the rounds and slightly buzzed him late, versus Wlad who nearly decapitated him and was hitting him with the kitchen sink for a whole round