This Nigerian, right here, has never for once doubted AJ, even in defeat. Wanna know why? AJ NEVER gave an excuse in all of his defeats rather he chose not to let them get to his heart. He lived his own mantra. That's how I knew he was truly a champ.

@Kofz89

Ай бұрын

Never get success get to your head and defeat get to your heart. Something like that lol. But yeah a lot of fair weather fans jumped off the hype train when AJ lost to Usyk the second time. But I prefer it that way the real ones stay regardless the outcome 👊🏿 but yeah he also had a lot of ppl who was around him relying on him to eat. Whilst they weren’t really adding to him so he had to make hard decisions and downsize his group.

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

Anthony Joshua said that he lost to Usyk because Usyk was a southpaw. AJ's team also spread misinformation that Anthony Joshua lost to Ruiz because he was knocked out in sparring

@mishw1789

Ай бұрын

​@@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_GrandmaYour love for him is truly something special

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

@@mishw1789 Joshua ducked Wilder 3 times in 2018

@mishw1789

Ай бұрын

@@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma I'm sure he appreciates your support.

Man, Joshua just makes me like him more and more each time someone speaks on him. I just love how much he clearly cares about this game and has respect for it and himself. Such a real champion

@TigerTigz.

Ай бұрын

Yup. DUDE BRUCE, ALL OF YOU FORGET THAT USYK is gifted the win because Russia beat Ukraine. The US and UK wanted to give something to Ukraine and their president Zelenksy who they had postered on time magazine. Both fights could have been ruled a draw. THAT'S WHY JOSHUA CRIED. HE WAS FORCED TO TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM AS IN UK AND US whose support for Ukraine had been beat by Russia. TYSON fury recently let it slip in an interview. That they shouldnt gift USYK the win because his country is at war. Y do you think they gave USYK the win over Dubois despite the punch being on the belt line. Politics, and the Russian Ukrainian wars influenced those decisions. And he partially behind the USYK promotion.

That's so true, to come back from all that and refuse to believe in all the doubts from everyone, that takes a lot of mental strength.

@marcusflint3168

Ай бұрын

Something fury won't have if he loses. I honestly believe once fury loses he'll crumble and fade away. Guess we'll find out in a few weeks. My money would be on Usyk to win. A.J Has shown incredible mental fortitude.

That's life... I'm Nigerian. I've been a fan of AJ since I was introduced to him in 2015 when he beat dillian Whyte. Unlike many who judge, insulted, chastised him etc.... I never did. True fans will always stand by you no matter what. Now within the Nigerian community it was spit. 50% that pretended to give a damn and judged him. The rest like myself believed in him....

@abrahammohammed8663

Ай бұрын

Bro. I was in Madison Square Garden when Aj lost to Andy Ruiz, I almost died of blood pressure, and since then, I've been on medication, so not every Nigerian criticized him. We love AJ and willcontinue to love him, He is ours.🎉

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

Anthony Joshua avoided Wilder 3 times in 2018 and lost to Ruiz in 2019

@micaholadapo2581

Ай бұрын

@@abrahammohammed8663I feel that. I was pacing and couldn’t watch his come back fight with Ruiz. Most Nigerians love AJ and we relate to him and his struggles. I will be in his next fight insha Allah.

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

​@@micaholadapo2581Lol. AJ had no struggles compared to what people have in Africa😂

@Thematrix075.

Ай бұрын

​​@@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandmait was the other way round wilder was to protected he fought nobody's while AJ collected all the belts in his 16th fight what a bum wilder is like all the american heavyweights lol

Not many fans were interested in boxing until AJ came on the scene , when you are winning everyone loves you and wants to be your friend it's when you loose that's when you know who your real fans and friends are, the man has incredible mental strength to come back.

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

Anthony Joshua fought a journeyman on Carl Froch undercard. Froch Vs Groves filled Wembley stadium with 80,000. Joshua was an unknown prospect at that time

Yo Bruce you are one deep breather. Everything you touch on is so real you’re always on point

Props to AJ, he's a real one. A shining example on how far doing the right things can get you. No wonder he was so upset at losing to Usyk. He'd spent and wasted years of his career chasing that WBC belt. I think Usyk now understands how difficult it is to get a WBC unification fight and probably sympathises with AJ now after what he's gone through trying to get Fury in the ring.

