@@EmitNen yeah but don’t you think if he was really a bad guy he would have been more inclined to behave inappropriately when the whole world wasn’t watching? Like in the amateurs? But instead he always made it a point to conduct himself admirably.
He should definitely fight Wilder. The post fight antics would be epic. Just imagine, if Wilder loses, we will hear outlandish excuses about how his costume was too heavy, etc. If AJ loses, there will be another tantrum. If it's a draw, we may even get to see both reactions.
@@rabbiama2940 I guess that would be a draw? If it's a draw there would be some drama too. I mean Usyk was pretty calm about it but just think what Wilder would do if AJ throws his belt out of the ring? 🤣
Wilder would murder him. Wilder got crazy losing to Fury, but it wasn't for a lack of skill or opportunity. He gave a better man all he had to give and it wasn't enough. Joshua doesn't have half the heart Wilder does.
Everyone has an ego, but especially fighters due to the fact that you can physically dominate most men. However no matter how great you are, someone will come down to beat you to remind you that you’re just a human being.
I think Anthony Joshua was simply just frustrated with his recent losses. I don’t think his character was manufactured, but I think that he didn’t realize how hard it would be to stay humble after losing more than he thought he would. All in all, I hope he finds his ground and is able to stay humble and his future fights, win or loss.
@@pstratos7 difference is when people like you or me get frustrated or upset and break character, there aren’t thousands of people watching it and picking it apart
I mean a lot of people act way worse over way less. They can only be lucky their lowest moments weren't caught on camera. I'm not gonna judge him off of one bad day. He can still redeem himself.
@@finnmacmanus5723 he knew he was in front of a camera though, just like after all his wins when he acted well, this time was a loss and he threw a tantrum like a 12 year old- he was fully aware there was an audience. You can make excuses but they don’t change the facts.
@Disgruntled Simp Mod no, people do things out of character all the time when upset/hurt and under the pressure he is under. I’m not making excuses for anyone, he was completely in the wrong to do it I just think it’s crazy that people cannot look past it even in the slightest, even with his history of genuinely being a decent person even after he had lost the first time. My point is that no matter what you think of the situation celebrities get an unreasonable amount of scrutiny for their every move and we should remember they’re still human and that we aren’t perfect, it doesn’t mean you can’t criticise him but don’t crucify anyone based on nothing but their worst moment.
Bingo. How supposedly humble he was was so obviously a "brand" created by his PR people that I can't believe anyone actually believed it was an actual reflection of his character. It's like people who feel slighted and immediately start acting aggressive and saying they don't give a fuck what other people think of them. If that was true they wouldn't be acting aggressive and talking about how they don't give a fuck about what other people think of them.
Its kinda easy being humble when he was talked about being the best boxer in the world when he was just mediocre with great athleticism who got like a lot of mediocre opponents while he never won against the truly great boxers of our era
@@BiggieTrismegistus yeah, its never crossed my mind to refer to myself as humble ever, just like honest people never have to say "this is a true story, on my kids". I just heard of this guy but those quotes are the most generic B.S instagram level quotes lol
It was a weird moment for me. I never really liked him, I thought he was massively overhyped, with the amount of marketing and exposure he enjoyed you'd have thought he was the next ali/ tyson. I really wanted to see him get his ego checked. but when it happened it gave me no joy and I just felt bad for all parties involved. I hope he does have a career resurgence. he's big and athletic and when he fights with no fear like he did in his early days, his fights are quite fun to watch.
It's like watching someone who kind of bullied you, but not that bad get absolutely pummeled and put into the hospital lol Like you're glad it happened, but not like that
AJ hasn't improved at all, he's gotten worse. He won't be back or competitive. Just doesn't have what it takes. Dillian Whyte was right, if he had AJ's attributes, he'd be world champ
Its 100% due to him not living up completely to the hype everyone is putting on his shoulders..i remember just a few years ago bro was touted as that perfect boxer favored by God himself, and i think that crazy media hype made these Ls extra hard for him
No it's not. It's to do with him having a professional persona and a personal persona. For a moment you almost got to see the real AJ, the violent arrogant idiotic AJ. He then quickly backtracked and it got really weird. AJ is brilliant at pretending to be humble, wise, intelligent and all the good qualities he's been called. But he openly says he was involved in gangs, violence and he was convicted of drug dealing. The guy is not what he pretends to be, and the reason he tries to be clean is because it helps his branding. It's acting.
@@timbradshaw5481 it’s so crazy that you can be a certain way for years consistently and then you do one thing and people write it off completely. People from unfortunate areas getting involved with street violence and being cleaned up by boxing is a tale as old as the sport itself, you have to have an especially privileged mindset to hold that against his character.
@@finnmacmanus5723 couldn't have said it better myself. "the real AJ" the guy has been perfect for about 8 years up until that point and now everyone is saying this is who he really is. Almost as if they were waiting for something to happen so they can jump on him. Not excusing what he done though, as it was classless, but not going to pretend like people don't make mistakes and let that define their whole life.
@@mrminiature11 Itt doesnt change the fact that he put on a fake persona. He should've just stayed true to himself, and authentic rather than being all fake nice. People don't like inauthenticity the most. Like Mike Tyson for example never faked his persona. Only other boxer who kind of faked his persona was Foreman, and look what happened to him. He also lost his mind which he admitted, and had to retire, and come back and reinvent himself
AJ was actually Usyk’s 3rd heavyweight opponent not his second. Chaz Witherspoon was first. Then Chisora, then AJ. But great video again man. Love the channel
He’s only human at the end of the day, but I think he understands that the loss means he won’t be the greatest heavyweight of this generation. That’s a tough thing to swallow when you were supposed to be the best. He’s still one of the greatest fighters of his generation, and I have nothing but respect for him.
@@tillburr6799 I guess the only thing is is Anthony doesn’t have the same leverage like he used to. That’s another example of why the best shouldn’t wait too long to fight each other.
The thing is you can mentally justify a KO loss with a opponent like Ruiz, but when someone (who also happens to be much smaller) out-skills you for 12 rounds twice, he realized he’s never beating Usyk, that will break a man that is used to be the golden boy of the devision.
I think the outburst was due to frustration and disappointment with the Usyk result. I also believe Joshua and his team made a big mistake by taking the immediate rematch as so much went wrong first time around and he looked clueless in there, he clearly needed time to rebuild and come to terms with things mentally, much like Lennox Lewis after his loss to Oliver McCall, Joshua needed confidence building fight's to stand any chance against Usyk in that rematch.
The outburst was, he was frustrated with the loss, wanted to tell the world how he felt. He took the mic ready to give the world hell, then got scared, suddenly tried to turn the speech into commending Usky cause he's afraid of being judged for being honest. He's done so well pretending he is a clean and good person, so when the mask comes down, he's afraid people will see him for his true character and tries to hide it once more.
Lennox is not a good comparison at all, Lennox lost both times by one punch and Joshua got completely schooled by usyk, Lennox never had confidence issues and unlike Joshua Lennox was hated, never was considered a star, and in the end Lennox Lewis never had any mental breakdowns like Joshua🙂
AJ needs a few more years of expereince lol uysk is just that good. AJ was with him much of the way and could beat him with the right trainer hammering the game into his head. its not confidence or anything mental, its uysk is a well oiled machine that was built over many years. he has insane skills mixed with the intagibles. hes clearly a tough fight for everyone and hes going to keep showing that.
