He just looked such a different fighter on Saturday. So static, slow and rusty. Watching AJ’s earlier fights against Whyte, Breazeale, Molina, Klitschko and Takam. He seems so powerful, faster and hungry for the win. With Joshua’s frame and being such a muscle heavy man, adding his quick rise to the top, isn’t their a chance he has peaked in terms of performance and hunger ? In Reality After the Klitschko fight, he’s slowly but surely turned into a different fighter. He used to love getting into brawls, but after the Klitschko it all changed and he became conservative with his style. Joshua needs to be careful with he’s future, he’s been taking heavy shots to the head for nearly 10 years now. He says he still wants Wilder and a Ruiz Rematch.... I don’t want another Gerald Mcclean type situation or AJ becoming slurred and slow in his late 30’s/early 40’s. Eddie Hearn or even Rob Mccracken don’t seem like the type of people who would put Joshua’s health and well-being over ££££. Worrying times for AJ and British Boxing. If AJ gets knocked out again, British Boxing is finished
No but Anthony Joshua threads have peaked thats for damn sure. And lol and you worrying about AJ's speech getting slurred wtf...he lost a fight thats all, he will be back.
I wonder why he looked so fast and explosive against 40 year olds, and guys who defend punches with their faces...
He might come back better than ever. He might come back and get KO’d. Either way we will have our answer when he comes back.
Unless he was ill going into the fight on Sat, I'm afraid he has David Price syndrome when hit by even medium power punches and will now get pumped by any decent heavyweight not afraid to throw leather. The energy, desire and confidence simply drained from the body when a punch lands. Awful to see Big Dave in the ring when it happens and even puddings like Chisora can beat Price and Tony Dosh PPV with his telegraphed overhead right.
There's no real way of knowing at this point in time, as so much of it is down to what will happen behind closed doors, and in Joshua's psyche. After Wlad lost to Brewster, there was no reason to think he would be a factor in the division in the future, much less go on the most dominant continuous title run in the division's history. He was at a much lower point than Joshua; three losses against lesser opponents, no real defining wins at that point, and still in his brother's shadow. On the other side of the coin, John Tate was the next big thing at one point, and one punch in the last minute of a fight he dominated against Mike Weaver finished him as a top level fighter.