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

Anthony Joshua ducked Fury WBC title twice to face Franklin and Helenius for no belt and less money 🤣

@Severloh1944

Ай бұрын

@@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma Neither AJ nor Usyk were in any condition to fight in November after fighting in August. Neither fought anyone for the rest of the year because they needed that time to recuperate. Just like Fury had to pull out of the December undisputed date with Usyk after getting beat up by a 38yo MMA bum. Besides even Fury's own team were begging Fury not to pull out of negotiations with AJ because they were certain AJ would agree. But Fury was adamant, five a clock was the deadline. It's on Netflix if you don't believe me

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

@@Severloh1944 Lol. Anthony Joshua told Fury that he would sign the contract if the fight date was moved to December, then ducked him. AJ is a duck and quitter

@Severloh1944

Ай бұрын

@@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma You can beat about the bush all you like. The facts are AJ wasted months if not years of his career chasing a WBC title shot against first Wilder then Fury. It was all misdirection anyways, Fury always had the Chisora fight in mind. AJ's team knew it because they were negotiating for Chisora.

A lot of boxing casuals don't even realise that they blindly started following boxing because of AJ, that dude brought back the excitement in boxing. As a Nigerian true fan of his, AJ felt really disappointed when most casual boxing fans back home wrote him off. He expected us to have his back to say the least, only real boxing fans like few of us believed in him. Pls note that we must not completely blame the Nigerian fans because the WESTERN MEDIA played a big role in influencing their support just the way it did around the world.

@stormb8433

Ай бұрын

lol you must’ve forgot his last fight with Usyk. The man had a delusional psychotic meltdown 😂😅

AJ was back before the FN fight

@moonshine9964

Ай бұрын

Yes

In my honest opinion, anthony joshua is a lot stronger than tyson fury. When we talk about physical strength and mental strength, anthony joshua is on another level, more so than Fury

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

Anthony Joshua's trainer said that he was mentally weak

This guy inspires me and he’s half my age, if you love boxing you gotta love AJ, win, lose or draw! 🥊

That video was inspirational. I started hearing about AJ and started watching Him around 2016-2017, I fell out of love with boxing for years prior to that I went over to MMA but AJ brought Me back to boxing, Fury and Wilder found a surge in their careers because of AJ the amount of times they and many other Heavyweights that have spoken about AJ in interviews and social media and everywhere else and had a positive effect on their career thanks to Him, He's done a lot for the Heavyweight division not saying those other guys don't deserve credit for their hard work but AJ was always the guy who the division revolved around not just because of His star power, but because He took the hard challenges and had the most potential. Alot of People, Myself included had to be reminded of that.

BMV,you make great points my brother!inspiring content 👌

Im proud of him,even he lost i was his fan.I mention him in my insta story after the usyk 1 loss when he was speaking with students in a university and he saw my story,and i was for him to win which he didnt win but i was and im still his fan.The boxing world was judging him unfairly and they forget at some point,because of him HW division was back on the map.So this comeback its sweeter,and i believe he will become 3 time champ and makes us again happy like the old days

Great video Bruce, keep up the honest content my friend! 👍🏽

Bruce, tbh and God is my witness, I'm an avowed Nigerian AJ fan. I've always believed in AJ even in his lowest moments. So, while it may be true that some Nigerians abandoned him, I'd say not all Nigerians. AJ the best ever, after Mohammed Ali and Mike Tyson.

@oneilmarston698

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

Lennox Lewis is the best British heavyweight. Fury is fighting for Undisputed. Anthony Joshua has no belt and 3 losses on his record

Hey Bruce...Whatever happens with AJ...You my friend have given the man his rightful props through thick and thin...This vid brought tears to my eyes, when I think what AJ has done for HW boxing and boxing in general, the sport I love over the years and been crapped on for his efforts...Thanks Bruce...The world needs more folk like you...