Through losing, definitely, through money though? There are FAR too many people who only give to charity to buy themselves a feeling of moral superiority in social situations (plus tax write offs) for me to believe in a measurable correlation between money and the expression of their "true character". Personally I advocate the 'how does someone treat their waiter' method of assessing their character, at least as a first step. The best way to get a hint at someone's character is to see how they treat someone when they know they can act as demanding and rude as they please and the person they're speaking to has no recourse and knows that they have to bare it. There's a good reason why being rude to a waiter is such a red flag on a date, it means they are prone to belittle anyone who they know can't push back, or that they see no personal benefit from regardless of how they treat them. The best judge of someone's true character is to see how to interact and empathize with someone they know has absolutely nothing to offer them in return for their respect and generosity other than gratitude. In short, how do you treat someone that you know has nothing to give you in return.
He reminds me of Homelander from The Boys, gets praised for being good looking, strong and tall and when he finally loses a couple of matches, he says "Fuck it". Starts giving an ankward speech just like Homelander.
He lost his mind not only cause of the disappointment of going through all that training just to end up losing, but the millions he might be losing out on from not being the top guy no more.
Idk if that's what went in his mind right after losing it. Honestly, when you spend about a year thinking of how to face one man, training and drilling for it with blood and sweat, only for it to come crashing down not with a swift lights-out but you getting slowly yet decisively outplayed/outskilled, it really breaks you man.
@@arobnugzo6818 my guy, you don’t think he was like “if I lose my career might be over” during all that time. In boxing an 0 really hurts that’s why they don’t fight each other like they do in mma
@@ryanbrewer5827 pls that’s nonsense. Literally one google search and you see this dude is buying up real estate, so yeah I’m sure he cares. Plus, why didn’t he fight Wilder then if he doesn’t care about money, the only other incentive is glory right? You really think the “he’s not on my level” excuse was him not ducking, he obviously went with the easier fights cause it made him more money, it just so happened that a cherry pick went under and he got beat, snowballing from there
Anthony is struggling with his identity and that’s painful. Some people don’t have goals and ambition so they won’t understand what he is feeling. He isn’t phony. He’s human
It was definitely the hype people clouded him with too, Joshua is tall / good looking / and fit. He was what people wanted HW boxing to look like, Ali fit those attributes too.
Tbh I don't think it's fair to judge his character off those moments considering the fact that he'd just been punched in the head over and over for the past 36 minutes.
What? You can't judge someone's character in a highly emotional situation? But this is UA-cam if you aren't perfect all the time you are a shit person! I'm being sarcastic just in case it wasn't clear
I disagree. People’s true character shine through in moments like these. Although I don’t think he’s like this all the time he definitely isn’t the type of person he portrayed himself as when he was winning.
To me, he’s having an identity crisis between his image and what he’s really in it for. As a Londoner from a similar background, the “stay hungry, stay humble” persona is for the British public/press who love that ‘gentlemanly’ kinda thing. He came into the game with a raw style as a means of getting ahead in the best way he knew. For the people who know him closer as “Femi”, due to his Nigerian heritage, his smart business has built an empire full of possibilities internationally. He’s not limited to boxing in any way at this point, unlike a lot of pros who get lost soon as they retire. Unfortunately, that raw streak he no longer seems to have is exactly what was needed to beat Usyk. The sophisticated image didn’t translate into the ring against a slicker boxer. The “AJ” persona is done. Either he’ll bring it back to basics or move on to other things.
You might want to flag up a mistake in the video as Usyk fought twice at Heavyweight before facing Joshua. Chazz Witherspoon, then Chisora, then Joshua x2.
In my opinion it was awesome how calm Usyk was in that moment and even though AJ was frustrated, he still recognized/acknowledged that Usyk just was the better or more skilled fighter! He said: How did you beat me? How!? I am taller, i am stronger etc. A lot of people didnt realized it was a metaphoric question, because he answered it just a few seconds afterwards: Because you are such a skilled fighter! (Something like that) He praised Usyk and did not talk him down... What he did with the belts was totally dumb and a lot of other things were just pure stress and he showed why he never will be (IMO) an ELITE boxer, his weakness is his mentality. He is praising so much and his quotes are really positive, but inside he is afraid to take punches and his mindset (will) is not strong enough to beat the great heavyweight we are seeing today: Fury, Wilder, Usyk and i think he is going to have problems with some other rising fighters in this division. His technique etc. is superb, but he gets in his own way with his thoughts and his doubts.
Like you said, some part of this is definitely the conceit of being able to be humble when things are going your way. AJ hadn't truly met anyone who truly made him doubt his ability to beat them until Usyk. Running into that for the first time, especially after everything AJ's done to build his impeccable image, just overwhelmed him. I don't think there was any real bad faith in that outburst, just lack of maturity in the heat of the moment.
I sympathize with Joshua although it is bad form. I agree with the reasons you’ve provided as well. That day Joshua has met someone who is better than him no matter how hard he tried.
Anthony Joshua's situation from the Andy Ruiz loss to the meltdown with the Usyk fight practically played out like a WWE storyline where Anthony just turns on the crowd and becomes a full blown heel (bad guy in wrestling terms)
I think the difference in Joshua's loss to Ruiz loss Vs the Usyk losses is down to the manner of the loss. Mentally he could protect his ego with the Ruiz loss because in boxing there is always the punchers chance. The Usyk loss though was a humiliation because he was outboxed to such a great extent. I can't imagine the psychological effect that has had.
The other thing is that with Ruiz, that touch and run strategy was right there since Ruiz is so fat. With Usyk, there was no safe strategy. His strategy was to expend more energy, make it more of a dogfight, hit harder. It’s a much more uncomfortable way to fight.
Tbf I think the reaction was harsh, just an emotional guy pumped up on adrenaline who didn’t know how to act. Sure he felt like an idiot the next day, and it’s not like he’s refused to accept the loss in the months since like other fighters have
Save it for the post conference...it was usyks win they both trained hard. Disrespectful tossing out the belts and talking over the whole event. Stfu. AJ was in the wrong plain and simple.
@@Wilsongaboi No one said he wasn't in the wrong. It's just dumb to judge a man off of one bad day. Everyone has those and don't pretend otherwise Mr Perfect.
If I had been a World Heavyweight Champ for 5 years and everyone in the World, especially my home country, hated my guts I'd probably lose my mind as well. Most of the UK was rooting for Usyk.
Yeah AJs whole rant was cringe asf but I understand the frustration. He had a moment of weakness that a lot of people would’ve folded to as well under the same conditions
Stop giving excuses that was trash, so many boxers in that situations just let it be. That's what a post conference is for...the win was usysks it was his time.
@@Wilsongaboi I'm not defending what he did but I'm also not gonna needlessly shit on him for it. This is the only time he's ever done it so I don't think it's entirely fair to hold it against him forever
@@briane0083 No you just thing the shouldn't. And no this isn't the first time he slipped up and let people see his true side. His "superior black race " tweets and "shop at black owned stores only" comments, then he went on to basically threaten violence to some literal kids because they were Fury fans and trolled him alittle. The guy is a racist bully and you are a sheep.
