Thoughts on AJ's performance?

7/10

I thought he boxed within himself knowing Takam didn't have much.

Thought he could of used more body shots to slow Takam down and stop his movement.

 

I think AJ is as good now as we are going to see him, I honestly don't think he'll change or improve much from now on in.

 

6/7 - 10

He boxed well, never seemed to gas like he did against Whyte and Wlad and seemed more patient.
Needs to work on his inside game a little more but he is still learning, anyone spouting the Dillan Whyte rhetoric of he will get no better needs to give their head a shake. He has had a short Am career and only 20 fights deep into his pro he will improve, his ring craft will improve and he will learn to pace hisself and pick his shots better.

Ultimately styles make fights, Takam was a tough style for AJ to deal with and he managed it comfortably, until that horrific stoppage I dont think AJ lost a round.

 

It was a one sided bashing last night against a guy who could take it.

 

Well, he won pretty much every round, so I can't be to critical, I think he showed caution in not emptying the tank like he did against Wlad, so he has probably learned something about managing his cardio more efficiently. You have to remember he trained for a different fighter and even though the ref gave him a knockout which it clearly wasn't, AJ was never in any real trouble against an awkwardfighter, by his own high standard I'd say it was an average performance.

 

It was a decent performance. Takam's a good opponent. The best AJ has fought except a 41-year-old Wlad.

AJ's not much of a boxer but he's big and strong, he's tough and determined. He's the same old AJ.
AJ will never be a great boxer so it be would a bit unfair to list all the areas he could "improve" in. I'll let him and his trainers decide that.
He's a bit like Frank Bruno, a decent muscular bruiser, it would take years and years to turn him into a great boxer.

 

Joshua still doesn't work the body enough

Still has stamina issues, still looks vulnerable after a flurry of shots

None of this can be exploited in the current HW scene though as the talent pool is pretty weak

6/10

 

AJ is extremely lucky he is in a very poor division and has no real competition.

If he and Tyson fury were to fight it would be a mirror image of Calzaghe vs Jeff lacy

The division is **** poor

 

joshua is much better than lacy

 

It was an alright performance, perhaps 6/10 for Joshua. Defensively he is still lacking, his stamina is poor and needs to lose muscle, he doesn't do enough work on the inside where he could have done more damage, his jab was also inconsistent throughout the fight as well.

The stoppage was poor but Takam's a good name to add to Joshua's resume, which isn't great atm.

 

An understatement mate considering that prior to the Klit fight, he had only fought 100% puddings.

 

It’s all depends how you look at it.

One side he dominated from start to finish.

The other he failed to blast his man out of there.

In all honesty it was a decent performance he had a suspected broken nose early on and Takam is no mug. Takam didn’t spoil the fight as some thought but boxed to a well thought out game plan.

Overall 7-8/10 decent performance showed composure and most probably learnt some more about himself him there.

 

What has Tyson Fury ever done to suggest he's going to do this and that. Fury has struggled with quite a few of his opponents some were journymen to

 

The stoppage was pathetic and inconclusive. Takam is the kind of fighter who accepts that he’s going to take a few to land one of his own. He was never going to win on points and so the tactic was undoubtedly to take AJ to deep waters and try and catch him. He managed that, and although I feel it was v unlikely that he’d land that big shot, he was deserving of at least taking AJ the distance.

It was a cautious, measured performance by AJ. He didn’t over commit and leave himself vulnerable like he did against Klitschko, so he’s learnt from that. He does have glaring deficiencies as a boxer, that’s clear for everyone to see. He’s so heavy handed and his shot selection is bang on, but unless his opponent offers their chins on a platter he does seem a bit clueless.