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Grilling Machine wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 04:52 If it was real I'd imagine only from Paul's perspective, with AJ either taking it easy by instruction or a personal sense of responsibility. If you're not a bully there is a disinclination to embarrass an opponent, but given the fight happened makes me believe there were agreed safeguards.

AJ smiled before his coup de grace as Paul lingered like a drunk who'd just let go of a doorway.

bingo

I think Tank would have done a much quicker more brutal job.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 06:56 I think Tank would have done a much quicker more brutal job.

Yeah, me too

gilgamesh wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:24 Is it possible AJ made himself look slower and more vulnerable on purpose to make it that much more enticing for Tyson Fury to want to fight him?

I was thinking this too

I’m certainly not saying I thought Joshua looked impressive in the grand scheme of things, and I haven’t favoured him to beat Fury since the Franklin fight onwards.

But as a stand alone fight, last night Joshua fought exactly how he chose to IMO, not how anyone else influenced / instructed him to. Given AJ’s own suspect engine, it really wouldn’t have made sense to go all guns blazing early on, against such a mobile target.

I saw this live and waiting for someone to post it so I could post it here



I hope they know each other

Insane!

willardx wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:15

gilgamesh wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:24 Is it possible AJ made himself look slower and more vulnerable on purpose to make it that much more enticing for Tyson Fury to want to fight him?

I was thinking this too

Oh yeah the Usyk tactic

JackSprocket wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:44

willardx wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:15

gilgamesh wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:24 Is it possible AJ made himself look slower and more vulnerable on purpose to make it that much more enticing for Tyson Fury to want to fight him?

I was thinking this too

Oh yeah the Usyk tactic

I keep seeing this repeated that Usyk did did this with Del. I don't know if he did but it was a bit risky if he did considering most people thought he got away with one that night.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:47

JackSprocket wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:44

willardx wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:15
I was thinking this too

Oh yeah the Usyk tactic

I keep seeing this repeated that Usyk did did this with Del. I don't know if he did but it was a bit risky if he did considering most people thought he got away with one that night.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:47

JackSprocket wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:44

willardx wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 07:15
I was thinking this too

Oh yeah the Usyk tactic

I keep seeing this repeated that Usyk did did this with Del. I don't know if he did but it was a bit risky if he did considering most people thought he got away with one that night.

Plenty of boxer's have done that through the history of boxing. Fury claimed to do that a while back. Might have been against Francesco Pianeta.

The one thing last night proved without a shadow of a doubt is that the Florida State Athletic Commission don't care about Jake Paul's welfare. That fight should never have been allowed to go ahead.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 10:08

It's the fight wasn't scheduled for two rounds, he'd have walked it.

Glass Joe wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 11:35

People are still pissed off because he didn’t get KTFO..

Like Canelo-Khan KO

They got as close as they're ever gonna get so they might as well get over it.

I'd still watch Jake Paul box if he sincerely tried to fight at his level, and pursue a Cruiserweight Championship like he said, if he keeps doing these kinds of novelty bouts though. This was the last one of those for me.

I suspect Jake Paul will make the transition to WWE with his Brother, and I think it would be a smart and lucrative career move for him.

You'd think that last right hand should have been enough to satisfy most. No need to be sadistic about it.

tiny_acres wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:03

dookus wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:01

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 00:59 He literally got up

Didn’t get knocked out clean like many wanted him to.

he's got heart and a pretty good chin tbf

I can't stand Jake but damn it he has guts and took some big blows. RESPECT

...and there's the respect!

The KO was brutal. Give those doctors the Nobel prize for reconstructing that jaw back.

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:02 I stayed up until 5am to watch that. What am I doing with my life.

Ha!Ha!
I haven't even watched the "highlights"

KiwiRider wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 02:14

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:02 I stayed up until 5am to watch that. What am I doing with my life.

Ha!Ha!
I haven't even watched the "highlights"

I saw only the KO moment in the Insagram reels. It was looking good and satisfying enough.

DrDuke wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 04:59

KiwiRider wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 02:14

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑20 Dec 2025, 01:02 I stayed up until 5am to watch that. What am I doing with my life.

Ha!Ha!
I haven't even watched the "highlights"

I saw only the KO moment in the Insagram reels. It was looking good and satisfying enough.

I'm just not entertaining this, purely out of principal.
I don't go for fake beef, staged events. I'd rather watch an area championship fight if it's closely matched.