So who are you saying he should have signed with then Chris?

Na, Hearn has been great for British boxing.

He's a promoter, he doesn't decide Joshua's training or coaching.

Joshua is one of the richest men in sport.....if that's being mismanaged then a hell of a lot of boxers would love that level of mismanagement.

And Ruiz is not a 'journeyman' even by the harshest stretch of the word.

Edited by Stirlingsays (02 Jun 2019 11.22pm)

There are rumours surfacing that something was miss in the training camp, and if you watch AJ's dad closely in the ring afterwards he is absolutely blasting Hearn, to the point where AJ had to restrain him.

The whole thing was weird, add to that AJ saying to his corner whilst on the deck "while do I feel this way" then something was clearly amiss.

I did hear his training camp was on Miami beach ? what the fcuk is that about who trains on Miami beach for a world title fight?

I'm not sure we will ever find out what went on, however, no way was that the AJ that beat Klitschko, and had a tough fight with Dylan White.

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This gives some insight into his training camp. The whole thing was overhauled. I'm all for adding a psychologist as good ones will have you entering the ring feeling invincible - but you need to have the physical conditioning to back it up. Expect it was more to do with the Navy Seals and alternative conditioning methods - perhaps they're just not suited to boxing and he should have been running through the snow with a tyre tied around his waste

Spencer Oliver raised a good point on SSN earlier. He was speculating that maybe AJ got a bit concussed with that 1st left hook to his temple which would explain the weird questions he kept asking in the corner between the rounds afterwards.