Via Charles Brun: Floyd Mayweather Jr said Anthony Joshua’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk last September was NOT an “unpleasant” defeat as many boxing fans, boxers and supporters have said.
Mayweather points out that 2012 Olympic gold medalist Usyk comes from a stellar amateur background, and he doesn’t get the same attention from the media and television networks as professional Joshua.
So instead of fans seeing how Usyk fights and hearing about him, they mostly see Joshua, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist.
For the boxing fans who watched the Olympics in London, England, many of them felt that Joshua had GIVE GOLD MEDICAL after losing to Erislandy Savon of Cuba and Roberto Cammarelle of Italy.
There are still other fans who also have Joshua to lose to Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan. Joshua looks like a three-time failed to win a Gold medal in the 2012 LONDON Olympics.
So it came as no surprise that he was later hit by Usyk after dodging a bullet at a 40-year-old man. Wladimir Klitschko in 2017.
So, from Mayweather’s point of view, Joshua’s loss is not debatable.
Floyd says he’s seen Joshua have some flaws that he needs to fix and that he’s offered to help him but to no avail.
“It is NOT an unpleasant thing,” said Floryd Mayweather Jr when asked about Anthony Joshua’s loss to former undisputed cruiser champion Oleksandr Usyk.
“Usyk is a hell of a fighter, and a gold medalist if I’m not mistaken, but he was behind the scenes,” Mayweather said, implying that Usyk doesn’t get the same attention from the internet and the media as Joshua.
Mayweather is right about Joshua being heavily promoted in the UK, thanks to his controversial Olympic gold medal in 2012. Additionally, Joshua has been given a fight boost on Sky Sports and thanks to Eddie Hearn promoting him.
The combination of all of that makes Joshua look better than he really is. We’ve never had Joshua fight anyone well except for Wladimir Klitschko, who was 40 years old at the time he fought AJ and got a yearlong layoff and lost to Tyson Fury in the previous fight.
Even with all of that, Wladimir quickly defeated Joshua. Had it not been for Wladimir’s erroneous move to let Joshua off the hook after dropping him in the sixth round, he would have likely knocked him down in the seventh round and wouldn’t have had all the blows. empty bulge about him for the past four years.
“Those are two boys [Joshua and Usyk] with a crazy amateur background, and a guy [Oleksandr] is not being seen and another guy is being seen. We call it an annoyance. Are not. Just him [Usyk] is working behind the scenes and another guy is working in front of everyone,” Mayweather said of Joshua being seen non-stop on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the US
“I think with Anthony Joshua, they go on, ‘This coach is going to work for him.’ I told him from the very beginning when he was undefeated, “You have some things you still need to adjust to because if you don’t, then you’re probably missing,” Mayweather said.
“They had to meet and Anthony Joshua came short, and Anthony Joshua, I told him from the beginning. He can be and I can teach him some points because a lot of times, the same coach you used to be an amateur doesn’t always make him a coach. great professional.
“Some guys are great amateur trainers and some are great at professional trainers,” Mayweather said. “Even my dad. I feel he is the best professional because he has taught me without being an amateur and is teaching me like a professional.
“I will always tell the truth whether someone likes it or not,” Mayweather said.
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