That thumbnail picture is so iconic. It looks like they’re buddies at the bar, And Joshua has passed the threshold of everyone’s tolerance for drunkenness.
It was just disappointment at a loss, he probably was really confident coming into the fight and to lose again, with that confidence in yourself and the hype, just caused an overall mental breakdown. Could be his last chance at the belts and undisputed too, so I think the emotions just came flooding through
I think the main factor in his fall is his surroundings. yes men left and right which only built his "ego" per say, and i think he processed that these yes men didn't help him in the end, he simply folded.
You also have to consider that his whole life Eddie Hearn and everyone else was hyping him up to be the best heavyweight on the planet and many people kept telling him that. So when you think your best and finnaly lose it can cause a meltdown
He was humble after the Ruiz fight because he knew his fans and boxing fans in general had the opinion that he was still the superior fighter, but once he got beat decidedly by usyk he showed his true colors because he realized that the public knows he is inferior to usyk and his legacy is now tarnished.
@@waiwong7996 yeah he definitely would have because he would have been exposed as an inferior fighter if that had happened as well. He cares so much about public perception of him that he doesnt have time to actually train and hone his skills to be the best. Now that everyone knows he isn't even in the conversation of the best, he is showing his true colors. Sad really 😂
I think we’ve seen glimpses of Joshua being weak minded in losing such as the ruiz joshua 2 face to face where joshua seemed beat mentally but then performed a masterclass. It was the initial Ruiz loss that made him more vulnerable in my opinion, it was then that he was “caught between styles” and seemed like a boxer who wasn’t sure what he wanted to do at times in the ring. Nevertheless his mental break down against Usyk was rough to watch live and i felt bad for both of them.
If AJ had a good head on his shoulders he would've learnt from the Ruiz loss and win, train harder and 'stay hungry.' Problem is that he isn't hungry anymore.
“Don’t let a win get to your head or a loss to your heart” - Chuck D Anthony Joshua didn’t come up with that quote, most importantly, Joshua didn’t embody the quote. Joshua faked it till he made it. Happen here in Los Angeles everyday.
For me, the defeats to Usyk showed Joshua's true colors. He was built to be a great boxing champion, everyone told him that. So in his mind he was always sure that he would have a great career, full of victories and great dominance in the sport. It was 100% sure for him. So he decided to work on another aspect of his career, being a role model. But you see, being a rolemodel is a consequence of being a great champion. So when he realizes he can't beat Usyk and therefore won't be the great champion he believed he was all his life, then there's no point in trying to be a role model. That's why I say that Joshua's humility and good guy image was actually not a reflection of his natural behavior, but pure marketing strategy that never reflected who he really is.
Nowadays fighters get so hyped up it's easy for them to feed into it and believe they're invincible--- same thing happened to my man Deontay Wilder. Great content TJ
Alot of people give AJ excuses, but if we gave Andy Ruiz that same ability for excuses, had he not been overweight 30 pounds on the rematch, Joshua would never have gotten the belt back.
Except Joshua boxed a whole different fight in the rematch and actually used his range unlike the first fight. It's fine to hate the guy for this emotional rant but the revisionist history is a bit stupid.
@@mbsnyderc Yea, it would take RUIZ to lose 50+ lbs to be able to move around the ring to chase Joshua. Joshua was clearly the better fighter that night in all aspects. It was a stylistic nightmare for Ruiz. His most recent bout displayed this as well against Ortiz. Although he did drop Ortiz a couple of times, Ortiz was boxing circles around him with the jab and his movement. Ortiz lost due to him being down from the knockdowns
@@mbsnyderc wishful thinking, hand speed doesn't make up for range. Ruiz is short for heavyweight, any decent heavyweight that can box from the outside kills him.
Reminds me a lot of george foreman who was never the same after the loss to Ali, until one day he changed his entire game plan in his later years and became heavyweight champion in his 40s against much younger guys. I don't think Joshua will be able to do that but he still has a chance to learn and change. His best course of action would be to fight Deontay Wilder or Joe Joyce but those are big risks for him judging by the fact that he couldn't even handle usyk who is much smaller than him
yoo loved the video really enjoy all of your videos but I know you’ve heard the news my friend and I’m gonna have to request a video about that fight coming up in April
I think Joshua became frustrated over the results. He probably never imagined himself losing to Usyk the second time, instead thinking it would go like the second Ruiz fight. He thought he would dominate Usyk, which only made the lose sting that much more. He got hit by the fact that Usyk is just simply the better boxer
Winning is great and all but I’m a firm believer that there are some lessons in losing that you can’t get from winning. Most men, especially young men don’t understand that. And then they go on to do something stupid like what AJ or a young mike Tyson did and have a fall from grace.
Is no one gonna mention the fact he almost got finished due to blows to the head in the second fight before the weird behavior? It’s probably pretty likely he was suffering from head trauma and acting irrational.
Humility is not swallowing your pride. It’s understanding that wins and loses, gain and lose, praise and blame effect all people & no one is above or below that natural law.
I think Anthony Joshua was just pretending to be the nice guy the whole time and after the loss he couldn't control himself anymore and exploded..you can't hide your true personality forever.. that means constant stress for yourself and there comes a point where everything comes out of you and you explode... you can hide your face for a period of time but there comes the point when the facade starts to crumble.. and mostly that happens in stress situations.. you just can't be someone you're not.. there always comes a point when the curtain falls and you see what's really behind it.. It was just an image because nobody likes a*holes.. he isn't out of his mind.. that's his true personality.. like it or not.. there's just no reason for him anymore to maintain his image.. and it just happened too often to call his slip-ups an exception.. I'm not saying that I'm 100% right with my theory.. but I've seen this happen many times with my own eyes and Anthony Joshua is just a prime example for me.. Of course I can be totally wrong, but if I To be honest, I don't think so
Thanks for that. That was a very well structured summary of what I couldn't bare to watch myself and just skipped over his meltdown speech. I really like both Usyk and Joshua. Feel sorry for Joshua though.
I think he had a sort of "secret" large ego, where because he was winning he could show this humble persona, because in his mind he was the top dog. But when that was taken away from him and he truly realised that there are people better than him, it was too much for him to handle. And tbh I don't blame him for having this mindset, all that marketing and winning fights could make anyone think they're the best.
"Being humble" was obviously a brand created for him by marketing people. No actually humble person actually spends time talking about how humble they are. I don't know if he actually bought into the marketing about himself or not, but either way all the talk about his humbleness made his reaction to the second Usyk loss look absolutely catastrophic.
He’s just growing. Men only become wise and knowledgeable through trials and tribulations. I have heard it takes half a life time of hardships to become wise and grow
Anyone who understands boxing as a whole can understand AJs frustration, the guy never talks shit, has fought better guys then both fury and wilder have, and performed much better in the rematch against usyk and doesnt get any credit for anything he does/did. Hes the only one who wanted undisputed while fury and wilder were fighting tin cans. Such a shame
Spy facts, I got little respect for fury now since the humble man who came back to boxing is gone and now he's just an arrogant waffler who chases ps rather than building up his boxing legacy. AJ is the best of his era since he proved it by fighting the best opposition in comparison to fury and wilder tho usyk could change that himself if he sticks around long enough
Joshua HAS NOT fought better guys than Fury or Wilder. You're full of it. Look at the way AJ acted when he was beaten by 2 smaller guys. Wilder and Fury are much better fighters and that's a fact.
