Joshua-Whyte.

I asked same question before Joshua's last fight on here when a few said he would lose the fight

What does AJ have to do to convince you he isn't a charlatan in this one?

Several have Whyte to win by KO?

What if Joshua wins this fight emphatically?

Does he go up in your estimation or is he still a charlatan?

Are we all agreed Whyte is a decent challenge or as soon as Joshua wins is he another no hoper lined up for an easy fight for Joshua?

Can't be both can it?

 

It depends what your expectations of Joshua are, I happen to think he'll bow Whyte out within a couple of rounds once again this weekend. Does that immediately make him a world title contender? I'm not sure. There's still some fighters that I'd like to see him in with that stylisticly could answer us some questions we all have, durability etc. I don't believe he's gonna go his whole career without going further than 6 rounds.

 

Doubt Whyte goes 4 but I hope I'm wrong so much.

 

Why is anyone picking Whyte? I know he beat him in the amateurs but what has Whyte shown in the pros to suggest they're currently on the same level?

People talk about Eubank vs. O'Sullivan being an overhyped mismatch dressed up as more than it truly is but I honestly don't see why this is considered to be some big test for Joshua or a fight people are expecting him to lose.

What pro fights of Whyte's should I look to for a reckoning of why he ought to be favored? What about his style has people convinced?

 

AJ to KO him inside 3.

 

I think that in sport the psychological is at times more important than the physical, take a penalty shoot out for example. If you watch the amateur bout Joshua did look very raw and small (compared to now), but he did get properly put on his pants by a bigger, stronger looking man. If Joshua is to be believed that is laughable now, but it must be lurking in his mental depths somewhere. Had that not been the case, apart from being unbeaten (albeit against limited opposition) then you're right, nobody would give him a change at all. Also, I grew up with Frank Bruno knocking people over like skittles, he was cut like a god, hit like a sledge hammer and just looked indestructible, until he went late into a fight, his huge muscles fatigues and got hit on the chin. As yet we don't know if Joshua belongs to the same camp

 

Joshua KO but I'd like to see an upset.

 

I think Joshua has the mind set to beat him. I don't think the previous loss will effect him.

 

...but how many of Bruno's early career opponents before he ran into Bone-Crusher were as solid as those Joshua has been feasting on & dominating? The most standout name is LeDoux and he was utter trash. Stoppage of a 34 year old Jumbo Cummings? Sure that's nice but I think Joshua is already quite a bit more proven with early dismissals of Legg, Skelton, Airich, Bakhtov, Sprott, Gavern, Zumbano Love, Johnson and Cornish. (even though Legg and Cornish were untested and the rest of them various degrees of shot)

 

Was Bugner any more shot that Sprott or Skelton ?

 

Seen Whyte interview earlier,the whites of his eyes looked yellowy to me....

remember Ben Johnson ?

 

Whyte is weak. He has amounted to nothing as a pro.

Face it, had he not fought and beat AJ in the AM's, would anybody be rating him now based on what he's done as a pro? No.

Just another angle for the thieves to make it PPV.

In reality it's two British-level Heavyweight novices that had a poor fight in a leisure centre 6-7 years ago having a rematch now.

That's what we're being charged for.

 

Joshua by ko in about 3 rds Whyte does not impress me, he is too easy to hit ,leaves himself open when he misses with his hooks and is significantly slower than Joshua,.

 

I'm of the mind that Eubank vs. O'Sullivan may even be the more legitimately competitive match, you? :think

 

All due respect to anyone picking Whyte but I fail to see any reason why, subtracting their amateur encounter, this should be considered any different than Joshua vs. Cornish was.

Cornish was no less proven than Whyte and the obvious, no more limited in what he does to bowl over cans, and the obvious stylistic and class advantages for Joshua on paper were then no less stark than here.

Lateral move for AJ.