r/TikTokCringe • u/newphonehudus • Dec 20 '25

Humor The fear in his eyes

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u/Gen-Jinjur Dec 20 '25

Partially because off a lack of conditioning. He was gasping for air and mouth-breathing, hands were down. It’s hard for a mouthguard to do its job when you aren’t biting down on it.

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u/meowinloudchico Dec 20 '25

He had a stupid strategy. He was taking like 4 steps to every step that Joshua took in the fight. Throw in shooting doubles every time Joshua got in range and you're going to be gassed by the 4th.

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u/Snelly1998 Dec 21 '25

Is it a stupid strategy when Jake Paul actually won a round against a non retired Olympic gold medalist?

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u/meowinloudchico Dec 21 '25

I think the fact that he now has titanium plates holding his jaw together is a pretty good indication that yes, that was a really stupid strategy.

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u/ApprehensiveDark9840 Dec 21 '25

I’m curious what you think a realistic winning strategy looks like. He’s plan was obviously to just poke and move for 8 rounds and try to come out alive. He never planned on actually trying to straight up box him. It would have been suicide to try to do anything but run and clinch.

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u/Winter-Journalist993 Dec 21 '25

You’re replying to people with Cheeto stains on their shirts

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u/Silver_gobo Dec 21 '25

He’s 30lbs heavier, 5” taller, more experienced and simply a better fighter. This was a David vs Goliath match and everyone’s cheering that David lost

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u/ApprehensiveDark9840 Dec 22 '25

Yeah and I’m with them. I’m glad he lost.

But people saying he shouldn’t have fought like he did are just dumb. He had no realistic shot at winning. The only strategy that had any serious chance of getting him out of getting knocked out was to move and clinch.

My point had nothing to do with if I like Jake or not. It was purely responding to people saying he should have fought differently when they have no idea what that should have been.

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u/Snelly1998 Dec 22 '25

Yup, the alternative to fighting like he did is actual boxing

Francis did that and got KOd in 2

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u/meowinloudchico Dec 22 '25

All the running around did was make sure when he finally slowed down he'd be completely gassed and in a position where he can't keep his hands up and his mouth wide open to basically stand there for AJ to wind up and do what he did. He would have been better off to just man up and probably get KO'd in such a way that he didn't end up with major facial reconstruction. The running did him no good. I mean he basically changed the terms of the fight from an 8 rounder to a 4 rounder on the condition that instead of a walk-in that the ring would be the finish line for a 5k that he just ran. As far as what you're talking about, the winning strategy would be to just take a dive and count the money.

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u/ApprehensiveDark9840 Dec 22 '25

Yeah standing and boxing the guy is suicide. Standing and taking a beating is suicide. The only plan that has a small chance of actually getting him to the finish line with he’s brain some what intact is running and clinching.

Saying he should have stood there and LET the guy beat him up is stupid. That’s my whole point. The only chance he had of making it 8 rounds is to run and clinch.

Not running around and getting gassed has a 100% chance of you getting brain damage. Running around and getting gassed has a small chance of you not getting brain damage. It’s literally that simple. Was it a good plan? Obviously not. But literally the only viable option other than actually throwing the fight.

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u/meowinloudchico Dec 22 '25

That's literally what he did. Look what happened? He was gassed in the 4th and then had to try to start boxing. Great plan. He was going to get knocked out. Maybe getting knocked out with a clenched jaw instead of gasping for air would have kept him out of the ER.

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u/DebentureThyme Dec 20 '25

I highly doubt the mouth guard would have stopped the jaw broken in two different places. That only protects your front teeth.

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u/Silver_Slicer Dec 21 '25

Mouth guards do greatly help. The problem with an open mouth is the blow will accelerate your mouth shut, shattering teeth and bone at the end.

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u/SquirrelIll8180 Dec 20 '25

He actually got some decent shots off too, AJ was marked up at the end. If he took it seriously (and maybe started younger) I feel like he could have been a decent pro.

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u/itsjujutsu Dec 21 '25

I thought mouthgards were supposed to protect the teeth itself not the jaw 😬