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I will be

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AJ not having an easy time of itat the moment, mind you not a lot really going on from both boxersā€¦

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Round 3 definitely Usykā€™s, caught AJ a beauty

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I get the feeling AJ is going to need a knockdown to win thisā€¦

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Down to the last round, AJ not done enough to keep his belts, Usyk a difficult opponent mindā€¦

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Thatā€™s itā€¦

AJ out on his feet, Usyk still has tons of energy. Got to be Usykā€™s fightā€¦

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Unanimous decision to Usyk, he boxed better, confounded AJā€¦

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I canā€™t think of a round AJ could have claimed to have won. He did nothing. People have a go at Wilder for being a one-trick pony. Tonight, AJ was a zero trick pony.

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he lost

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He deserved to. Cheeky fucker does the ā€œApollo Creedā€ from Rocky IV intro while backed by a track from Rocky IV.

AJ did not have the happy ending of Rocky IV.

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Thatā€™s what happens when you play for/at Tottenham. Fucking loses.

Just seen a better punch up in London Road.

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Joshua should look on the bright side. At least he wonā€™t be getting rag-dolled by Fury in the near future.

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Fury/Usyk will be a better fight but I reckon Fury will use his size (as Joshua should have) and put him under a lot more pressure than AJ did.
Wilder/Usyk would be a good fight too.

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lol

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So hereā€™s what I think Iā€™ve learned from the AJ fight.

  • Too many people, including Eddie Hearn, believe Eddie Hearn.
  • AJ and his team either went into that fight without a plan, or AJ just failed to execute it. Not really sure why, as Uzyk hitting the fight on the front foot should have been foreseen.
  • Uzyk could have finished AJ at the end and equally, when AJ was getting battered off that final flurry I think the ref was within his rights to stop it by KO. That image of him splayed, with no answers, almost begging to be finished off, is going to haunt his career. Compare with Fury getting sparked by Wilder and contrast.
  • I think Usyk and the ref cottoned onto the score immediately, knew it didnā€™t matter, and let the fight go to points. Iā€™m not even sure we did the full length of the 12th.
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I went on Saturday and have to say that stadium is by far the best I have been to in the world. Really good for boxing and stadium boxing us usually shit.

I knew Usyk would win and was probably the only person there who wanted him to win. I was only surprised at how easy it was. The crowd were dying to get excited at anything AJ threw but only remember one moment in the whole fight they had anything to cheer. Outside of that Usyk was in complete control. Joshua looked like the straight up and down boxer he looked like when he was knocking out bin men and all the hype started.

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Iā€™ve been watching quite a few interviews since and have heard some interesting stuff. According to AJā€™s coach, he wasnā€™t following instructions. Uzyk did, but he was under instruction not to try for a knockout.

Canā€™t help thinking in situations like these the big man needs to take a leaf from Listonā€™s book. Punch through his arms if you need to. Arms hurt too.

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I heard that the instruction for Usyk was only for the last round, as they knew he was so far ahead on points.

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Watched the final press conference last night for Fury vs Wilder 3. Lot of games being played on both sides. Fury stood throughout the press conference, Wilder still sticking by his accusations of cheating.

Donā€™t think anyone is buying that, but it did wind Fury up.

Think everyone has the same view on this. Fury should win this butā€¦