I am Nigerian and AJ brought me into boxing. I fell in love with the sweet science because of him. I have never doubted his heart or character. AJ is a true Champ!

Some Nigerians actually turned against him because he publicly showed respect to now a former President Buhari who made life uneasy for Nigerians. A certain group felt bowing for Buhari brought him bad luck. So the bashing was without reservations from these set of political hallelujah boys... Myself and my household and a whole lot of other people refuse to view any boxing channel here on KZread because I don't want to hear bad news about AJ... My love for him has nothing to do with him having Nigerian parents but because of his respect for the sport I love so much. I knew he would bounce back the moment he went mad after losing to Usyk. And I'm glad my expectations aren't let down by him... 3x world champion loading

Ive been with this dude since the klitschko fight! I became a fan of his personality confidence and morals before I did his boxing abilities. When he lost to Ruiz and Uysk I was so disappointed but I never wavered. He could of retired right than and Id still put him in my top 3 all around fav boxers! And Bruce never jumped ship either, only one of many reasons why this channel is hands down imo the best boxing channel on yt! No gray areas with Bruce MF Vane! He is one of the VERY few channels I still listen to bc Im here for the straight up FACTS, and how cant u love his ruff around the edges style, delivery, and his spot on opinions💯!! Very hard to find nowadays on this app!! Keep up the great work Bruce, been following about 4 or so yrs now, and Im with Aj win or lose good and the bad!💯🥊

Proud of any man that can come back from this much adversity, especially my people

Am a Ugandan but I've been a good and big fan of A.J evenif from usky fight I've been believing in him that he would be back even though doubtors are ever there keep ur head up man and stay focused to win back ur glory

@mctreasure

Ай бұрын

Webale!

Fury had lost the fight against Ngannou, but he was given a split decission

❤ I been AJ fan even when he beat my countrymen Takam and Ngannou.

The only people that stood by AJ was Eddie Hearn , Tony bellow and chisora, sporting icons & boxing block Centre. Everyone else criticized him or didn’t beleive in him anymore

A boxer li Manny never got hate like that from Philippines! No mater what they always stood by him! I bet that’s the difference between Africans and Philippines

Nigeria boxing experts never turn their back on him but the casual fans does which Unfortunately are the majority just like everywhere

As a Nigerian who is a fan of MMA, boxing and AJ, I'd say that Nigerians aren't to blame. Nigeria is a footbal(soccer) nation. We don't care much about combat sports. Most Nigerians knew AJ after the Klitskcho fight and since then, they saw him lose to Ruiz and have his breakdown after the second Usyk fight. Most friends of mine thought AJ would lose to Ngannou becase AJ lost to a small man named Usyk 😂😂. We support our own. Our criticism comes from a good place, but I can say that many Nigerian companies that worked with AJ after his Klitskcho win pulled their ads after his lose to Ruiz. It's just business.

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

Anthony Joshua would be more popular if he was Nigerian born like Efe Ajagba. Ngannou was a born in Cameroon and spent most of his life there. Anthony Joshua is from the UK

Am a Nigerian. I swear to Almighty God I have never doubted Aj for once and i always rate high very high and believe he's far better thgan wilder and He can beat fury. I knew uysk will give him problems. Now i believe he can get is revenge back with usyk. Win or lose for Aj i will always support him

Nigerians turning their back on AJ was more sociopolitical than about boxing. AJ went and prostrated to the former Nigerian President whom many Nigerians disliked. In 2020, Nigerian youths had a massive protest called End SARS which they needed the voice of so many Nigerian popular figures. AJ didn’t lend his voice to that struggle until the final days of it. So when he lost to Usyk twice, many Nigerians were happy. Not because they understood why he lost or who Usyk was. But simply because he’d fallen out of favor with them.

@Tpbabyface

Ай бұрын

Aj have no business with Nigeria politics and am glad he stayed out of it.

