Some of the very slow fighters were extremely successful. For example, Valuev and old George Foreman.
Valuev was far too slow against Haye and older Foreman was too slow v Morrison, neither of those guys would be world champs today altough certainley a young Foreman would be a nightmare for AJ.
Its safe to say who hes not fighting . 1. Wilder. Cant find his pen and hes the A SIDE. 2. Fury . Hes calling the shots now and needs to fill in numerous fights under ESPN, and might go back to his 60% original demand . 3. Miller . Hes going to get pummeled in 5., no rematch. 4. Whyte . Clearly wants to avoid Joshua until 2020 and get more fights in. 5. Fres Oquendo. The fight will build up more and wont happen until 2023. $ 20.23 PPV world wide special for the fans. Who will he fight ?????? Anyone not pricing themselves out ridiculously ,losing pens ,balking, crying, complaining ,faking injuries...etc..etc......
No way Valuev wouldn`t have the speed to get away from Wilder`s big shots and was rocked Haye, Goerge was way too slow in his 40`s to beat Wilder, he even said Wilder and Fury would have beat him in his prime!
I think the IBF will enforce their mandatory and AJ will need to face Pulev next. I’m an AJ fan but I don’t like this only fighting twice a year crap. 2020 needs to see him fight in March, July and November.