AJ loss. Lewis v McCall or Lewis v Rahman?

[Contendeh]

Which is to say Joshua needs to go back to the drawing board and rebuild the way that Lewis did after McCall (possible new trainer, tuneups etc) or is this a get him back in the ring with Ruiz in 6 months setback type thing?

[fanman]

i think the re-match clause and promoter will push him to the immediate rematch.
incidentally, lewis would have re-matched mccall straight away, but wasn't able to get the title back for a few years, due to being frozen out.

ajs problems look deeper. povetkin was getting to him pretty cleanly, but maybe age helped aj out that time.
v parker was a decent performance.
notably he struggled a little with the very short takam, though showed no signs of being hurt.

he may need a lot of practice as to how to box a short, fast man.
i dont know. he doesnt have a deep amateur background either, so he may only be able to do so much.

the chance to win all 3 belts back at once must be too great a temptation.
and without a manny stewart, what is he going to do anyway?

[Contendeh]

Lennox became a different, better fighter off his loss to the Atomic Bull.

And while he would have taken an immediate rematch at that time, there was a reason he fought guys like Butler and Fortune during the next 12 months.

Like AJ, he was 29 on his first loss, 6-7 years away from Olympic Gold, etc.

I agree that it seems as though a by the end of the year rematch seems most likely, but I question if that’d be the best thing for him.

Regardless of the outcome of the rematch

[Impractical Poster]

What was being said about Wlad after Sanders KTFO of him

AJ will be back.

[Onetimeonly]

Neither is apt.

[oogiebe]

Neither is apt.

x2

[Contendeh]

Neither is apt.

AJ is either going to rematch Ruiz right off or he’s going to have intermediary fights.

There’s no third option.

[oogiebe]

AJ is either going to rematch Ruiz right off or he’s going to have intermediary fights.

There’s no third option.

Option three, but unlikely; retirement. Maybe he just simply lost his taste for boxing.

[Contendeh]

Option three, but unlikely; retirement. Maybe he just simply lost his taste for boxing.

Lol. Maybe.