What is Anthony Joshuas problem? No chin? No heart? Mentally Weak? Bad gas tank?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Dance84, Oct 1, 2022.


AJ's biggest problem that holds him back?

  1. No chin

    6.6%
  2. No heart

    10.5%
  3. Mentally weak

    63.2%
  4. Bad gas tank

    19.7%
  1. BCS8

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    Yep. He's allergic to Ukrainian footwork. He always tells the restaurants to leave it out of his food.
     
  2. Jab in the Face

    Jab in the Face Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He has 3 losses but his resume is probably better then Furys lol
     
  3. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    He doesn't really have any glaring problems that I can see. Good chin, great heart, much improved gas tank, and a much more experienced fighter who's learnt from his mistakes. His 'problem' is that he's not the best in the division and never will be so long as Usyk is around. If he can live with that then he can have a very successful rest of his career.
     
  4. Decker

    Decker Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Logically that was lol. Why do peeps add lol at the end of everything like a nervous tic?

    Who has AJ fought that's as dangerous as Wilder? The closest might be a 41 y/o Wlad... lol. Does Fury get stopped by Snickers Andy... lol.
    Fury also defeated a year plus younger Wlad. There isn't a sane argument that has AJs resume as better than Fury's... lol.
     
  5. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    He's gun shy. If he had more confidence, he could have knocked Usyk out in three.
     
  6. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    i predicted the first ruiz fight purely based on his size and all his weight lifting pics from that camp. Knew they were underestimating ruiz. ruiz was sparring washington and hunter for that camp, knew joshua was ****ed. Believe i was 1 of 2 or 3 to predict that fight outright. Gerry cooney laughed my dad off the radio with that prediction.
     
  7. Dementia Pugulistica

    Dementia Pugulistica Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Andy never "half ate" anything in his life!
     
  8. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was overhyped. He was never as good as the uk press prayed he would be. Muscle bound, weak chin, no heart
     
  9. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    AJ actually had many things going for him: good power, good inside fighting ability, a heavy jab, spectacular uppercut, decent ring generalship with the ability to win rounds, decent lateral movement and stamina for such a muscular guy, etc. He could have leaky defense and didn't move his head enough, but honestly there weren't any "glaring" flaws physically or in his boxer-puncher/slugger hybrid style.

    What is glaring, as the poll shows, is that he is mentally weak. Not in a pathetic Willie Monroe Jr sort of way, he showed tremendous heart in the Wladmir fight getting off the floor to win. The problem is that he has mentally checked out. First the Andy Ruiz loss took away his confidence in terms of aggressively going for the KO. He is now petrified of the idea of getting out slugged or gassing out. He partially recovered from this and made tweaks to his style, but then Usyk basically kicked him back down to the start of the mountain mentally with 2 more defeats. With Andy, Joshua could at least tell himself that he took Andy lightly, wasn't in the best shape, etc to cope and winning the rematch helped patch things slightly. With Usyk, he was utterly schooled.

    Joshua, and especially his team, should've known better than to try and outbox Usyk the first time, yet they attempted once again to try and win a decision. Joshua did show a bit more heart and honestly did try, but he should've been more aggressive with the intent to KO Usyk from round 1. Not swinging for the fences, but attempting to break him down over time. Invest in body shots, back Usyk into a corner, cut the ring off, trade punches if the opportunity came, be rough and impose his size, etc. But the part of Joshua's brain that was willing to do that back in 2016-2018 was long gone, possibly for good. His aura of invincibility and power puncher mindset has fizzled out and he'll only go for it if he feels assured the opponent is badly hurt and can't counter him. The other thing that shattered Joshua mentally is the fact he knows that it's 100% impossible for him to outbox Usyk and that Usyk is flat out better than him--which means he'll never be the best n the division again. That knocks the wind out of a guy to have to face that reality, and part of that is his own fault for not going for broke.