Pulev doesnt punch hard ,cant see this going long at all unless joshua is looking for rnds which is unlikley bc he will want to finish off Pulev faster than Wlad did. Second best? you need to at least punch hard or decent at this point...Pulev is not aggressive either so based on that ,cant see this as his second most dangerous guy. Pulev is clearly out matched and wilder at 2 shows you how Huge the odds are going to be in favor of Joshua in every fight barring Ortiz bc Wilder is also outmatched based on his performances. Ortiz is a question mark but will not be favored . thats the sole guy here possible to at least stay with Joshua .His major strike is southpaw style that only helps Joshua. With Klitchko out...these would rank as his toughest opponents. 1.Ortiz 2.Wilder 3.Whyte 4.Parker 5.Pulev Boxing looks pretty grim if you are trying to get through Joshua at this point as a fighter bc Joshua is going to prove to be that good. Get ready for the era of fighters arent good anymore where Klitchko left off...lol His detractors better start scouting now with the next crop give or take a few years these guys should be where the others are at now......here i'll help you.... 1. D. Duboi 2. Darmani Rock 3. Trey Morrison 4. Nick Mazurak 5. G. Arias
Pulev schools Whyte with ease... Darmani Rock and Trey Morrison will never make it in the top 10... You forgot Povetkin in your list, he's probably the best heavyweight on the planet now (on par with Joshua) and beats the 5 boxers you have mentioned.
Everyone said the same thing about Whyte and Breazeale...you will be wrong here. Povetkin is not included bc hes all over the place. Fury is not on the list either bc hes all over the place to even without being retired. Pulev schools whyte ? Not really bc Whyte has more power and is aggressive ability therefor he makes a better opponent for Joshua.
Pulev is an elite level HW Just too small and not mobile enough to be competitive past 4-5 rounds. AJ KO inside 6
Everyone went 12 rounds with Kevin Johnson except Anthony Joshua, he is the only one who knocked him out and he needed only two rounds.
I don't understand the talk for this fight. Pulev will be Joshuas second best opponent and holds a solid resume, only loosing to Wlad. Of course AJ is the favorite but it is a solid fight against a geniune top ten heavy.
Yes and AJ fought him the latest of all of the big names. So the word shopworn comes into it to a large extent.
Thats nothing to be ashamed of son. I just proved an elite HW failed to stop him, after some noob suggested that you cannot be an elite HW if you cannot stop him Job done for me.
It's no shame to go 12 rounds with Kevin Johnson because everyone did except Anthony Joshua, so you can't say Pulev is a bum because he struggled to knock him out, i only wanted to make that clear because some guy mentioned Pulev is not good because he struggled with Kevin Johnson.