@@olliefoxx7165 ur smoking crack then bruddah🤣Fury has only fought an old klitschko, beat wilder twice and then a ring rusty whyte and has fucking chisora as his next defence. AJ has fought whyte, parker, ruiz, povetkin, pulev, old klitschko, Carlos Takam, Dominic Brazeale. That's an objectively better resume than both fury and wilder, u wanna talk nonsense then argue either urself g
I think its important to put this into context, I.e. he just lost a big fight and for just a mere few minutes directly afterwards he lost his temper. In the press conference a bit later on, AJ broke down in tears and it was obviously hard and taking some time to deal with it. Yes, we might expect more from people who are performing and representing the sport at that elite level, I for one did not enjoy seeing this happen at all. But it was an embarrassing few minutes for the man in exceptional circumstances and that's all.
His team, his managers, and the promoters gave him false hope. They saw that million dollar smile and saw that he worked decently hard and had above average technique, but as far as his professional career is concerned he didn't start facing people who were serious killers until later in his career. Klitschko was at the end of his journey when they fought and Joshua was at the beginning of his. The issue is that every hard fight after that he's just tried to to the bare minimum to win against killers who want nothing more than to be champion and put food on their family's plate. He is a pretty boy from the other side of the pond who doesn't have heart or spirit, and he bitches when he doesn't get his way. Someone like that stands no chance against someone like Ruíz or Usyk, both of whom come cut from a different cloth.
Hes been had Mental Health issues smfhhh. He referenced this on the Breakfast Club interview during fight week leading into his MSG fight with Andy Ruiz in NYC. He showed all the cuts on his knuckles from punching was till this day as a way to deal with his anxiety 🤷🏽♂️. Its not funny, it’s actually concerning. I hope he can handle this fall from grace🙌🏽💯💯💯 Great/ Solid work Fam. New supporter here🥊💯
Being humble in winning and losing is a two different types of humble. He was doing well at winning but at losing, he failed when tested. It is certainly hard to stay humble as a top flight fighter.
I don't think it shows anything broken or wrong with his character. I think he gave it his all and realised it wasn't enough. Which for a competitor like him is going to take some time to understand and get through. He's dedicated his life to something and spends however much time and money believing he is the best and can beat anyone at his best. That night he realised that isn't the case and there are better boxers out there.
I remember watching on UA-cam when Manny Pacquiao Congratulate Márquez after knock him out and rise again afterward. That's a testament of greatness. Joshua should learn a thing or two from Pac-man about being humble
Probs to Usyk for just letting him talk, watched him dig his own grave and said nothing
Usyk probably didnt even understand him lol he was just feel very feel
@@Elbasilius pretty sure he felt his energy though.
That’s a universal language
That’s a general rule to life. Give ppl enough rope and they’ll hang themselves.
usyk is a champion in life as well as in boxing. a truly class act
props*
it's easy to be humble when you don't lose
True that!!! 💢
What are you talking about he was always humble in defeat even in the amateurs, as well as his first defeat to Ruiz and Usyk.
@@CombatCinema12 that’s amateurs and you really don’t have star power that’s similar to when you are a pro. Ruiz is actually a good ass boxer
Can't keep the nice guy act up forever
@@EmitNen yeah but don’t you think if he was really a bad guy he would have been more inclined to behave inappropriately when the whole world wasn’t watching? Like in the amateurs? But instead he always made it a point to conduct himself admirably.
Usyk was the embodiment of the saying "dont disturb your enemy when his making a mistake"
"he's"
@@ncode03 hey don't disturb him bro
@@ncode03 You missed the capital D and also the full stop at the end.
@Ahmed Atef 🤣🤣🤣 you're a gem bro
Usyk has that ghengis khan gene and looks like a cossack
He should definitely fight Wilder. The post fight antics would be epic. Just imagine, if Wilder loses, we will hear outlandish excuses about how his costume was too heavy, etc. If AJ loses, there will be another tantrum. If it's a draw, we may even get to see both reactions.
But what if they KO each other the same time and they both loss?
@@rabbiama2940 I guess that would be a draw? If it's a draw there would be some drama too. I mean Usyk was pretty calm about it but just think what Wilder would do if AJ throws his belt out of the ring? 🤣
Wilder would murder him. Wilder got crazy losing to Fury, but it wasn't for a lack of skill or opportunity. He gave a better man all he had to give and it wasn't enough. Joshua doesn't have half the heart Wilder does.
If Wilder loses, he will blame it on Malik Scott. If Joshua loses, he will be asleep being taken out on a stretcher
He wont
The quote from Mike tyson that said "Man are not ment to be humble, they are ment to be humbled" make a lot of sense now
Not really.
Everyone has an ego, but especially fighters due to the fact that you can physically dominate most men. However no matter how great you are, someone will come down to beat you to remind you that you’re just a human being.
@@vince11harris yes really
@@rico14 especially heavyweights
@@rico14 everytime.
I think Anthony Joshua was simply just frustrated with his recent losses. I don’t think his character was manufactured, but I think that he didn’t realize how hard it would be to stay humble after losing more than he thought he would.
All in all, I hope he finds his ground and is able to stay humble and his future fights, win or loss.
So basically he said he would be humble, then when the time came, wasn’t humble. Nice
@@pstratos7 difference is when people like you or me get frustrated or upset and break character, there aren’t thousands of people watching it and picking it apart
I mean a lot of people act way worse over way less. They can only be lucky their lowest moments weren't caught on camera. I'm not gonna judge him off of one bad day. He can still redeem himself.
@@finnmacmanus5723 he knew he was in front of a camera though, just like after all his wins when he acted well, this time was a loss and he threw a tantrum like a 12 year old- he was fully aware there was an audience. You can make excuses but they don’t change the facts.
@Disgruntled Simp Mod no, people do things out of character all the time when upset/hurt and under the pressure he is under. I’m not making excuses for anyone, he was completely in the wrong to do it I just think it’s crazy that people cannot look past it even in the slightest, even with his history of genuinely being a decent person even after he had lost the first time. My point is that no matter what you think of the situation celebrities get an unreasonable amount of scrutiny for their every move and we should remember they’re still human and that we aren’t perfect, it doesn’t mean you can’t criticise him but don’t crucify anyone based on nothing but their worst moment.
We knew, this all along. No one truly humble would constantly refer themselves as humble.
Bingo. How supposedly humble he was was so obviously a "brand" created by his PR people that I can't believe anyone actually believed it was an actual reflection of his character.
It's like people who feel slighted and immediately start acting aggressive and saying they don't give a fuck what other people think of them. If that was true they wouldn't be acting aggressive and talking about how they don't give a fuck about what other people think of them.
