Can AJ come back and dominate?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by The Long Count, Jun 2, 2019.


  1. kim_jong_un

    kim_jong_un Member banned Full Member

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    A brawler is going to eat some shots, Joshua doesn't have the chin for it. His only chance is to become Wlad 2.0, but he doesn't have the skills for it.
     
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  2. smiffyinoz

    smiffyinoz Active Member Full Member

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    He just doesn't love the sport enough to put in the hard-work needed. He was saying a couple of weeks ago that he doesn't know how long he will keep going if he can't make the big fights.

    The move to the US was all Hearn, Joshua just took it as a vacation. He said two days before the fight that he hadn't even watched a Ruiz fight. Does that strike you as someone who took the challenge seriously? He may well have spoken words of respect but the arrogance and actions were completely disrespectful to Ruiz. Glad he got beaten up.
     
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  3. reckless

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    It was him going wild in the 3rd round after the knockdown that got him knocked down in return. He needs to learn to be a good jabber.
     
  4. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    That time of the month sweetheart? lol
     
  5. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Yikes! Sounds like Babality has some personal issues hes having a hard time facing and Ruiz seems to have brought out those emotions. It does explain his sensitive response lol! Poor snowflake
     
  6. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Good point. Helped your argument about Ruiz's skills.
     
  7. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    You mean the skills that helped him dominate AJ? Or the ones that had him beating Parker and getting robbed? Or the skills that have brought him to a 33-1 record and the new Heavy Weight champion of the world? Youre nothing but a hater you clown.
     
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  8. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yes, Ruiz is a beast. But those skills though?!. Lmao at these clowns marvelling at the HW bums of today. Beating Joshua is the barometer.
     
  9. 305th

    305th Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nope you can stick a fork in him and Hearn for that matter in regards to serious boxing promotion. He's raped near enough his entire stable.
     
  10. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    The common denominator with Lennox and Wlad were they were willing to humble themselves and start over from scratch. They got a new trainer and started over at ground zero. It takes a lot of humility for that to happen. Is Joshua willing to do this? I don’t know. Not saying he needs. New trainer but he needs to start over from his strategy and start at ground level and build himself up.
     
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  11. deadACE

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    In think he beats Ruiz in the rematch. He will have to adopt a safety first approach like Wlad did in his later years. I don't think he dominates. He didnt progress the way I thought he would.

    Wilder is still 50/50 in a who lands first scenario . If he boxes like he did in his last 2 fights then Fury embarrasses him. The next wave of up and comers, we will have to wait and see.
     
  12. Maidanas Gun Tattoo

    Maidanas Gun Tattoo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dominate? No. Those knockdowns took something out of him. I think from here on out he fights more tentative.
     
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  13. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Here's the catch though, Kovalev didn't take Alvarez seriously, but was still winning the fight, after a few close rounds early, he was starting to dominate and got caught. Also Kovalev needed that wake up call he needed to blame himself, and due to Kovalev's mental toughness and self belief, he focused on what he did wrong, fix those flaws, accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative, and he was good to go.

    AJ just got his ass systematically beat down... that was no lucky punch, Ruiz dominated him, and beat the fight out of him, he took his heart and soul from his body, that's a hell of a lot harder to mentally recover from than some freak KO.
     
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  14. BoxingIQ

    BoxingIQ Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sorry, I meant slugger like Prime Tyson with tremendous heavmovement.
     
  15. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Why would he come back and be able to do something he hasn’t done yet?

    He hasn’t dominated to date.