8/20 DAZN: Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua 2 (WBA/WBO/IBF Heavyweight Titles)

[patscorpio]

 

[null]

that touch and look by the ref at 1m34s is the ultimate disrespek

 

[KingOFKings]

I got greedy with my bet and changed it to an Usyk stoppage, live and learn.

 

[nightwing2016]

Man, joshua is a bum

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Joshua going full retard in the post fight press conference also

 

[Big Boss]

 

[SlowPaceThrillah]

Even tho I was rooting for Usyk, it's maddening to watch Joshua fight. He's got all the raw materials to be brilliant but there's some sort of mental speed bump he develops in his own head as the fight starts progressing, and all his momentum stars dwindling. It wasn't a bad performance by any means but he just keeps falling short of the top level, and at this point I don't think it's down to who his opponents are.

 

[Dallas' 4 Eva]

Joshua literally can't keep up with Usyk. Usyk is just a bad matchup for him, Usyk would be a bad matchup for Fury too because of his footspeed. Wilder might knock Usyk the fukk out though cause Usyk can be hit.

 

[Figaro]

 

[O.T.I.S.]

I guess you didnt watch the 3rd fight then, Fury was dropped 2x more and was on the canvas for 16 seconds at one point. How would the smaller Usyk have responded to those shots? Could he have gotten up? Doubtful.

Wilder has a punchers chance against anyone, Usyk definitely being no exception. Hes only gotta set you up one time. NO ONE said he was technically sound. NO ONE said he was outboxing anyone or winning a decision... Yall bring up this strawman nonsense over and over and over again and I don't understand why.

I swear Yall just wanna argue just to argue.

Honestly, nothing left to be said.

I’m going with the superior boxer, You're going with one punch power like this dude is used to boxing someone like Usyk.

It is what it is

 

[The Guru]

Even tho I was rooting for Usyk, it's maddening to watch Joshua fight. He's got all the raw materials to be brilliant but there's some sort of mental speed bump he develops in his own head as the fight starts progressing, and all his momentum stars dwindling. It wasn't a bad performance by any means but he just keeps falling short of the top level, and at this point I don't think it's down to who his opponents are.

He overthinks. You can see it in his movement. Against the best opponents you just can't afford that. Usyk is not just ohysically faster but mentally loose and focused at the same times. He makes better decisions and more of them.

 

[S.W.A.G.]

Even tho I was rooting for Usyk, it's maddening to watch Joshua fight. He's got all the raw materials to be brilliant but there's some sort of mental speed bump he develops in his own head as the fight starts progressing, and all his momentum stars dwindling. It wasn't a bad performance by any means but he just keeps falling short of the top level, and at this point I don't think it's down to who his opponents are.

This is true. There is a variant of AJ that steamrolls opponents, even with his limited boxing skills, stamina and agility. He was much improved and he had great moments. To me the block was exposed at the end. AJ still has issues with ego. He cannot fully let go - the idea of being floored, getting knocked out, looking weak, it makes him feel like less of a man. It stops him from risking it all, and the risks he needs to take are what ultimately would have led to a win, given he had worked on better fundamentals. He wants to be a boxer. Whereas madmen like Fury and Usyk don't give a shyt. Fury is a boxer. But he is happy to be messy, to throw his gameplan out the window. He is happy to be a brawler for the sake of the win, eventhough he is a pure boxer. He doesn't care how silly he looks getting knocked down, he gets back up and is focused. It is ego that stops AJ. He cares too much what people think of him. The end was his ego trying to 'one up' Usyk. His ego said, I worked so hard, I am not being made a fool again by losing. But sadly he came out the fool.

 

[Roid Jones]

This is true. There is a variant of AJ that steamrolls opponents, even with his limited boxing skills, stamina and agility. He was much improved and he had great moments. To me the block was exposed at the end. AJ still has issues with ego. He cannot fully let go - the idea of being floored, getting knocked out, looking weak, it makes him feel like less of a man. It stops him from risking it all, and the risks he needs to take are what ultimately would have led to a win, given he had worked on better fundamentals. He wants to be a boxer. Whereas madmen like Fury and Usyk don't give a shyt. Fury is a boxer. But he is happy to be messy, to throw his gameplan out the window. He is happy to be a brawler for the sake of the win, eventhough he is a pure boxer. He doesn't care how silly he looks getting knocked down, he gets back up and is focused. It is ego that stops AJ. He cares too much what people think of him. The end was his ego trying to 'one up' Usyk. His ego said, I worked so hard, I am not being made a fool again by losing. But sadly he came out the fool.

Ruiz changed him

 

[SlowPaceThrillah]

This is true. There is a variant of AJ that steamrolls opponents, even with his limited boxing skills, stamina and agility. He was much improved and he had great moments. To me the block was exposed at the end. AJ still has issues with ego. He cannot fully let go - the idea of being floored, getting knocked out, looking weak, it makes him feel like less of a man. It stops him from risking it all, and the risks he needs to take are what ultimately would have led to a win, given he had worked on better fundamentals. He wants to be a boxer. Whereas madmen like Fury and Usyk don't give a shyt. Fury is a boxer. But he is happy to be messy, to throw his gameplan out the window. He is happy to be a brawler for the sake of the win, eventhough he is a pure boxer. He doesn't care how silly he looks getting knocked down, he gets back up and is focused. It is ego that stops AJ. He cares too much what people think of him. The end was his ego trying to 'one up' Usyk. His ego said, I worked so hard, I am not being made a fool again by losing. But sadly he came out the fool.

Yup. I knew what time it was before the first fight when they were interviewing Joshua and he was talking about brand endorsements and growing the commercial vision, while all Usyk was doing was hitting the heavy bags and counting rosery beads.

He's not Lewis Hamilton, he's in the blood sport business and he's going to have to reconcile himself with that sooner rather than later.

 

[Apollo Creed]

This is true. There is a variant of AJ that steamrolls opponents, even with his limited boxing skills, stamina and agility. He was much improved and he had great moments. To me the block was exposed at the end. AJ still has issues with ego. He cannot fully let go - the idea of being floored, getting knocked out, looking weak, it makes him feel like less of a man. It stops him from risking it all, and the risks he needs to take are what ultimately would have led to a win, given he had worked on better fundamentals. He wants to be a boxer. Whereas madmen like Fury and Usyk don't give a shyt. Fury is a boxer. But he is happy to be messy, to throw his gameplan out the window. He is happy to be a brawler for the sake of the win, eventhough he is a pure boxer. He doesn't care how silly he looks getting knocked down, he gets back up and is focused. It is ego that stops AJ. He cares too much what people think of him. The end was his ego trying to 'one up' Usyk. His ego said, I worked so hard, I am not being made a fool again by losing. But sadly he came out the fool.

AJ need to spend a year with Derrick James, even go through camp with Errol and Charlo.