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seems his brain my brain damaged after being punched in the face for 36 mins
that was horrendously cringy
A pity, because he’d given a much better account of himself. Super disciplined, great body shots, no gassing out. Ultimately Usyk’s head movement and counter punching was too good for AJ, but after restoring some pride he pissed it away on the mic.
You can imagine the adrenaline, the disappointment, the impact of a fight with a lot of head trauma can lead to poor decisions like this. He didn't seem to know what he was trying to say. He initially threw the belts out the ring, told Usyk 'You think YOU beat ME???' and then spent a few minutes praising him, but himself but not, but everyone else? Definitely signs of being concussed.
He fought well, he can be proud of himself. But he'll never be a world champion again while Usyk and Fury are still fighting. In a way, considering the age of all of them, this golden age is coming to an end and Wilder was the first one to go and AJ is the second one.
Feel a bit for Joshua, the frustration, knowing that you cannot beat someone has got to hurt like anything especially for a professional athlete. Interesting to see how the HW scene develops now.
Only a matter of time before Fury demands attention.........oh wait he's already piped up!
I thought there was a clear 2 sections to the post fight stuff. At first he was kicking off, but then I thought he realised it wasn't going down well so switched to trying to take the Ukrainian flag and praise Usyk. I'm not going to watch again to verify though because it was too cringe.
"I don't care about strong, I care about skills,"
"Being strong doesn’t win boxing … skills win boxing.
"You’re not strong, how did you beat me? I got skilled. I’ve had character and determination."
Clearly got punched in the head too much!
What is in front of him now is a steady decline, second grade fights against has beens who are trying to regain former glories.
I hop Usyk:Fury goes ahead. That would be a cracker, and a perfect send off for Fury ( think he'd walk through Usyk).
A shame josh couldnt have just said, hats off , usyk is superb and i did everything i could etc. Its his norm and usually a good sportsman. Still think josh would cause fury problems , styles make fights and josh deffo top 3 in division and think he would demolish wilder in under 6.
Agree with hootsman that usky fury wouldnt be as exciting with the hold style.
The fight before was pretty good, 39yr old china man and croatian. Absolutely went for it both of them and chins of granite.
I think AJ has hit his bar with this fella.
Definitely think Fury would beat Usyk though.
For all his brilliance, I can't see Usyk beating Fury. The size, weight and reach difference will be enormous. More importantly, Usyk will struggle to find a giant sparring partner with Fury's skill set and awkward, twitchy style in preparation for the fight. Fury has a surprisingly good engine for such a huge bloke too. Fury has a higher ring IQ than AJ and if Usyk is dancing too much, Fury will almost certainly employ smothering tactics. After a few rounds of Fury grabbing and leaning that huge frame on him, Usyk will struggle. He's achieved some remarkable things at heavyweight, but he's been most dominant at cruiserweight. Fury has been troubled by smaller men in the past, but they were genuine heavyweights and had power. If Wilder couldn't finish off Fury, Usyk definitely won't have the power. A points victory over Fury is possible I guess, but he's no slouch when it comes to scoring himself.
I'd say heavyweight with best chance against Fury or Usyk would be Ortiz, he was easily beating Wilder until he got obliterated in the second fight.
It’s easy to say he needs to put more pressure on be more aggressive but there’s consequences to that I think.
AJs special move was being an excellent finisher, he still is good but not as savage as he was as he is so wary.
Maxi Hughes v Kid Galahad. This one is the one that I’m most interested in. I love watching Hughes he’s got slick movement and out the ring seems a really down to earth bloke. Galahad wins on paper but I’ve got a good feeling about Hughes. He’s only just been able to go full time and I think there’s more to come.