Its kinda easy being humble when he was talked about being the best boxer in the world when he was just mediocre with great athleticism who got like a lot of mediocre opponents while he never won against the truly great boxers of our era
@@philipmeisterl he would ko prime Tyson and Ali
@@nibbax7772 🤡
@@BiggieTrismegistus yeah, its never crossed my mind to refer to myself as humble ever, just like honest people never have to say "this is a true story, on my kids". I just heard of this guy but those quotes are the most generic B.S instagram level quotes lol
It was a weird moment for me. I never really liked him, I thought he was massively overhyped, with the amount of marketing and exposure he enjoyed you'd have thought he was the next ali/ tyson. I really wanted to see him get his ego checked. but when it happened it gave me no joy and I just felt bad for all parties involved.
I hope he does have a career resurgence. he's big and athletic and when he fights with no fear like he did in his early days, his fights are quite fun to watch.
He is the big zesty one
It's like watching someone who kind of bullied you, but not that bad get absolutely pummeled and put into the hospital lol
Like you're glad it happened, but not like that
Out of all fighters. Fury is the next ali and Wilder the Foreman.
Aj is.. well a marketing product. Nothing more
wilder vs aj will be good. but easy w for wilder.
AJ hasn't improved at all, he's gotten worse. He won't be back or competitive. Just doesn't have what it takes. Dillian Whyte was right, if he had AJ's attributes, he'd be world champ
Its 100% due to him not living up completely to the hype everyone is putting on his shoulders..i remember just a few years ago bro was touted as that perfect boxer favored by God himself, and i think that crazy media hype made these Ls extra hard for him
No it's not. It's to do with him having a professional persona and a personal persona. For a moment you almost got to see the real AJ, the violent arrogant idiotic AJ. He then quickly backtracked and it got really weird.
AJ is brilliant at pretending to be humble, wise, intelligent and all the good qualities he's been called. But he openly says he was involved in gangs, violence and he was convicted of drug dealing. The guy is not what he pretends to be, and the reason he tries to be clean is because it helps his branding. It's acting.
@@timbradshaw5481 AJ Coke Jones ?
@@timbradshaw5481 it’s so crazy that you can be a certain way for years consistently and then you do one thing and people write it off completely. People from unfortunate areas getting involved with street violence and being cleaned up by boxing is a tale as old as the sport itself, you have to have an especially privileged mindset to hold that against his character.
@@finnmacmanus5723 couldn't have said it better myself. "the real AJ" the guy has been perfect for about 8 years up until that point and now everyone is saying this is who he really is. Almost as if they were waiting for something to happen so they can jump on him. Not excusing what he done though, as it was classless, but not going to pretend like people don't make mistakes and let that define their whole life.
@@mrminiature11 Itt doesnt change the fact that he put on a fake persona. He should've just stayed true to himself, and authentic rather than being all fake nice. People don't like inauthenticity the most. Like Mike Tyson for example never faked his persona. Only other boxer who kind of faked his persona was Foreman, and look what happened to him. He also lost his mind which he admitted, and had to retire, and come back and reinvent himself
AJ was actually Usyk’s 3rd heavyweight opponent not his second. Chaz Witherspoon was first. Then Chisora, then AJ. But great video again man. Love the channel
Ah forgot about that one
He also beat Joe Joyce in the amateurs. He's accustomed to HWs.
@@rafayg7376 cruiserweight is junior heavyweight, not much in it.
Other fun fact: Chazz Witherspoon's cousin is 2-time heavyweight champion Terrible Tim Witherspoon.
@@rafayg7376 accustomed, no.
He’s only human at the end of the day, but I think he understands that the loss means he won’t be the greatest heavyweight of this generation. That’s a tough thing to swallow when you were supposed to be the best. He’s still one of the greatest fighters of his generation, and I have nothing but respect for him.
Yeah thats about it. He wont be the greatest heavy weight of his generation.
He still is bro only lost two fights
@@Xavier-389 he’s not better than fury or usyk, but we shall see if he’s better than wilder and Ruiz.
@@rico14 this. I really want to see aj fight wilder.
Remember when wilder and fury were trying to get ajs attention? Crazy how it changed
@@tillburr6799 I guess the only thing is is Anthony doesn’t have the same leverage like he used to. That’s another example of why the best shouldn’t wait too long to fight each other.
The thing is you can mentally justify a KO loss with a opponent like Ruiz, but when someone (who also happens to be much smaller) out-skills you for 12 rounds twice, he realized he’s never beating Usyk, that will break a man that is used to be the golden boy of the devision.
5:00 usyks face gets me everytime lmao
Bro is literally "😐"
Champion really be 😐
"My country is getting destroyed and I'm dealing with this?"
Le Cold Cossack Face.
very feels
I think the outburst was due to frustration and disappointment with the Usyk result. I also believe Joshua and his team made a big mistake by taking the immediate rematch as so much went wrong first time around and he looked clueless in there, he clearly needed time to rebuild and come to terms with things mentally, much like Lennox Lewis after his loss to Oliver McCall, Joshua needed confidence building fight's to stand any chance against Usyk in that rematch.
The outburst was, he was frustrated with the loss, wanted to tell the world how he felt. He took the mic ready to give the world hell, then got scared, suddenly tried to turn the speech into commending Usky cause he's afraid of being judged for being honest.
He's done so well pretending he is a clean and good person, so when the mask comes down, he's afraid people will see him for his true character and tries to hide it once more.
Lennox is not a good comparison at all, Lennox lost both times by one punch and Joshua got completely schooled by usyk, Lennox never had confidence issues and unlike Joshua Lennox was hated, never was considered a star, and in the end Lennox Lewis never had any mental breakdowns like Joshua🙂
@@timbradshaw5481 what a load of bollocks, know him personally do you?
AJ needs a few more years of expereince lol uysk is just that good. AJ was with him much of the way and could beat him with the right trainer hammering the game into his head. its not confidence or anything mental, its uysk is a well oiled machine that was built over many years. he has insane skills mixed with the intagibles. hes clearly a tough fight for everyone and hes going to keep showing that.
It should have be a comfortable UD win for Usyk. The corrupt judge Glen Feldman was paid to make it a split decision
A man will always show his true character through money or by losing.
Through losing, definitely, through money though? There are FAR too many people who only give to charity to buy themselves a feeling of moral superiority in social situations (plus tax write offs) for me to believe in a measurable correlation between money and the expression of their "true character". Personally I advocate the 'how does someone treat their waiter' method of assessing their character, at least as a first step. The best way to get a hint at someone's character is to see how they treat someone when they know they can act as demanding and rude as they please and the person they're speaking to has no recourse and knows that they have to bare it. There's a good reason why being rude to a waiter is such a red flag on a date, it means they are prone to belittle anyone who they know can't push back, or that they see no personal benefit from regardless of how they treat them. The best judge of someone's true character is to see how to interact and empathize with someone they know has absolutely nothing to offer them in return for their respect and generosity other than gratitude. In short, how do you treat someone that you know has nothing to give you in return.
He reminds me of Homelander from The Boys, gets praised for being good looking, strong and tall and when he finally loses a couple of matches, he says "Fuck it". Starts giving an ankward speech just like Homelander.
He lost his mind not only cause of the disappointment of going through all that training just to end up losing, but the millions he might be losing out on from not being the top guy no more.
