***Joshua is mentally shot***

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by IsaL, Sep 25, 2021.


  1. theanatolian

    theanatolian Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, he’s not. AJ proved that he’s more than capable of coming back and mentally recovering, both during a fight and in the aftermath of it. This is just a lame attempt to discredit a great performance which will rival Canelo’s status as the P4P king(which is probably the agenda behind this thread) and may well bring Usyk his second fighter of the year award.
     
  2. Mickc

    Mickc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    As already mentioned both “types” of Joshua have lost and lost badly so if he is serious about continuing he needs to bring in a new team around him and forget the immediate rematch and go away and rebuild but again like others have mentioned that is probably Joshua finished. The only reason Joshua did not get stopped last night is because Usyks corner told him not to stop him . That in a nutshell shows the size of Joshua’s loss last night, a unified Champions opponent being told by his corner not to stop him !
     
  3. travolt

    travolt Trolling the trolls Full Member

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    AJ isn't finished because he didn't take a career ending beating.

    He might have underestimated Usyk's chin and thought he would land a few good ones and it would be over.

    Take the last rd away, and it's a lackluster fight where both fighters are afraid to get clipped and refuse to take chances. After 11 rds it would have been hard to take the title away from AJ because Usyk was just armpunching like he always does.

    I think AJ will use more the uppercut in the rematch: the few times he clipped Usyk, he immediately went on his bicycle.
     
  4. The Townsend

    The Townsend Zeus. Full Member

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    As I predicted. Usyk mentally destroyed the body builder.
     
  5. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    What I saw was a gun shy, overly cautious, scared Joshua.

    I didn't see him trying to go out on his shield. I didn't see him try to employ any other tactic other than landing the safest punches he could throw.

    To Usyk's credit, he did what he needed to do. In the first rounds when he caught Joshua and kept pressing, I'm sure Joshua was thinking back to when his big Daddy Ruiz slapped him around and humiliated him.

    What I saw was a Joshua fighting himself, at time he looked like he wanted to quit, and at times like he just wanted to hear the final bell.

    Like I said, Joshua is mentally shot. Anytime he gets taken to deep water he will crumble.

    Imagine his confidence losing to a fat out of shape last minute opponent, and then losing to a cruiserweight.
     
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