Why didn't AJ use klitschkos tactics?

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  1. Infern0121

    Infern0121 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Could have just had a wrestling match for a few rounds them taken him out?
     
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    reckless Active Member Full Member

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    That’s not his style. Thank god.

    The Germans might have been ok with that style but Brits would not come to stadiums to watch continual clinching.
     
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    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bad idea. AJ and Wlad are different boxers. AJ doesnt wrestle as well as Wlad did. He would be caught more times on the inside if he tried wrestling.
     
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    MeatFeastMan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He wasn't allowed to even go there after what happened an hour or so earlier, and he knew it. Okolie-Askin didn't just stink the place out, it sent a smelly nuclear bomb onto the city of London. It was a disgrace and it would have been simply unacceptable to Joshua to follow up with a box and move, clinch snoozefest.
     
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    Klktschko had an ATG jab, Joshua doesn't.

    Pretty simple. Joshua tried to jab, he just lacked the timing or accuracy, and paid for it numerous times via counter right hands.
     
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    Thank god Okolie wasn’t headlining then lol. That was such a bad fight
     
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    Wlads jab was a nonfactor against Povetkin.
     
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    Because it isn't easy and only big size isn't enough otherwise, Mariusz Wach would have won Povetkin by using Klitschkos tactics.
     
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    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This. Joshua had to save the show. The other matches were awful. If Joshua would've wrestled Povetkin to an uneventful decision it would've badly hurt his brand and Dazn.
     
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    he is not dirty cheat like wlad.
     
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    Because we already had a wrestling match before that with Okolie and Askin.
    The 2nd one would have started a riot at Wembley.
     
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    What did you think to the main fight? I know we were debating it a while back. You were backing Povetkin to win, while I thought Joshua would get the KO. Having said that, I predicted Povetkin would be defensive, but I remember you said he would come forward. I was way out on that one! Povetkin was impressive and game.
     
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    gdm Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    He would get outboxed and prob outwrestled he is a poor mans wlad, he is not skillful enough to do that.
    He’s an empty tank robot .