Precisely this. Taken into deeper waters he flounders badly particularly when clipped and all that muscle means he starts blowing.
The number of people who think this fight had any relevance is astonishing.
Why are you surprised? He's simply not a boxer. The skills required for striking in MMA are a million miles from that in boxing. The only thing that bizarrely facilitated this fight was Fury treating it as an exhibition in the previous fight.
They fight with no boots, tiny gloves and how they...
How exactly does this mismatch entitle Joshua to anything? He's just slapped an MMA fighter where the striking skill set is totally different. If if ever gets to fight Fury he will be out boxed and stopped in the later rounds. And who on earth is interested in another fight with Usyk?
Absolute cracker? It's a huge risky pantomime for Joshua? Francis is a totally inexperienced boxer who just happens to have a powerful punch. The Fury fight flattered him terribly and was all about the dumb traveller failing to take it seriously. Striking in MMA is a world apart from striking in...
Very much this! The only fight anyone really wants to see with AJ is a ' Battle of Britain ' with Fury. However, the politics around that is tiresome plus Fury seems to want to squeeze some more cash out of other fights rather than fight AJ or Usyk where the former has a puncher's chance and the...