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I completely agree. He was in the ring because he was earning tens of millions of dollars to do it.
I could imagine giving him kudos if he'd been willing to stand toe-to-toe and actually engage in a boxing match with Joshua. It would probably mean that he'd have lost more quickly, but at least he would have been trying to win. Instead he spent almost all the time running away, and when he couldn't run away anymore he'd drop to his knees and attempt to wrestle Joshua to the mat. In a competitive boxing match I think he would have been disqualified, or at least had a major points reduction by the end of the first round.
Look, if I were offered tens of millions to engage in a real boxing match against a real boxer, I'd definitely take it, and my approach would be basically the same: run away and try to avoid taking damage. For tens of millions I think almost anybody would take the fight, and almost nobody would actually fight to win, if it risked being hit harder. But, the difference is that I wouldn't be the one organizing the event. I wouldn't be claiming I had a chance. I wouldn't be trying to intimidate the actual boxer at the weigh ins.
The influencer hyped up the fight like he had a chance, he posted training videos showing he was taking it seriously, he used a lot of steroids to try to get as big as possible. Then, as soon as he got into the ring, he did everything possible to avoid fighting aside from leaving the ring.