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Conscious Pilot
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reservoirdogs
Superstar
Balance isn't Munguia's problem I agree. I disagree Rosado being lucky, he was playing on that counter from round 1, he knew what he was doing, Bek was leading with body shots from range, while his face was unprotected basically trusting in his power to freeze opponents so they won't counter him. Got knocked out in return, we'll see if he learns from it.
chunky_mcdaniels
All Star
That's fair.
Rosado to me though seemed to be stiffer and slower than ever before.
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
Fury's Father Defends Joshua: Give AJ a Break, It Was His Corner's Fault
John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has actually come out in defense of Anthony Joshua.
Last weekend, Joshua suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Uysk, who walked away with the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
The unexpected loss derailed a possible Fury vs. Joshua unification for early 2022.
Joshua will now face Usyk in a rematch in the first quarter of next year.
Many observers have criticized Joshua for his performance - with many of them pointing to Joshua's strategy of attempting to box with the smaller man, who is widely regarded as a superior boxer.
However, the elder Fury has blamed Joshua's corner, including head trainer Robert McCracken, for utilizing the wrong game plan and failing to make adjustments during the fight.
"Listen he’s a very awkward man Usyk. Obviously he’d never fought anybody like that before. What he did need to do is adopt Derek Chisora’s game plan because he did a better job than what [AJ] did," John Fury told BT Sport.
"I thought if he used his weight a bit more and put a bit more devil in his work, it could’ve gone better for him. I was surprised because he’s a big dude. He might’ve lost too much weight, but what he needed to do was get all over him and put him under pressure. Not let him settle. When your plan ain’t working, it’s up to the corner to switch it up, and they never. They kept saying in the eighth round, ‘Be smart behind your jab.’
“It wasn’t working because he was in front of a master technician and he played Usyk’s game from the beginning. They didn’t try and change it – it’s his corner’s fault. Give AJ a break. Because it wasn’t all AJ’s fault, it was his corner, they never had the brains to help him out of a sticky situation. You’ve got to know that the men in your corner know the fight game.”
John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has actually come out in defense of Anthony Joshua.
Last weekend, Joshua suffered a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Oleksandr Uysk, who walked away with the WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight titles.
The unexpected loss derailed a possible Fury vs. Joshua unification for early 2022.
Joshua will now face Usyk in a rematch in the first quarter of next year.
Many observers have criticized Joshua for his performance - with many of them pointing to Joshua's strategy of attempting to box with the smaller man, who is widely regarded as a superior boxer.
However, the elder Fury has blamed Joshua's corner, including head trainer Robert McCracken, for utilizing the wrong game plan and failing to make adjustments during the fight.
"Listen he’s a very awkward man Usyk. Obviously he’d never fought anybody like that before. What he did need to do is adopt Derek Chisora’s game plan because he did a better job than what [AJ] did," John Fury told BT Sport.
"I thought if he used his weight a bit more and put a bit more devil in his work, it could’ve gone better for him. I was surprised because he’s a big dude. He might’ve lost too much weight, but what he needed to do was get all over him and put him under pressure. Not let him settle. When your plan ain’t working, it’s up to the corner to switch it up, and they never. They kept saying in the eighth round, ‘Be smart behind your jab.’
“It wasn’t working because he was in front of a master technician and he played Usyk’s game from the beginning. They didn’t try and change it – it’s his corner’s fault. Give AJ a break. Because it wasn’t all AJ’s fault, it was his corner, they never had the brains to help him out of a sticky situation. You’ve got to know that the men in your corner know the fight game.”
reservoirdogs
Superstar
its going to be interesting to see if he shakes his corner up for the rematch
looks like carl might have developed a habit in his retirement lol
alot of these boxers could learn from Shawn P on how to play the media game and maximize your visibility
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
I think AJ can win. Although I didn't like the way he regained his belts the first time. I was very impressed that he stuck to the script, nearly flawlessly. And fought entirely different. I'm very confident, he'll be open enough to do different shyt and focused enough to keep with it. Also although I give big credit to uysk. It's easy to look great when someone is falling right and line and doesn't make adjustments. I wonder what else usyk can do when he starts getting pitched curve balls. We'll see.