Genius move from team Joshua Give up your undefeated record, belts and a lot of reputation while taking a career shortening beating and looking terrible doing so. While this will mean he holds a lot less leverage for the biggest fights in recent years (which have now lost a lot of appeal regardless of the rematch outcome) it’s all worth it as he’s built the rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr! So clever
Perhaps you can be on the receiving end of Ruiz punches and then come back here so we can all tell you that you got hit by nothing major.
He took VADA testing prior to the POVETKIN fight and I’m pretty certain prior to the Parker fight so why would this have an effect ?
[Conspiracy theory] Was he drugged by the cartel? Strange behaviour before, during and after the fight. He kept asking Mckraken "why am i feeling like this". After the fight he was happy as anything I think he didn't even realise he had just lost his world titles. His post fight interviews were completely bizarre he kept saying what a great fight it was as if he had really enjoyed it somehow? It was like he was in an altered state of consciousness. When the fight was stopped, he didn't look bothered at all.
Not aiming this particularly at you, by why oh why are people scared to say something that might be a quote on quote "conspiracy theory". The world is run on conspiracies. People need to get in the real world. This is a world where governments kidnap their own unwitting civilians and put them through physical, sexual & mental torture experiments as part of a mind control program (on record), or spray areas with bacteria as experiments that result in critical injury and death (operation sea spray). He certainly was not right. That is evident in the ring when he is being announced. It amazes me that people find it impossible to believe that powerful, influential people like Al Haymon could orchestrate a situation where he was poisoned or targeted with microwave weapons. Of course that is a possibility.
Add the Katie Taylor empty tank after 2 * 2 min rounds and you wonder what on earth was in the water at the Garden. Totally shocked at the way both fights unfolded.
He could have stacked his cycle into the first part of his camp with him fighting in a different country, but got it wrong and suffered a testosterone crash. Similar to what happened with Wlad when he fought Brewster in America. Post cycle testosterone crashes are no joke and could also explain the alleged panic attack.
It’s obvious that shorter cycles or coming of the gear has really affected him. Since he semi-properly enrolled (Wlad fight) his performances have been totally different. He trains in Dubai for a reason, to cycle peds. Its well known and notorious. He couldn’t do that for this fight (hence why big baby was busted) and his true talent shone through.
You do realise people have died in Boxing ring's from punches. Just have a look at the deaths over just the last 5 years. Why would AJ start to take massive punches to lose and risk getting put in a specialist brain injury hospital? He just did not want it anymore he could not handle it it was too much for him. Simple. Had he won there would have been 0 excuses, we would have all said this proves nothing Ruiz is just another bum opponent. Joshua was throwing some powerful punches in there as well remember that.
