DAZN: Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Alexander Vladimirovich Povetkin RBR.

He has predicted Joshua to lose every fight bar Takam since Whyte.

 

Go ahead lol, I've never in my life been a Ortiz fanboy. I'm sure I've said a kind word about him before, but I've never gushed he was some wrecking machine then changed my tune when the Wilder fight was signed. At least not that I can recollect

I'm just saying as far as skills/intangables whatever there isn't much separating Joshua & Wilder besides what side of the ocean they live on. Joshua has taken more chances and thus has better wins, but when they fight make no mistake they are pretty equal meaning a 50/50 fight.

 

In another context though, Wlad was 41, and Pov 39, while Briedis and Gassiev in their primes

 

From a pure boxing standpoint, Price boxed better against Povetkin before the stoppage than Joshua.

 

Don't ban a guy for calling you out.....

You don't want posters doing it, set an example and don't do it yourself.

 

Good riddens you ****

 

But again, Wlad/Pov were post-prime.....But Joshua is still probably pre-prime, in the context of the history of HW's.

 

Adam Smith just stating facts.

LOL. Almost knocked out - shut up ffs.

 

LOL you banned him for that? abuse of power should lose you mod powers for that nothing in his message was offensive.

 

Your scoring wasn't the problem....

But do you seriously still claim the stoppage was premature, even though Team Povetkin wanted it stopped?

 

Agreed. Having AJ ahead by four rounds nullifies any judge's credibility.

 

Povetkin is a world class boxer, this should not be a surprise. He's a stylistic nightmare for someone like Joshua. Povetkin's only real issue is that, whilst he's still able to perform to a high level, it's at an age which prevents him from doing so for a sustained period over a fight. That's still OK at heavyweight, because being able to do what he can do for 5 rounds makes him still one of the best in the world, and probably good enough to win titles, but coming up against someone like Joshua - who was able to soak up the worst of his shots and then land later down the line - is probably a step too far.

Hope he doesn't retire though. Would like to see Fury and Wilder in with him - I think they'd struggle too.

 

100% agree...if they weren’t so far past prime. Povetkin was battered and lost pretty much every round against a man that AJ went life and death with quite recently, 5 whole years ago. You got to ask yourself, why was someone who hasn’t looked great against Hammer & Price, managed to look that good against AJ?

And look at the way the fights you listed went. Usyk had a close fight with Breidis before 120-108ing Gassiev, whereas AJ went life and death with Klitschko & came from behind after being rocked several times against Povetkin

To go back to my original point I’m not hating on AJs achievement, I’m purely debating the point of putting AJ with Usyk & Loma.