Anthony Joshua Felt Wilder Lacked a Proper Game Plan in Tyson Fury Trilogy

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  1. NEETzschean

    NEETzschean Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    @catchwtboxing is absolutely right about AJ's projection. Says Wilder didn't have a good gameplan and lacked ring IQ when that was an extremely common criticism of AJ after the Usyk fight. Says modern-sized HW's get tired if they jab round after round; exactly what happened to AJ in the last 2-3 rounds against Usyk.

    It shows once again that AJ is aware of his weaknesses: before the Usyk fight he said that he didn't want to be too muscular as this would drain his gas tank and he said after Fury-Wilder 3 that if HW's go out and brawl like that, they get tired after a few rounds (clearly what he was worried about himself). A few years ago around the time of the Wilder negotiations, AJ said that he didn't think anyone could outskill him (a theory he obviously no longer believes in) but he was worried about "the big punch". After Wlad it was, "Fury, where you at baby" and "line 'em up and I'll knock them spark out" after Ruiz it was "whoever has the belt, I'd love to compete with them" and "I'm the best version of myself". Post-Usyk 1 it's "I'd love to fight Fury or Wilder whether I have a belt or not" etc.
     
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