I re-watched Joshua vs Whyte

I re-watched Joshua vs Whyte

It was a far tougher closer fight than many would have you think. Its easy to get caught up in watching Joshuas power when he punches but Whyte was very competitive.
I recall hearing Whyte had an injury going into that fight.

Although Joshua would rightfully be the favourite in a return, I think Joshua is more conservative in his approach than when he had that fight and that Whyte is improved and hopefully without injury.

I wouldnt be shocked if a return was a distance fight


I think its a top match up and both are box office ticket sellers

 

That was similar to how I remembered it, but it was far more competitive. The first round was all Joshua but the 2nd, 3rd, 4th were close rounds however you scored them and the 5th and 6th were competitive.
Worth a re-watch, I was surprised when I did

 

Thats how I remembered it, but that wasnt the case at all. It was competitive and you could argue rounds 2, 3 and 4 I think

 

it was a much better fight than I had remembered.
Whyte has very good powers of recovery.
I rate both as decent world class HWs.
Worth another look

 

Well that's 3 rounds out of 6 completed rounds you are talking about there

 

Any news if Whyte is getting a title shot against Joshua yet?

 

Whyte has definitely earned his opportunity.
I would have liked to have seen Whyte face Wilder

 

The body shots Whyte landed were really good. I thought both were impressive that night.
Im glad somebody else has seen it. If im honest I had forgotted how tough it was. Whyte had a bad first round but after that it became a hard fight with fairly even rounds whichever way you want to score them.
I seem to recall hearing Whyte came into that fight with an injury which cant have helped. Hopefully this time around (if it happens), both will be injury free.

I agree that Whyte has grown since then

 

Each to their own. I credit him with the Browne win as well. Browne was an undefeated former world champ