Why did Josh quit?

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  1. chico g

    chico g Let's watch some Sesame Street...lmao Full Member

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    The last knockdown, Joshua was caught with a couple of counter looping shots. They were lightning fast, even if you slowed it down. Joshua did stun him, but he just got caught. He can't take Ruiz power on the inside, that's evident.
     
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  2. It's Ovah

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

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    Yeah, Joshua can live to fight on another day, plus he can psychologically justify to himself that he was still good to continue. That wouldn't be possible if he was laid out on the canvas a dribbling mess.
     
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  3. mcguirpa

    mcguirpa Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This reminds me a lot of Benn/Mclellan. There's quitting, and there's quitting.

    In this case AJ didn't know what round he was in or where he was.
     
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  4. bruce_keyes

    bruce_keyes Well-Known Member Full Member

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    the ref gave him of plenty of time to recover!! he gave him a 10 count, then he let AJ walk over to the corner wtf??? Who the hell walks to the corner then rests his arms on the ropes??? that is NOT sign of a fighter thats ready to go.... not to mention he INTENTIONALLY spit out his mouthpiece, which is a classic tactic he has used before in his past.
     
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  5. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Yeah I get that but I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who was raised in one of the toughest caravan parks in the UK and is a distant relative of Bartley ''King of the Gypsies'' Gorman. I'd still be trying to administer a gypsy slicking to one of my opponents if they'd pulled out a shotgun and blown both my legs off.
     
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  6. Gomo

    Gomo Active Member Full Member

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    Spitting the mouthpiece out isn't quitting anymore than clinching or taking a knee is. Its just the sensible thing to do to try and buy some recovery time.
     
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  7. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    This. I’m no body language expert, but it’s clear as day Joshua wasn’t there.
     
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  8. newby johnson

    newby johnson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was clearly having thoughts after the first KD in the last round and after the ref waved it off he wasn't upset at all
     
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  9. newby johnson

    newby johnson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He was dropped, but they weren't bad knockdowns. There's a difference between that kind of KD and Fury Wilder. HUGE difference. He wasn't badly hurt, he was gassed possibly, but is that a reason to quit? People fight with broken hands, jaws, collar bones, being gassed is not a reason to quit nor are knockdowns, unless you've taken too much, which he hadn't.

    What was JMM supposed to do after the first round of the first Pac fight?
     
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  10. newby johnson

    newby johnson Boxing Addict Full Member

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    But with what? He got knocked down, but they weren't bad knockdowns. And outside of that the fight wasn't very eventful, there weren't bad punches taken and it was a pretty even fight outside of the moments of the KDs.

    This was such a bizarre quit job, yet people are acting as if it was all completely normal.
     
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  11. Lesion of Doom

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    He was exhausted. That breath he took after the final knockdown was the end. He couldn't get right.
     
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  12. iii

    iii Boxing Addict Full Member

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    "He probably had that planned in advance"...What garbage...
     
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  13. iii

    iii Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is no surprise , he was virtually the same in the Takham fight, after the ref to help him out..
     
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  14. covetousjuice

    covetousjuice Putin did nothing wrong

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    Because he was getting the stuffing beat out of him?

    He quit to save himself from getting fully KTFO.
     
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  15. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. He was gassed out and knew he was beat, so he swallowed his pride and took the loss rather than taking more punishment. He’ll have plenty of time to re-watch the fight and study Ruiz for the Re-match.
     
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