Now joshua is with ben Davison and bens brought the best out of him, turned him into a beast

I never understand that how can you be finished by losing to the best boxer of this era it isn't like he lost to chisora or dubois then you could make an argument for that

@Tpbabyface

Ай бұрын

I always think about this. Boxing fans and pundit now are days aelrw something else. I doubt if it was like that in the days of muhammed Ali. Do u know how many losses are on Ali,iron mike,George foreman and so on? Mayweather unbeaten record is part of the problem in boxing world. Mayweather avoided some fighters in his time and made sure some past their prime before he fought them. Fought Canelo at early age. Fury's own is worst. Look at his resume. Very poor and ppl still hail for being undefeated. When u don't fight the best u keep ta 0. 0 means nothing if u are not fighting the best. Usyk 0 means more cos he's been fighting the best unlike fury. Let fury take usyk fight and win we will know where he stands. No more ducking fught usyk. I for sure is pained that ppl now realize that fury is not what ppl think and for that the odd for him to loose have gone up.

@matthewsill-ei5gf

Ай бұрын

@Tpbabyface Everything you said is 100% true. If you look at furys' resume, it is terrible, and it is easy to be undefeated when you don't fight anybody. All the greats have losses because they fight the best people think now because you have lost you are done since when has losing in sport meant that you are done like you said since mayweather finished undefeated and some of them wins we're questionable for sure

@matthewsill-ei5gf

Ай бұрын

@Tpbabyface And I just looked it up and mayweather never thought outside America I wunder why

It's the Brit's that go against him, we Nigerians genuinely care about him, I never cared what's happening after the Andy Ruiz fight. I just thought he's been injured and maybe he don't wanna disclose it. I was surprised to see him against Otto Wallin, he made us proud again. Nigeria is a winning mentality.

Couldn’t sell a bus ticket? Maybe they wanted that to be the case- he’s never stopped being a major attraction, the British press are so dishonest against him.

I don’t like that the reporter referred to AJ as “your boy” to Hearns.

@erelpc

Ай бұрын

I think it's just an alternative to 'your man' or 'your guy'. Not meant in a degrading way.

@XaraK1

Ай бұрын

​@erelpc Yeah. A racist like Piers would definitely not mean it in a bad way. @ettelra73 Hey my fellow Channaholic and AJ fangirl 😂

@erelpc

Ай бұрын

@@XaraK1Bloody hell I didn't know he was racist. I don't know much about him though.

@matthewsill-ei5gf

Ай бұрын

​@@erelpcHe isn't the guy who commented that talks absolute nonsense

@XaraK1

Ай бұрын

​@@matthewsill-ei5gf He LITERALLY left Good Morning Britain because of it and hounded Meghan Markle because she dared to be a Black woman who rejected him, and he said he's the real victim of racial bullying 😂. Also, i wasn't asking for a cosign. He is what he is. And the reason thou dost protest is because of a birds of a feather situation. Also... I'm not a guy

Joshua shouldn’t have fought Usyk immediately. If they fought now he would win for sure. Active AJ is a dangerous AJ 💪🏻

I’ll be straight,i always believed AJ would spark fury & wilder & everyone else,even after he lost twice to usyk i always believed he’d come back,i new it was a blockage of lack of confidence & new once he got past that he’d come back bigger & stronger,never doubted his once,seeing him in the gym listening to how he talk & how he train,you just no he’s gonna be the last one standing 🦾

It is

Those losses turned AJ into a very curious student of boxing who kept searching everywhere for the answers. I hope he keeps up this momentum.

Pierce is absolutely clueless about anything. AJ was still the biggest name in the sport even after the the two Usyk fights. Tyson fury isn’t a commercial draw like a lot of people actually believe. AJ has always been the life blood of HW boxing and is still the live blood of HW boxing regardless of the narrative that people want to spin.

We should all do 4 days in a dark room! AJ has experienced everything now. Klitschko said it best: AJ is now a complete fighter. I still don't think we've seen AJ peak. The heavyweight division is on notice.