Idk if that's what went in his mind right after losing it. Honestly, when you spend about a year thinking of how to face one man, training and drilling for it with blood and sweat, only for it to come crashing down not with a swift lights-out but you getting slowly yet decisively outplayed/outskilled, it really breaks you man.
@@arobnugzo6818 for sure, fighting world is high highs and low lows
@@arobnugzo6818 my guy, you don’t think he was like “if I lose my career might be over” during all that time. In boxing an 0 really hurts that’s why they don’t fight each other like they do in mma
Joshua makes enough money he lives in a small flat his whole life and doesn’t buy many luxuries don’t think it bothers him not making lots more
@@ryanbrewer5827 pls that’s nonsense. Literally one google search and you see this dude is buying up real estate, so yeah I’m sure he cares. Plus, why didn’t he fight Wilder then if he doesn’t care about money, the only other incentive is glory right? You really think the “he’s not on my level” excuse was him not ducking, he obviously went with the easier fights cause it made him more money, it just so happened that a cherry pick went under and he got beat, snowballing from there
RIP Anthony Johnson
Anthony is struggling with his identity and that’s painful. Some people don’t have goals and ambition so they won’t understand what he is feeling. He isn’t phony. He’s human
It was definitely the hype people clouded him with too, Joshua is tall / good looking / and fit. He was what people wanted HW boxing to look like, Ali fit those attributes too.
Good looking is subjective, i find him even ugly😅
Keep up the great videos TJ. Your videos about MMA/Boxing are very unique to the saturated space that is out there right now!
Tbh I don't think it's fair to judge his character off those moments considering the fact that he'd just been punched in the head over and over for the past 36 minutes.
What? You can't judge someone's character in a highly emotional situation? But this is UA-cam if you aren't perfect all the time you are a shit person! I'm being sarcastic just in case it wasn't clear
I disagree. People’s true character shine through in moments like these. Although I don’t think he’s like this all the time he definitely isn’t the type of person he portrayed himself as when he was winning.
Ahh my dear sir you do have point their... in my best British voice
@@astralnorth6744 So brain damage is what causes your true character to shine?
@@shugen6397 aj has brain damage now ?🥴🥴🥴
To me, he’s having an identity crisis between his image and what he’s really in it for. As a Londoner from a similar background, the “stay hungry, stay humble” persona is for the British public/press who love that ‘gentlemanly’ kinda thing.
He came into the game with a raw style as a means of getting ahead in the best way he knew. For the people who know him closer as “Femi”, due to his Nigerian heritage, his smart business has built an empire full of possibilities internationally. He’s not limited to boxing in any way at this point, unlike a lot of pros who get lost soon as they retire.
Unfortunately, that raw streak he no longer seems to have is exactly what was needed to beat Usyk. The sophisticated image didn’t translate into the ring against a slicker boxer. The “AJ” persona is done. Either he’ll bring it back to basics or move on to other things.
You might want to flag up a mistake in the video as Usyk fought twice at Heavyweight before facing Joshua. Chazz Witherspoon, then Chisora, then Joshua x2.
I was just in shock what he was doing
In my opinion it was awesome how calm Usyk was in that moment and even though AJ was frustrated, he still recognized/acknowledged that Usyk just was the better or more skilled fighter!
He said: How did you beat me? How!? I am taller, i am stronger etc. A lot of people didnt realized it was a metaphoric question, because he answered it just a few seconds afterwards: Because you are such a skilled fighter! (Something like that) He praised Usyk and did not talk him down... What he did with the belts was totally dumb and a lot of other things were just pure stress and he showed why he never will be (IMO) an ELITE boxer, his weakness is his mentality. He is praising so much and his quotes are really positive, but inside he is afraid to take punches and his mindset (will) is not strong enough to beat the great heavyweight we are seeing today: Fury, Wilder, Usyk and i think he is going to have problems with some other rising fighters in this division.
His technique etc. is superb, but he gets in his own way with his thoughts and his doubts.
He'll take Wilder for sure.
Rhetorical question
Like you said, some part of this is definitely the conceit of being able to be humble when things are going your way. AJ hadn't truly met anyone who truly made him doubt his ability to beat them until Usyk. Running into that for the first time, especially after everything AJ's done to build his impeccable image, just overwhelmed him. I don't think there was any real bad faith in that outburst, just lack of maturity in the heat of the moment.
wise. i agree.
Adrian Broner gave a similar speech after he lost to Pacquiao.
yo, that speech sounds way proper with the baby voice filter, top notch🤣😩🤪🤣😁🙋♂✌😎
I sympathize with Joshua although it is bad form. I agree with the reasons you’ve provided as well. That day Joshua has met someone who is better than him no matter how hard he tried.
If you're white AJ doesn't like you.
It’s like endeavour and all might
@@editor7354shut up weeabo
Dude I love your channel! Found a brilliant, huge respect
Anthony Joshua's situation from the Andy Ruiz loss to the meltdown with the Usyk fight practically played out like a WWE storyline where Anthony just turns on the crowd and becomes a full blown heel (bad guy in wrestling terms)
After losing, the real Joshua appeared
Losing
@@planetstrength8798 thanks
Exactly he is cum stain he should fight wilder
I think the difference in Joshua's loss to Ruiz loss Vs the Usyk losses is down to the manner of the loss. Mentally he could protect his ego with the Ruiz loss because in boxing there is always the punchers chance. The Usyk loss though was a humiliation because he was outboxed to such a great extent. I can't imagine the psychological effect that has had.
Add to that, Usyk is a much smaller guy. So it makes him look even more skilled v. Joshua.
The other thing is that with Ruiz, that touch and run strategy was right there since Ruiz is so fat.
With Usyk, there was no safe strategy. His strategy was to expend more energy, make it more of a dogfight, hit harder. It’s a much more uncomfortable way to fight.
❤😊
@@gregkosinski2303ruiz is probably one of the greatest fighters on earth. Unfortunately his eating habits prevent anyone from seeing it.
It’s easy to be humble when you’re winning, once you’re losing humility is harder to live by!
It’s almost like the majority of celebs put on a facade to seem like the ideal version of their corporate/commercial selves.
Tbf I think the reaction was harsh, just an emotional guy pumped up on adrenaline who didn’t know how to act. Sure he felt like an idiot the next day, and it’s not like he’s refused to accept the loss in the months since like other fighters have
Exactly. You can tell in the comments who has and who hasn’t competed in a sport
Save it for the post conference...it was usyks win they both trained hard. Disrespectful tossing out the belts and talking over the whole event. Stfu. AJ was in the wrong plain and simple.
@@Wilsongaboi where did anyone say he wasn’t in the wrong
@@Wilsongaboi No one said he wasn't in the wrong. It's just dumb to judge a man off of one bad day. Everyone has those and don't pretend otherwise Mr Perfect.
@@rafayg7376 if fury did that you'd go crazy. Joshua has always been fake with his preachy philosophy one liners.
Phenomenal content as always, bro.
Success is not final
Failure is not fatal
It's the courage to continue that counts
Was truly one of the most amazingly painful moments of my life watching that speech
Said to my mate “yup he needs therapy”
If I had been a World Heavyweight Champ for 5 years and everyone in the World, especially my home country, hated my guts I'd probably lose my mind as well. Most of the UK was rooting for Usyk.
