O/T Joshua v Usyk...

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  1. andytyke

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    Showing himself up
     
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    Let my lad stop up to watch it and just had to lecture him on how not to be a bad loser. Making excuses in the ring, throwing belts, giving backhanded compliments to his opponent.
     
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    Can’t wait for fury’s take on it
     
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    McCracken wasn't the problem. AJ won't be the last Brit to lose their biggest fight. Hatton did it multiple times. Very gracious in defeat. Lots of love to his opponent and Ukraine. Not sure the rulers will have liked his language though :D
     
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    Seems like an embarrassing and meaningless rant at the end
     
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    I’ve switched it off, what’s happening?

    Absolute joker whoever gave AJ seven rounds of that. I had it 9-3, 117-111.
     
    troff, Aug 21, 2022
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    Threw two belts on the floor stormed off, came back to the ring, swore a lot and made excuses.
     
    Deafening Silence, Aug 21, 2022
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    AJ give it up lad, you're done.
     
    Shepley Red, Aug 21, 2022
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    Pathetic from AJ . Trying to steal the show . Petulant kid throwing teddies out of his pram .
    Embarrassing
     
    mick woodhouse, Aug 21, 2022
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    The American I think gave it AJ. Now as much as I wanted AJ to win I have no idea how he saw the fight that way, even though different people see different things.
     
    dreamboy3000, Aug 21, 2022
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    Bit of context

    "Usyk is one hell of a fighter. That’s just emotion.

    "If you knew my story, you'd understand the passion. I’m not an amateur boxer. I was going to jail and I got bail and I started training. If I got sentenced, I wanted to be able to fight.

    "It shows the passion we put into this. For this guy to beat me tonight, it shows the levels of hard work he must have put in so please give him a round of applause as heavyweight champion of world.

    "They said that I’m not a 12-round fighter. I ain’t 14 stone, I’m 18 stone, I'm heavy. It’s hard work. This guy here is phenomenal."

    Speaking to Usyk directly: "I was studying Ukraine and all the champions from your amazing country. I’ve never been there. What’s happening there, I don’t know but it’s not nice. For Usyk to be champion, under those circumstances, please raise your hands."
     
    ark104 (v2), Aug 21, 2022
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    Please come out of retirement Tyson, you'd knock these two into next week. AJ - Armani body, stamina of Mido circa 2012
     
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    Missed the reference to Marciano before this part.

    Nothing wrong with what AJ said, at all, although it was a bit random. It was more him stealing the moment, appearing to be disrespectful with the belts, and storming off before coming back to demand the microphone like it was WWE.

    115-113 was a very fair scorecard. Hardest night of work Usyk has ever had.
     
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    Your forgetting the foul language.
     
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    Usyk is something special. Love to see him in with Fury.
     
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    115-113? Even in favour of Usyk I found it generous tbh. Just goes to show we all see things differently.

    I thought Joshua was better in the fight than last September but still didn’t do enough to win more than three rounds - four at a push. I had it 117-111, though even the Ukrainian judge only had it 116-112 was it? So what do I know…

    What I do know is a split decision and a close scorecard on one of the two against him might falsely lead Joshua to believe he’s been hard done by. In reality, whilst he worked Usyk tremendously hard, he wasn’t close to winning that fight in my eyes.

    I’d consider retirement. There are plenty of domestic bouts for him with a lot of money to be made - but does he need more money? What has he got to gain? A heck of a lot to lose. Unless he gets Fury for the WBC but I don’t think even he or Hearn are daft enough to think he’d win that one.
     
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    I had it 117 - 111 . Was a hard fight for Uysk but he was still swinging in the twelfth.way better performance by AJ . Thought his outburst was plain silly and childish . Almost taking the pish.
     
    mick woodhouse, Aug 21, 2022
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    AJ knew he had lost the fight so the scorecards won’t give any false dawn of being hard done by.

    Zero need for AJ to retire. The sky commentators were appalling tonight, but that happens when AJ is no longer their fighter.
     
    Loko the Tyke, Aug 21, 2022
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    Professional boxing isn’t the amateurs. Judges don’t just score rounds on punches landed, and I’m just of the belief that some of the pawing jabs that weren’t connecting or hitting AJ didn’t win him rounds. The intent and power punches in a handful of rounds leaned me, and obviously others, to AJ.

    Most of the US had it 3-3 after six rounds. But they weren’t watching Sky. 116-112 is also fair, but 117 for Usyk is too wide for me.
     
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    Johnny nelson just said AJ won 3 at best . Tend to agree with him .
     
    mick woodhouse, Aug 21, 2022
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