Joshua was not "Exposed"

Hahahahaha. Let's be real though, this is a bad screw up on showtimes part and I think they should be addressing it.

 

Well I didn't even spot it, so chances are if it has happened before I probably wouldn't have spotted it anyway. And don't forget the commentators aren't sitting there staring at their monitors, so they probably didn't spot it either. No real reason to explain a 2 second glitch, and draw more attention to it than needed, or make it into something it isn't.

I suppose the BBC once reported that the WTC9 collapsed before it actually did, but again, not sure if it was an inside job you'd let the BBC in on it.

The only thing that would be weird is if the scorecards matched up to what happened, then that would be dodgy as hell, but no, you're not going to let the visuals guy in on the fix.

 

Well said. If a fighter I like got some type of super shady decision/calls (think andre ward low blows), I wouldn't want to support him as much anymore. I actually like AJ for boxing, I just want people to be made aware of shady circumstances.

This year we have had a lot

PAC/HORN
WARD/KOVALEV II
GGG/Canelo

Probably a few more that I forgot about, but those were the biggest fights that had poor decisions.

 

Lmao,

I liked it, i missed the fights, came in here afterwards and thought Takam must of beat the crap out of AJ for at least a few rounds with all the thread titles.

 

Well the board is on full-on crazy mode tonight. People are acting like Takam was going to win that fight or something, or coming out with other nonsense like Fury is a great inside fighter, or Povetkin is going to KO AJ. And that's just from glancing at some of the comments in the last hour, I've probably missed most the crazy talk.

 

He took it on the exact same timeframe as Aj, so.? And don't pretend like you aren't fully aware every fan expected pulev to pull out..and don't play the ignorant card on takam having a fight scheduled for next weekend.

Let's also ignore the fact takam fully expected to be the Aj opponent which is the sole reason he went 2 full weeks early to camp..

There's never been a fighter as small and slow as takam that could ever even win (legitimately win rounds) off Aj, never mind winning the fight.

Takam literally couldn't win a single round off a fat not in true fight shape Aj..on to the next victim

 

Yeah I personally thought AJ was winning, and thought he would win. But with all the stuff they ****ed up, the ref constantly getting the doctor to look at Takam, the ref giving AJ a break for the tape, the ref stopped the fight early, the showtime thing, none of it looked good for the sport.

 

But it only impacts the opponent, how stupid are you

 

The referee did the correct thing. Takam was not in the fight, and I'm just glad he didn't get badly hurt. AJ was unloading on him and Takam was going to take a lot of punishment.

It is easy to be critical of referees when you are sitting in the comfort of your armchair, television almost kind of filters out the brutality of it and you can distance yourself from the punishment they are taking, different matter though when you are in the ring and you have two men's LIVES in your hands, and you are watching the most brutal puncher on the planet unloading on a guy who is much smaller, much weaker, is hurt, and is not remotely in the fight.

 

Whatever Povetkin knocked him out cold. He didnt need a corrupt bought and paid for ref to bail him out and stop the fight for no reason, when things were starting to go downhill like A.J.

The last few rounds Takam was starting to unload and find a home for right hands and left hooks.

I never seen a fighter breathing so heavily as Joshua was before one of the last rounds. A.J looked like he was hyperventilating, the ref seen it as well, and bought some extra time. And acted like the doctor needed to to urgently look at Takam's cut right that second, when he seen A.J huffing and puffing like a fish out of water

 

Obviously they expected takam to actually try to win. Once they realized how lopsided it was they had to make sure the ref knew to stop it as soon as Aj lands multiple shots.

I agree it should had gone further, but I'm not I'm the ring and it's not my responsibly to keep three fighters safe.

I guess, thinking about it takam was do far inferior inn every single thing, I take it as the ref felt it was beyond all reasonable doubt that takam wasn't capable of winning, even if he landed the greatest shot he's ever landed.

Even if Aj let him tee off on him with Aj eyes closed while it being illegal to move still couldn't faze Aj in any way.

The ref has the best view, they know when enough is rough..These level fighter, (takam) shouldn't even be allowed this huge opportunity. If it's obvious one can't'(he literally couldn't, no matter what) shouldn't ever be fights that take place.

Waste of a training camp for Aj,.such a waste

 

I don't think many people thought Takam would win in the last few rounds - they're more pissed off about the fact that they were robbed of two and a half rounds of a boxing match that could have turned on its head. Joshua clearly gassed, Takam appearing fresher and still swinging etc...I think AJ would have won, but it's the unknown, the fact that the last two and half rounds would have been extremely interesting and the fact that it is heavyweight boxing and anything can happen. When people are robbed of that they get annoyed and rightly so.