Yeah AJs whole rant was cringe asf but I understand the frustration. He had a moment of weakness that a lot of people would’ve folded to as well under the same conditions
Stop giving excuses that was trash, so many boxers in that situations just let it be. That's what a post conference is for...the win was usysks it was his time.
@@Wilsongaboi I'm not defending what he did but I'm also not gonna needlessly shit on him for it. This is the only time he's ever done it so I don't think it's entirely fair to hold it against him forever
@@briane0083 So why wxactly shouldn't he get shit on? Enlighten us.
@@stephenschenider4007 never said no one could criticise him.
@@briane0083 No you just thing the shouldn't. And no this isn't the first time he slipped up and let people see his true side. His "superior black race " tweets and "shop at black owned stores only" comments, then he went on to basically threaten violence to some literal kids because they were Fury fans and trolled him alittle. The guy is a racist bully and you are a sheep.
Dope video! You should Consider adding footage from the fights instead of pictures just to make it even better
That thumbnail picture is so iconic. It looks like they’re buddies at the bar, And Joshua has passed the threshold of everyone’s tolerance for drunkenness.
It was just disappointment at a loss, he probably was really confident coming into the fight and to lose again, with that confidence in yourself and the hype, just caused an overall mental breakdown. Could be his last chance at the belts and undisputed too, so I think the emotions just came flooding through
I think the main factor in his fall is his surroundings. yes men left and right which only built his "ego" per say, and i think he processed that these yes men didn't help him in the end, he simply folded.
You also have to consider that his whole life Eddie Hearn and everyone else was hyping him up to be the best heavyweight on the planet and many people kept telling him that. So when you think your best and finnaly lose it can cause a meltdown
Easy to be humble while you're winning but when you finally realise you are not as good as everyone has told you you are the truth finally hits home.
He was humble after the Ruiz fight because he knew his fans and boxing fans in general had the opinion that he was still the superior fighter, but once he got beat decidedly by usyk he showed his true colors because he realized that the public knows he is inferior to usyk and his legacy is now tarnished.
He probably would have done the same thing if he lost to Ruiz in their second fight
@@waiwong7996 yeah he definitely would have because he would have been exposed as an inferior fighter if that had happened as well. He cares so much about public perception of him that he doesnt have time to actually train and hone his skills to be the best. Now that everyone knows he isn't even in the conversation of the best, he is showing his true colors. Sad really 😂
What legacy
I love your videos it's such a shame that we only get them once a week but still, great content
After that lose, he breaks mentally down, his emotions took over.
Not good for him, that’s weak.
True but you can’t blame him
Yes, he's human. I'm sure you have done plenty of pathetic and embarrassing things in your own life, but you don't have a million people watching.
@@drizzy8k92 - You can.
love your channel man
It's a lesson - be consistent and keep your words. And it's always would be someone who's better than you and you need to deal with it.
I think we’ve seen glimpses of Joshua being weak minded in losing such as the ruiz joshua 2 face to face where joshua seemed beat mentally but then performed a masterclass. It was the initial Ruiz loss that made him more vulnerable in my opinion, it was then that he was “caught between styles” and seemed like a boxer who wasn’t sure what he wanted to do at times in the ring. Nevertheless his mental break down against Usyk was rough to watch live and i felt bad for both of them.
Bro your analysis is the CORRECT 💯 ANALYSIS
If AJ had a good head on his shoulders he would've learnt from the Ruiz loss and win, train harder and 'stay hungry.'
Problem is that he isn't hungry anymore.
“Don’t let a win get to your head or a loss to your heart” - Chuck D
Anthony Joshua didn’t come up with that quote, most importantly, Joshua didn’t embody the quote. Joshua faked it till he made it. Happen here in Los Angeles everyday.
For me, the defeats to Usyk showed Joshua's true colors. He was built to be a great boxing champion, everyone told him that. So in his mind he was always sure that he would have a great career, full of victories and great dominance in the sport. It was 100% sure for him. So he decided to work on another aspect of his career, being a role model. But you see, being a rolemodel is a consequence of being a great champion. So when he realizes he can't beat Usyk and therefore won't be the great champion he believed he was all his life, then there's no point in trying to be a role model. That's why I say that Joshua's humility and good guy image was actually not a reflection of his natural behavior, but pure marketing strategy that never reflected who he really is.
AJ ain’t been the same since Ruiz punched him in the ear in his first fight, it’s like that one punch changed his life
Nowadays fighters get so hyped up it's easy for them to feed into it and believe they're invincible--- same thing happened to my man Deontay Wilder.
Great content TJ
Wilder accused everyone of cheating. Cringey
@@stevencoardvenice agreed
It's different tho wilder was known for being a terrible boxer with only a right hand. Everyone thought aj was gonna be the face of boxing
Alot of people give AJ excuses, but if we gave Andy Ruiz that same ability for excuses, had he not been overweight 30 pounds on the rematch, Joshua would never have gotten the belt back.
Except Joshua boxed a whole different fight in the rematch and actually used his range unlike the first fight. It's fine to hate the guy for this emotional rant but the revisionist history is a bit stupid.
@@Auchaser643 if Ruiz would have been in shape he couldn't have done that he's to slow.
@@mbsnyderc Yea, it would take RUIZ to lose 50+ lbs to be able to move around the ring to chase Joshua. Joshua was clearly the better fighter that night in all aspects. It was a stylistic nightmare for Ruiz. His most recent bout displayed this as well against Ortiz. Although he did drop Ortiz a couple of times, Ortiz was boxing circles around him with the jab and his movement. Ortiz lost due to him being down from the knockdowns
@@mbsnyderc wishful thinking, hand speed doesn't make up for range. Ruiz is short for heavyweight, any decent heavyweight that can box from the outside kills him.
@@Auchaser643 He has more than fast hands.he's only lost 2 fights and one of those was a bad decision.
great video TJ. out of all the incredible sportsmen, the supposed “humble” one of all showed the least humble moment in boxing history. how ironic
I think that, we cant forget he is human, frustration and anger can overcome someone in an instant
Reminds me a lot of george foreman who was never the same after the loss to Ali, until one day he changed his entire game plan in his later years and became heavyweight champion in his 40s against much younger guys. I don't think Joshua will be able to do that but he still has a chance to learn and change. His best course of action would be to fight Deontay Wilder or Joe Joyce but those are big risks for him judging by the fact that he couldn't even handle usyk who is much smaller than him
Foreman's comeback fights were all fixed according to the FBI.
@@brianorser1158 bruh what 😂
This is how izzy reacted to losing to alex again but people calling him humble lol
Some people just can't handle the pressure and/or stress that comes with fame, the spotlight and losing
yoo loved the video really enjoy all of your videos but I know you’ve heard the news my friend and I’m gonna have to request a video about that fight coming up in April
When it came down to his so called morals, he talked the talk but never walked the walk.
