It's inevitabe that Joshua is going to dominate the HW division for the next 10 years but ..

Wlad' biggest problem was that he only had the likes of Alex Leapai and co to defend against for a long time and when top drawer contenders made themself known he was already well over the hill getting into competitive scraps with former janitors.

 

You can't take anything for granted in the HW division, anyone can get knocked out, it nearly happened to Joshua in his last fight...

 

Ward KO8 Joshua (Body Shots)

 

If he does dominate I think he will be more exciting than kilt. Klit fought a safety first style which which was boring to watch. Joshua has similar dimensions physically and could do the same thing, but has more fight in him.

 

I like Joshua hes one of my favorite heavyweights but its no way certain he will ruun the division for 10 years or even 4-5 years to be honest... you got other fighters like parker,ortiz, wilder, povketkin, pulev. then up and comers in the division who aren't experienced at top level yet but look good like kuzmin,ruiz jr,miller,kownacki,zhang, simon kean, telesanko, tony yoka. also Columbian Oscar rivas if he ever gets his career going watch out for him. and theres a couple Russian boxers also I believe .

 

Joshua will definitely get knocked out at some point. The shots he took against Wlad and Whyte - remember, Whyte's left hook pretty much had AJ out on his feet but Whyte's shoulder went at that exact point and he couldn't finish it. It's clear that Joshua loves getting into reckless scraps. That, plus his tendency to gas heavily mid-rounds will surely lead to a KO loss at some stage in his next five fights IMO.

 

Not sure how it's "inevitable" or even likely. He's good but he'll have to be much better to dominate for 10 years. That's a HUGE ask for anyone.

Some of the outlandish statements around here must be trolling.

 

Anthony will lose a couple but be on top multiple times. He will be the best for at least 5 years... Even when he loses

 

Wlad had to fight that boring style because of his weak chin. AJ's chin is just as bad and he is going to get exposed soon just like Wlad did. AJ's people knows his chin is **** and that is why they are avoiding Ortiz at all cost. Ortiz would take AJ out within 5 rounds.

 

Erm, Lennox lost to both McCall and Rahman. Neither are considered great or even good for the era they were in.

If you fight the best you will get knocked out at HW, its entirely normal and I dont see why fans hold up not being knocked as achievable if you fight the best out there from your era.

Deonkey has never been KO'd but its only because he has ducked major names like Wlad, Povetkin and AJ. Plus others like Ortiz, Parker and Tyson Fury (when he was active).

So sure AJ gets KO'd and that goes along with having a great career. To be truly great though he will have to fight the best, unlike cowards like Deonkey who will always be seen for they are. Deonkey could easily retire 50-0 as a WBC HW champion in 4 years time...is he the GOAT because he never got KO'd?

 

This. Wlad was much more aggressive before he got KO'd too + I wish AJ all the best but there's no such thing as "inevitable domination for the next 10 years".

 

What's your point? I wasn't judging any fighter in my post, merely stated my opinion that I think Joshua will be stopped at some point. No idea why you brought Lennox into this.

 

Many people thought Lennox wouldnt be stopped either

In fact Lennox is now the number 1 GOAT at HW, above Ali, Tyson and Marciano in many experts book.

I was trying to point out how boasting about a HW getting KO'd at some point doesnt make you a predictor of the future and doesnt make that fighter not one of the greats