Anthony Joshua: First Time In My Career We're Working On Game Plan Ahead Of Usyk Rematch

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  1. Blg Man

    Blg Man Member Full Member

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    “This is the first time in my career I’d say we are specifically working on a game plan,” Joshua said during a speaking engagement with the Oxford Union. “I’ve based a lot of my success on raw ability, but the raw ability wasn’t enough, so now I’m going to try out this game plan training and see how it goes. I plan to go back to the basics and take this guy out.”
     
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  2. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    ''And Joshua has admitted that he got his strategy completely wrong the first time – but has vowed to rectify his mistakes after confirming that his assistant coach Angel Fernandez has been promoted in a change to his training camp.

    Speaking at the Oxford Union, he said: “The fight with Usyk, in my mind, was going for 12 rounds.

    “That was my game plan because I thought I could compete with him as a boxer.

    “And I think he won two more rounds than I did. That’s how he became champion.

    “So the goal now is to go back to basics and go for the knockout.


    A day or two before the first fight

    Joshua predicts a ‘Kronk style’ knockout of Oleksandr Usyk

    Joshua and Usyk collide tomorrow in a heavyweight title fight.

    “I know what I’m doing. I know exactly what I’m doing. I know what I’m gonna do. I know...Knockout, Kronk style. When I watch things, I like Emanuel Stewart’s mindset. Obviously you’ve got to do your As and Bs and Cs but is you follow them they’ll lead to you to KO — and that’s what we’re here to do, put on a spectacular show, people want to see knockouts and that’s what we’ve got to deliver for the fans.”
     
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  3. Baneofthegame

    Baneofthegame Active Member Full Member

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    So Usyk to win by KO then.
     
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  4. teddybaldock

    teddybaldock Active Member Full Member

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    He comes across as quite thick doesn’t he. He’s never had a game plan before but his game plan was to compete with him as a boxer. Hope Usyk wins again.
     
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  5. VOXDEI

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    Such a braindead thing for him to say:

    He's either a pro boxer who has never gone into a fight with a plan, which makes me wonder what he pays his team for. It's also plainly untrue, see his obvious game-plans against Parker, Ruiz, and USYK. Obviously he had a plan for all his other pro fights as well, but at least with the others he could plausibly argue that he was just fighting his natural game.

    Or, he's lying and just trying to cope/convince himself and Usyk that this time he should be worried, but I suspect Usyk and his team will see right through it.

    Has there ever been, in the history of elite boxing, a more pathetic weakmind than AJ?
     
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  6. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Was there not a gameplan in place for the Ruiz rematch then?
     
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  7. DavidC77

    DavidC77 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This.
     
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  8. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    If he catches him cold anything can happen but Usyk will be expecting a more aggressive Joshua. Actually a hard one to predict as you'd think Joshua can't be as bad again but he was almost stopped at the death. It wasn't that close a fight.
     
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  9. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Might as well say, ‘I’ve never actually trained for a fight before. This time I’m going to give it a try and see what happens.’
     
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  10. Ilesey

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    Whatever makes the defeat rest easier with him, I guess.

    He will need all the help he can get as Usyk absolutely battered him last time - it wasn't close, certainly not as close as AJ is alluding to.

    I see a closer fight this time around, maybe more competitive but Usyk just has more skill and it will be the deciding factor again.
     
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  11. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    AJ’s figuring this boxing thing out.

    Win more rounds than the champion and you win the decision and then you become the champ.
     
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  12. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    To be fair that in itself is a novel concept these days. It is always a pleasant surprise when a challenger outpoints a champion and is allowed to leave with the belts.
     
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  13. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It bucks hundreds of years of tradition. People should have more respect for the tried-and-true methods that have withstood the tests of time.
     
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  14. The Townsend

    The Townsend Zeus. Full Member

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    How the F this guy even made It Is beyond me.
     
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  15. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joshua is that dense light bends around him......
     
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