I think Joshua became frustrated over the results. He probably never imagined himself losing to Usyk the second time, instead thinking it would go like the second Ruiz fight. He thought he would dominate Usyk, which only made the lose sting that much more. He got hit by the fact that Usyk is just simply the better boxer
he should not have gone for an immediate rematch, only take the rematch if you are 100% certain of what you did wrong and exactly how to correct it
I think you nailed it right on the head. I was typing something out and in the last minute you hit everything I was typing. I agree 100%
Winning is great and all but I’m a firm believer that there are some lessons in losing that you can’t get from winning. Most men, especially young men don’t understand that. And then they go on to do something stupid like what AJ or a young mike Tyson did and have a fall from grace.
One of the most iconic moments is AJ pouring out his emotions and usyk standing there like 😐
his bravery is commendable and something I still respext about him. Not all boxers are willing to fight the best nowadays
Honestly if you lost a belt twice to the same person even after all that hard work youd be pissed too but its shameful how he reacted to this :/
Is no one gonna mention the fact he almost got finished due to blows to the head in the second fight before the weird behavior? It’s probably pretty likely he was suffering from head trauma and acting irrational.
kinda like fury tonight
I don't know what you're talking about, those "hip hip hoorayys" were straight fire..... literal chills. Inspiring stuff.
Humility is not swallowing your pride. It’s understanding that wins and loses, gain and lose, praise and blame effect all people & no one is above or below that natural law.
Rip RUMBLE
I think Anthony Joshua was just pretending to be the nice guy the whole time and after the loss he couldn't control himself anymore and exploded..you can't hide your true personality forever.. that means constant stress for yourself and there comes a point where everything comes out of you and you explode... you can hide your face for a period of time but there comes the point when the facade starts to crumble.. and mostly that happens in stress situations.. you just can't be someone you're not.. there always comes a point when the curtain falls and you see what's really behind it.. It was just an image because nobody likes a*holes.. he isn't out of his mind.. that's his true personality.. like it or not.. there's just no reason for him anymore to maintain his image.. and it just happened too often to call his slip-ups an exception.. I'm not saying that I'm 100% right with my theory.. but I've seen this happen many times with my own eyes and Anthony Joshua is just a prime example for me.. Of course I can be totally wrong, but if I To be honest, I don't think so
Thanks for that. That was a very well structured summary of what I couldn't bare to watch myself and just skipped over his meltdown speech.
I really like both Usyk and Joshua. Feel sorry for Joshua though.
Happy New year Usyk
That night was so cringe , I wanted to die seeing AJ embarrassing himself like that 🤣😂
I think he had a sort of "secret" large ego, where because he was winning he could show this humble persona, because in his mind he was the top dog. But when that was taken away from him and he truly realised that there are people better than him, it was too much for him to handle. And tbh I don't blame him for having this mindset, all that marketing and winning fights could make anyone think they're the best.
"Being humble" was obviously a brand created for him by marketing people. No actually humble person actually spends time talking about how humble they are. I don't know if he actually bought into the marketing about himself or not, but either way all the talk about his humbleness made his reaction to the second Usyk loss look absolutely catastrophic.
He’s just growing. Men only become wise and knowledgeable through trials and tribulations. I have heard it takes half a life time of hardships to become wise and grow
Very true and wise words
The thumbnail looks like a sober person at a bar listening to a drunk guy tell his life story
Lmfao 🤣
Anyone who understands boxing as a whole can understand AJs frustration, the guy never talks shit, has fought better guys then both fury and wilder have, and performed much better in the rematch against usyk and doesnt get any credit for anything he does/did. Hes the only one who wanted undisputed while fury and wilder were fighting tin cans. Such a shame
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Spy facts, I got little respect for fury now since the humble man who came back to boxing is gone and now he's just an arrogant waffler who chases ps rather than building up his boxing legacy. AJ is the best of his era since he proved it by fighting the best opposition in comparison to fury and wilder tho usyk could change that himself if he sticks around long enough
Joshua HAS NOT fought better guys than Fury or Wilder. You're full of it. Look at the way AJ acted when he was beaten by 2 smaller guys. Wilder and Fury are much better fighters and that's a fact.
@@olliefoxx7165 come on bro Joshua clearly has the better RESUME then fury and wilder
@@olliefoxx7165 ur smoking crack then bruddah🤣Fury has only fought an old klitschko, beat wilder twice and then a ring rusty whyte and has fucking chisora as his next defence. AJ has fought whyte, parker, ruiz, povetkin, pulev, old klitschko, Carlos Takam, Dominic Brazeale. That's an objectively better resume than both fury and wilder, u wanna talk nonsense then argue either urself g
I think its important to put this into context, I.e. he just lost a big fight and for just a mere few minutes directly afterwards he lost his temper. In the press conference a bit later on, AJ broke down in tears and it was obviously hard and taking some time to deal with it. Yes, we might expect more from people who are performing and representing the sport at that elite level, I for one did not enjoy seeing this happen at all. But it was an embarrassing few minutes for the man in exceptional circumstances and that's all.
His team, his managers, and the promoters gave him false hope. They saw that million dollar smile and saw that he worked decently hard and had above average technique, but as far as his professional career is concerned he didn't start facing people who were serious killers until later in his career. Klitschko was at the end of his journey when they fought and Joshua was at the beginning of his. The issue is that every hard fight after that he's just tried to to the bare minimum to win against killers who want nothing more than to be champion and put food on their family's plate. He is a pretty boy from the other side of the pond who doesn't have heart or spirit, and he bitches when he doesn't get his way. Someone like that stands no chance against someone like Ruíz or Usyk, both of whom come cut from a different cloth.
Ever since he forced the road life he lost his mind
Hes been had Mental Health issues smfhhh. He referenced this on the Breakfast Club interview during fight week leading into his MSG fight with Andy Ruiz in NYC.
He showed all the cuts on his knuckles from punching was till this day as a way to deal with his anxiety 🤷🏽♂️. Its not funny, it’s actually concerning. I hope he can handle this fall from grace🙌🏽💯💯💯
Great/ Solid work Fam. New supporter here🥊💯
A humble person doesn't talk about how humble he is at every turn. Ever hear Manny Pacquiao say he is humble?
Being humble in winning and losing is a two different types of humble. He was doing well at winning but at losing, he failed when tested. It is certainly hard to stay humble as a top flight fighter.
Being an elite heavyweight boxer is infinitely harder than being a UA-camr with editing software.
He showed his true colours. Anybody that knew of his past saw this coming a mile away.
Its simple its easy to say "stay hungry and stay humble" when you are winning all the time.
babe wake up TJ posted
He fights with too much fear
I don't think it shows anything broken or wrong with his character. I think he gave it his all and realised it wasn't enough. Which for a competitor like him is going to take some time to understand and get through. He's dedicated his life to something and spends however much time and money believing he is the best and can beat anyone at his best. That night he realised that isn't the case and there are better boxers out there.
It's easy to be humble when you've had the whole world given to you based on natural talent
I remember watching on UA-cam when Manny Pacquiao Congratulate Márquez after knock him out and rise again afterward. That's a testament of greatness. Joshua should learn a thing or two from Pac-man about being humble
One of the weirdest post fight scrums ever. And he was ranting for a while in the ring as well
The media hyped him too much and he wasn't good enough to live up to it. I told my friends early on in his career that he would fail. Bless him