The 7ft elephant in the ring...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by DoubleJab666, May 9, 2017.


Who wins? 6'6'', 250llbs Anthony Joshua vs 7'0'' 320llbs Nikolay Valuev?

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  1. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Valuev was never a champion.
     
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  2. Okin129

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    He was 2-times WBA champion.
     
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  3. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    He was a trinket holder, nothing more.
     
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  4. heerko koois

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    Joshua! better puncher and fights with both hands....Valuev did 90% of his boxing only with his left hand
     
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  5. reznick

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    I've tried telling people
    Haye vs Valuev is proof of divine intervention
     
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  6. heerko koois

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    What about Holyfield? he came close
     
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  7. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Miracles don't almost happen.
    They either occur or they don't! :D
     
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  8. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Yes that,s true! still Holyfield did a amazing job keeping him off bay!
     
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  9. latineg

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    AJ whoops SNV.

    Valeuv had very little skills/speed/etc, in a way it shows how important SIZE can be simply by how far Valeuv went.

    How long before another giant cones along with skills a bit better than SNV?
     
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  10. heerko koois

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  11. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    I guess most 7ft athletes can earn a lot more money, and with much lesser risk, by turning to sports other than boxing.
     
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  12. James Smith

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    A sensible comparison would be Valuev vs Whyte for obvious reasons.
     
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  13. DoubleJab666

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    But that's not the question. The question is why does Joshua beat Valuev despite being much shorter and lighter? What factors do you emphasise to support that view? Unless you think Valuev wins? I don't, btw.
     
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  14. drenlou

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    Valuev lost to an old Evander Holyfield, Anthony Joshua I think could have been the first guy to put him on his ass. Joshua by a landslide.
     
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  15. DoubleJab666

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    Haye almost did, despite weighing roughly what Ali did in his prime and just one inch shorter. I'm sure Joshua easily could... despite also being smaller and lighter. Who knew....
     
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