Can Joshua adjust and win the rematch -? Against usyk ?

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  1. daverobin

    daverobin Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    In 6 months can aj adjust to usyk and beat him ? Yes or no ?
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He could if he can make his head the size of a pea so usyk can actually miss his head.
     
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    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    AJs best chance in the rematch is to fight try and rough Usyk up, let his hands go more. So he can appear to be more busy and effective.

    Then wait for a crooked decision in his favour.

    He certainly cannot beat Usyk in the rematch.
     
  5. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    I think the biggest adjustments will be from Matchroom.

    Starting with having Marcus McDonell as a judge.
     
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    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    He's not Wilder who was only ever a one trick pony. Joshua has shown he can learn and pick up knew things and can adapt after a loss to come back and implement a better strategy to win. He's still evolving as a fighter and for me getting better even now with each fight.

    But this isn't simply a case of fighting tall and moving more like vs Ruiz, those very adjustments he made after the Ruiz loss do not help him at all vs Usyk, he can't out box Usyk. He needs to learn to manhandle smaller, faster opponents and I don't think McCracken has that in his wheel house as a trainer otherwise we would of seen that in Joshua already.

    Maybe Joshua can comeback to win, he has the capacity but it's a huge ask, especially if he takes the immediate rematch. He did try to collar tie Usyk a couple of times late in the fight but they were such clumsy attempts that the ref warned him each time for it. So he maybe knows what he needs to do to win but right now he simply doesn't have the know how to implement it. If he gets a new trainer and more importantly the right trainer to teach him these techniques, if he has enough time between now and the rematch then maybe he has a chance but I doubt it and even then Usyk may just adapt to whatever new techniques Joshua brings in the rematch.
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    He has to fire McCracken, he had no answer to the head movement and feints, he did land some good right hands though.
     
  8. Guerra

    Guerra Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Needs to switch trainers to have any chance at it.
     
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  9. TipNom

    TipNom Active Member Full Member

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    I certainly expect that he will do better in a rematch. Whether or not he will win though, I'm not sure, and I'm somebody who was confident that he'd beat Ruiz in the rematch.
    Usyk will be 35 by the time the fight happens, so maybe that will help Joshua's chances.
     
  10. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    Tactics are simple.
    Pull a Canelo/PBC/Vegas/Matchroom/Queensberry/TopRank/King/whatever I missed... and let the judges win the fight for you.
     
  11. chico g

    chico g Let's watch some Sesame Street...lmao Full Member

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    I think Joshua is capable of stopping Usyk, if he presses the action and treats it like a 6 round fight. Needs to start bulking up again. It didn't work against Ruiz because he's a better inside fighter. Trying to box from range, won't work. Needs to bring the inside game he showed against Wlad and Povetkin.
     
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    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joshua's best chances are to let his hands go, he probably learned something from this fight, in the rematch Joshua has to go for a knockout...
     
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  13. G Man

    G Man Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No way, I'm watching his post fight conference and actually feel sorry for him, he looks and sounds lost and broken.
     
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    senpai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He cannot outbox Usyk and he don't have stamina to bully him for 12 rounds with his size and power
     
  15. jmb1356

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    And Kenny "The Bodyguard" Bayless as the ref.
     
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