I think Joshua is guilty of the following:
1) Surrounding himself with the wrong people. He has an entorage, concerns himself with a lot of commercial commitments and social media. I believe the inside scoop Mortygrump has about his training.
2) He's not conditioned probably. Ruiz has more rolls than Greggs and he mullered AJ who is built like a brick s***house. He was blowing like f***, gulping for air like a landed carp! He wasn't ring ready.

3) Eddie Hearn has mismanaged his career and AJ needs to ditch him. f***ing about not getting the big name fights, underselling him in the big fights, overselling him in the small fights. He's a f***ing leach. His two Bob ganster old man landed a deal with sky to provide a stable of fighters 10 years ago and all the idiot son had to do was not f*** it up, well he has. Nobody buys his bull s***, nor do they swallow his crap match ups anymore.

That said, it's only AJ in that ring, none of the above so the rebuild starts with the mirror first.

Shame coz he seems a top bloke, top athlete and massive talent.

As much as I've enjoyed the AJ show.....I won't be too sad for him if he loses the rematch.....purely because this guy is as rich as they come....which isn't a criticism, just an acknowledgement that this guy's just in it for the glory at this point.

Worth around 40 million when I last looked with multi million pound endorsements......His family are sorted for generations.

Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Jun 2019 7.28pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

That's one thing AJ isn't & that's Bruno. Say what you like about Big Frank but he went in with some of the best fighters in the world at that time.
If Bruno was still boxing he'd of cleaned up this division yonks ago

Pro USA & Israel

If Bruno was around today he would be ranked somewhere between 4th and 8th best in the world. Much the same as he was for most of his career. Can you honestly imagine glass jawed Frank on the end of one of Wilders punches?

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

'Why am I feeling like this?': Dazed and bloodied Anthony Joshua's worrying words to trainer Rob McCracken during his shock defeat by Andy Ruiz Jnr - [Link]

Well he certainly wasn't iron jawed. All his losses coming by KO. Once hit he froze like a rabbit caught in headlights.

Loved Frank but he was really only a fringe contender.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit