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Totally agree with this, his Dad was ridiculous and the whole corner just seemed confused/confusing and messy. AJ had similar in his first fight with Usyk (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/29/anthony-joshua-let-down-by-his-corner-in-oleksandr-usyk-defeat) and the difference between then and the clarity he now has with Ben Davidson is absolutely marked.
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This from that article could easily apply to Saturday:
Rather than being urged to increase the intensity of his work in the last rounds Joshua said the instructions from his corner were “more like: ‘Double jab, right, left hook.’ It wasn’t like: ‘Take the fight to this fucker. Listen, you’re losing the fight.’ No. A trainer needs to tap into that psychological aspect. Sometimes you need to tell your fighter that: ‘Yeah, we’re losing a world championship fight.’
Markyboy
Usyk was fantastic and totally deserved that, really pleased for him.
But what I can't get my head around is Fury's corner. Obviously it's obligatory to say you thought you won when you lose on points, especially a (inexplicable) split decision, but I think Fury genuinely believes it. Why did he stop mixing body shots with uppercuts after that period of dominance mid-fight? Partly because Usyk had an answer, but partly because he thought he was winning comfortably.
The press has obviously picked up on it, and if Sugar Hill is his coach, then his old man and Andy Lee should STFU. It should have been obvious he was behind on points and, had he responded, there could have been a different result. Madness.