Do you think the "real" Joshua showed up vs. Dubois?

Nope, that was his older brother, Tyrone.

 

The reality is that they're both 'punchers' with no brains and a quit streak in them, bully fighters, PR projects, really quite similar. They're always dangerous if things go their way and on any given night probably either could win in their prime.

Even if AJ isn't your favourite fighter, 34/5 is old in sport and up until the 2000's anyone in late twenties was a veteran actually, and few were still around at mid 30's and if they were they were not considered prime at all. Even now look at Degale who was utterly shot at 33.

So Dubious absolutely had the yoof advantage. If AJ was the same age, the fight likely looks different. Even now AJ could probably still win a rematch if he lands a big shot first.

This is why Dubious is getting way too much credit for the win.

 

Every time he loses it isn’t the real AJ. It is becoming a broken record now.

 

It's getting tiring. Excuses excuses excuses. All the aj supporters can bring are excuses. Deep down they know the gig is up, he was exposed and he was always overrated, but they don't want to admit it

 

Real AJ does not exist, the guy is a real fake a** b*tch!

 

Thee AJ fanboys won't be happy with these comments. All facts, Joshua was always manufactured with massive teams helping him say the right things and who to fight and duck. Will we see the real him?, will we see another EPIC Meltdown? - very likely. When it does happen & don't be surprised, just enjoy and laugh.

Imagine him fighting Bakole and Wilder next and getting put to sleep - he will feel embarrassed and humiliated. I don't think Eddie will care, he'll want that Fury fight next.

 

No, the real Joshua is yet to come, he will conquer the entire division, so far this was all a pretense, he lost on purpose because he didn't want to harm his opponents...

 

AJ has these crises of confidence. I agree that he looked spooked on the ring walk -- again. He's very hard to get a read on, especially after seeing a "resurgence" against Wallin and Ngannou. I admit I was pulled in to the "new" AJ myth, but that ring walk and DuBois' immediate success was the lead-in to a bad, bad night. AJ gets rattled easily, but way back when he overcame it against Whyte and Klitschko. Now, the fights against Fury or Wilder are only mildly interesting.

 

And that makes a hell of a difference….

 

Yes he did. He was in his "second prime", at least physically. But he just wet the bed, which he tends to do sometimes. It looked like he forgot all fundamentals. Ironically, he started to fight way better after all the knockdowns, lol. It's like something clicked and the warrior spirit came back. At the end of the day, he was brutally destroyed and it was well deserved for his terrible showing.

 

I think AJ himself said Tyson would knock him out in a round or sth like that.

 

I think he was being humble
These guys all have egos, especially Fury who can't admit he was beat

 

Absolutely

 

We breathlessly await the second coming of AJ - the real AJ.

It has been written but not in so far as being revealed in an immediate rematch against Dubois.

The real AJ moves in mysterious ways.

If he wins, he’s real. If he loses then it’s obviously still the fake version…did someone shout “circular argument!!”?