4/1 DAZN: Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin

[Apollo Creed]

AJ was looking at retirement end of 2022 ..then ruiz came, covid came, Usyk came..AJ is mentally retired!

TBH Wilder Fury 3 ruined AJs fairy tale ending lol. If he said eff Usyk once Fury had to fight Wilder again, I wonder how things would have ended up.

AJ coulda fought Chisora or some shyt lol

 

[UpAndComing]

Joyce

Joyce demolishes him

 

[Budda]

Joyce demolishes him

Joyce stock seems to be higher than its ever been but i don't know man.

 

[R=G]

it was sloppy but he boxed that nikkas ears off .

some stuff needs to be refined like his body work and combos mid range.


let him have his bum tour.

He should know better at this point though...

 

[R=G]

I think he keeps reverting to the old shyt thats why I feel this needs to be a rebuilding year.

AJ needs to be in Texas during Spences next camp and hell Charlo Camp

With his height..he should work everything off the jab....

 

[gho3st]

He might be able to beat wilder if he tunes up, but if he gets hit with that hook it’s over.

Nah Wilder will hurt him

 

[patscorpio]

 

[BujuBoombastic]

At this point I really don't think it matters who coaches AJ. He just seems to get in his own head during fights and I don't know if any trainer will help that. He needs a sport psychologist.

Bingo!
Man is mentally checked out

 

[Deafheaven]

Wilder decapitates buddy looks like got the yips

 

[klutch2381]

AJ is who he is at this point. A new trainer isn’t going to change anything, more camps, or whatever. I don’t even think he threw more than a handful of punches with full leverage in this fight . He’s so scared of getting caught mid-exchange that he doesn’t put any punches together. He threw one body punch (left hook to the body) with full-tilt in the later part of the fight, which hurt Franklin, but he never revisited it. He’s also fighting like a counter-punching master now on some Juan Manuel Marquez shyt—for some unknown ass reason.

I don’t think he can beat Joyce. I won’t even entertain him beating Fury or Wilder right now.

 

[TheNig]

Sorry brehs, I don't see it lol

That's how I felt in the beginning rounds but towards the end, he seemed to get comfortable and started to trust himself and what James was telling him.

 

[nairdas]

Just watched the highlights and AJ was holding his head down and uppercutting him the whole night. And nobody was saying shyt like wtf. nikka should have been disqualified.

 

[UpAndComing]

That's how I felt in the beginning rounds but towards the end, he seemed to get comfortable and started to trust himself and what James was telling him.

True, but great boxers aren't going to allow Anthony Joshua to get comfortable and gain confidence by the 11th round lol

 

[chunky_mcdaniels]

Lot of heat on Joshua for his performance. Justified in some respects. Tbh not enough credit given to Franklin for a great performance. He's got a nice jab and keeps his head outta danger.

Not every fight is easy.

 

[chunky_mcdaniels]

Also. Franklin was on some bum shyt with the holds. What are you supposed to do when the opponent rushes in every 15 seconds with his head and clinches?

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