How would AJ have fared against the top 5 British heavyweights of all time?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Which fighters are are considered the best British heavyweights of all time and could AJ beat them in their respective eras?
     
  2. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    AJs results against the top 5 based on where he is now?

    1. Lewis- AJ loses via KO inside 5
    2. Frank Bruno- AJ wins via KO inside 8
    3. Tyson Fury- AJ loses via UD12
    4. Bob Fitzimmons- AJ wins via KO inside 7
    5. Joe Bugner- AJ wins a narrow UD over 12.
     
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  3. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    I will judge him when his career is over - a career to date fighting puddings, with the exception of old Wlad and PED Povetkin, cannot be judged against Lennox Lewis types.
     
  4. Peterp

    Peterp Well-Known Member Full Member

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    everyone but lennox
     
  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Yes, based on how he is now.
     
  6. hide

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    Herbie hide - aj loses by tko round 3
     
  7. TonyHayers

    TonyHayers Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Obviously it has to be something of a guessing game with Fitzsimmons but I can't see how he goes a round with Joshua. He was a similar size to George Groves.
     
  8. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He / his team would have ducked them all then called them out in the media to come to the table once they’d all signed to fight each other instead. Then the chinny robot would fight some shot/old/fat/midgets instead on the Wembley big tellies for the sky addicts
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Hide was too small and wasn`t that good at all, he completely fel apart after Bowe hit him, no chance.
     
  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    You think AJ would have ducked Bruno?!:nonono
     
  11. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Today’s Bruno? No way they’ll call that guy out live and exclusive on sky sports paytowatchit

    Prime Bruno though? Absolutely - that big frank doesn’t fit the tried and tested formula of shot/old/fat/midget in any way
     
  12. Momus

    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joshua is already the second most accomplished British heavyweight of all time (at least for the next couple of weeks). It’s dubious to include Fitz in a discussion with modern day heavies;

    There’s no reason to think that anyone outside of Lewis (and possibly Fury) would be favoured to beat him. I’m sure some hipster could put together an argument about why Henry Akinwande would jab and grab his way to victory, but realistically boxing is about levels and Joshua is levels above the vast majority of British heavyweights in history.
     
  13. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    Yet he has only had one credible fight against old Wlad, one decent fight against an old faded PED Povetkin - the rest were zero threat puddings ranging from Hector Avilla to Paint Dry Power Puff Parker.
     
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  14. Momus

    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Outside of Lewis, which British heavyweights actually do have multiple victories against prime world level opposition?
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    AJ is far better than Bruno was and Frank fought inferior fighters aside from in world title fights, AJ would have fought Smith and done much better than Frank did.