AJ didn't quit, he was waiting for the ref to replace his gum-shield. Fact.

[Fenster]

“he’s my countryman so I will excuse everything, he was simply waiting on the gum shield”

I haven't made a single excuse for his loss, you're the guy spinning the narrative when I haven't disputed the ref's decision or AJ's defeat? Why would you possibly need to count seconds?

He looked for his corner to end it, they didn’t so he made sure the ref ended it by not giving the ref the indications he wanted to continue.

When the ref waved it off AJ wasn't looking at his corner he was staring directly at the ref following his directions. However, if it makes you feel better to believe he dogged it, fine. I was merely asking if anyone else wondered why the ref didn't replace the gum-shield? Many official reports don't even mention the shield coming out? One claimed the ref didn't pick it up when he clearly did.

Joshua doesn’t feel he had his titles stolen because he knows like I know and you know if you will look past biases that Joshua was done. The fight was over. Someone just needed to make it official.

I have never once disputed that.

[SlimTrae]

The ref is supposed to put the mouthpiece in when there it's a lull and that was a lull.

Did the ref have the piece in his hands or the corner?

I remember a few fights where a fighter was knocked down, piece out and the ref didn't count, while placing the guard back in.

One that comes too memory was Moored vs Cooper. After Bert got dropped, ref finished counting, Bert motioned to his mouth to which the ref got it in, but only after the count and they threw a few punches.


Did AJ motion to it?