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jimharri
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Cheers fella; that link I posted earlier isn't working for me either now;
Odd, seeing as I watched it earlier.
City Raider
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Rumours ( from Steve Bunce) he’s been under the weather for a couple of weeks and didn’t want to make excuses. Might explain the lethargy but probably bullshit.
It makes Hearn’s avoidance of the real fights look stupid. Career could be in tatters and he’d have a punchers chance against anyone.
It makes Hearn’s avoidance of the real fights look stupid. Career could be in tatters and he’d have a punchers chance against anyone.
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Cheers highlights.
Round 3 was turning point, Joshua got a couple of huge hits - totally lost his composure and mentality- Ruiz was consistent with his guard and punches whilst also taking some big hits himself. Thought that was good entertaining fight, Ruiz won fair and square. Not sure how people can say that was thrown.
Round 3 was turning point, Joshua got a couple of huge hits - totally lost his composure and mentality- Ruiz was consistent with his guard and punches whilst also taking some big hits himself. Thought that was good entertaining fight, Ruiz won fair and square. Not sure how people can say that was thrown.
The whole thing is a shambes mate not just from the Hearn side. Wilder taking on Ortiz again, Fury fighting Schwartz. We'll miss fights that we all wanted to see.
FWIW I've felt Joshua is a different fighter after the Klitchko fight, yeah he won but that fight took something from him. I won't say it made him gunshy, but I think it made him massively cautious.
The only thing I care about in the HW division now is Whyte getting his dues.
AJ has been the most overrated boxer I can think of.
He’s very marketable and Sky have been up his arse since he properly broke on to the scene, like they do with Liverpool.
Fair play to him for making so much money out of it but let’s be serious, he’s not as good as Fury.
Dodging the big fights has spectacularly backfired.
He’s very marketable and Sky have been up his arse since he properly broke on to the scene, like they do with Liverpool.
Fair play to him for making so much money out of it but let’s be serious, he’s not as good as Fury.
Dodging the big fights has spectacularly backfired.
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Joshua was a bit " Spursy " last night. Bottled it and didn't turn up
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I'm not buying the 'AJ wasn't himself' line that's being spun by a lot of people after last night. From what I saw, it was fairly uneventful early doors then he unleashes a fairly typical AJ barrage to floor Ruiz, and then got clipped himself when he went in for the finish. Problem AJ has is more or less every time he gets hit and hurt, it takes him an age to recover. He was stiff for several rounds after Whyte rocked him, he was stiff for several rounds when Klitschko decked him, and exactly the same last night. This time though Ruiz did not let him get away with that.
He's a good fighter but grossly overhyped, which unfortunately happens a lot these days. When on the front foot he does special but there have been more than enough examples of him being rocked and looking terribly uncomfortable on the back foot for that aura about him to have been significantly damaged after last night. A rematch could easily go the same way but equally I can see AJ being more switched on than ever and dispatching this guy in 1 or 2 rounds. He seems levelheaded enough to view defeat as a learning experience rather than a devastating career blow. I think he'll come back stronger.
He's a good fighter but grossly overhyped, which unfortunately happens a lot these days. When on the front foot he does special but there have been more than enough examples of him being rocked and looking terribly uncomfortable on the back foot for that aura about him to have been significantly damaged after last night. A rematch could easily go the same way but equally I can see AJ being more switched on than ever and dispatching this guy in 1 or 2 rounds. He seems levelheaded enough to view defeat as a learning experience rather than a devastating career blow. I think he'll come back stronger.
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Apparently, Katie Taylor's fight (haven't seen it yet) could have gone either way.
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There was definitely something wrong him, either mentally or physically or both.
Even the ring walk and him stood waiting he looked different, he was pissing about with his shorts, his gumshield looked like it was too big for his mouth, he looked so uncomfortable from the off.
I actually thought he was throwing the fight at one point as he went down far too easy. I mean he was fighting with all due respect to Ruiz a nobody and he got put on the seat of his pants.
If UEFA was in charge of boxing I'd have said this fight was bent and fixed.
Joshua was smiling and acting like nothing had happened post fight, I would be sat in the corner absolutely devoed if I'd just lost all my belts not only in the manner I did but to a replacement guy.
Very suspicious to me this fight.
Even the ring walk and him stood waiting he looked different, he was pissing about with his shorts, his gumshield looked like it was too big for his mouth, he looked so uncomfortable from the off.
I actually thought he was throwing the fight at one point as he went down far too easy. I mean he was fighting with all due respect to Ruiz a nobody and he got put on the seat of his pants.
If UEFA was in charge of boxing I'd have said this fight was bent and fixed.
Joshua was smiling and acting like nothing had happened post fight, I would be sat in the corner absolutely devoed if I'd just lost all my belts not only in the manner I did but to a replacement guy.
Very suspicious to me this fight.