He doesn't rep Nigeria consistently, that is the issue.. he said many years ago he'd fight in Nigeria.. just empty words.. when has he held a Nigerian flag in the ring? Last fight he shouted out here and there.. Watford.. not Nigeria.. west Africans were stopped from getting on trains when the war started.. Whites first.. yet he can drape the Ukrainian flag on himself after a loss.. it's stuff like that.. accumulation really that has seen some i would say not care for him as opposed to actively hate him as a Nigerian.. you also can't just blindly scream and shout about someone if they are not performing.. they need to do their bit to give you something to root for.. and many of his performances prior to Davidson didn't inspire belief or confidence

Not me not even for one second did i feel his career was over but rather a new chapter was beginning one where he would have to crawl through 100 miles of shit to finally emerge a new and improved version of himself.

Dude lost his shot at undisputed. What did they expect him to do , smile and shake hands after losing twice. Wasnt he criticized after doing that after the Ruiz loss. By Atlas to be exact.

Always been a fan of Joshua. Win, lose or draw. The amount of stick he has gotten and unfairly is insane. For a Unified Champion to be rated below a one belt holder has never made any sense and they are doing it to Usyk too. Fury is not #1 nor is he the best heavyweight on the planet. That initially belonged to Joshua and now to Usyk.

The love Nigerian community was too much, so when Aj lost to usky 2 the Nigerian community was very worried because they have loved him to the teeth. But he's seeing it like they were asking too much.

AJ The only boxer I love and admire He is my inspiration My number one boxer in the world

Why do people let piers morgan on TV?

The real Nigerian.. Children of the earth never turned on him. Only fake fans.. click bate. Do anything for likes turned on him.

AJ bring me back to boxing. Either loose or win, I love this guy

Well, I never left AJ; the hatred against him was because of the BLM speech he read. Boxing fans are with you when you are only winning; lose and you’ll see those who can’t confront their bully tell you how to box and who should train you. We all know how he was fighting mandatory upon mandatory; it has been different since he’s no longer champ, I’m a Nigerian and I never left AJ….

@iffysd9864

Ай бұрын

Only people hating on him are the racists

Once he lost the Nigerians abandoned AJ he was back to being British!!

@XaraK1

Ай бұрын

And the British were throwing him under the bus for Fury. Hence the whole Talksport/Dev Sahni call-outs. Many people owe this man an apology

@tarharqataseti9261

Ай бұрын

​@@XaraK1This world's wicked and upside down, the good get chastised and the rotten get praised

I'm British Nigerian and have heard a lot about Nigerians turning their backs on him after the losses and I can honestly say I don't know a single Nigerian who did that. I'm not saying it didn't happen; I'm saying it wasn't a thing with the community around me. In fact, where we were, people still consider him the champ. But if our people did abandon him that's wrong. I didn't start out the biggest Joshua fan coz I wasn't the biggest boxing fan either, but he has really shown himself to be a true warrior. And if my people did turn their backs on him, I wouldnt be surprised. My people can be very... special

@SaiSaiGre

Ай бұрын

To be clear, im not talking aboutbthe British Nigerian community. I live in South Africa and there is a huge Nigerian community, born and raised in Nigeria, here

@chinaxx007samuel6

Ай бұрын

Am Nigeria 🇳🇬 mostly all Nigeria didn't believe in him after is lost.

@SaiSaiGre

Ай бұрын

​@@chinaxx007samuel6 Siiigh. I don't know if Nigerians realise how the rest of the diaspora feels about us, and it's because of things like this smh. We gotta do better

@chinaxx007samuel6

Ай бұрын

Sure we gotta do better aj is such a great example been a Nigeria 🇳🇬 Dat spirit of never giving up because as a Nigeria we always a way never take no for an answer.

Anthony is 🐔 chicken cluck cluck quack quack 🦆🦆 ducking deontay Wilder. 100 percent chance Francis Nggannou was drugged

I was among the nigeria who doubted Aj and i wanted him to retire too.but he proved everyone doubted him wrong. Let's go Aj

lol it’ll be over again if they fight again 😂😂😅😂

BRUCE VANE = AJ ultra-fanboy lol

Am a Ugandan but I've been a good and big fan of A.J evenif from usky fight I've been believing in him that he would be back even though doubtors are ever there keep ur head up man and stay focused to win back ur glory

@Anthony_Joshua-s_Irish_Grandma

Ай бұрын

AJ gets beaten by Hrgovic and Dubois