Good jab, decent chin, tough as nails. But, he is a bit stiff and one dimensional, which will make AJs job not too difficult.
So, are people saying this fight will be forgotten soon after it's over and we won't be seeing threads in the days after Pulev's victory like: "Too bad Joshua-Pulev got called off in 2017. Pulev could've had made or five defenses by now." Or "Too bad Joshua-Pulev got called off in 2017. We'd have known Joshua was a fraud years ago." Is this just Anthony Joshua's version of Holmes-Evangelista or Holmes-Zanon?
He took an unbelievable number of bombs from Wlad before going down and out. If he can still take that kind of damage, Joshua could be in trouble. Pulev JKO 11
All depends on which Joshua turns up. I could easily see Pulev turning the lights out with his trademark jab. The bodybuilder has a china chin!
If Joshua doesn't wipe the floor with Pulev, he's officially a joke. Anything can happen in heavyweight boxing so I'm not going to be shocked if Pulev beats Joshua .... but I do expect Joshua to make short work of him.
Apples and oranges. AJ and Wlads power are similar, but Wlad didn't do combination power shots like AJ does.
This a MANDATORY fight. AJ actually fights his mandatories like a real champion is supposed to. He doesn't run from them and make excuses like Wilder did and like Fury is doing now.
It's in vogue for " champions " to pick non top ten opponents, and if when they are in the top ten, they are close to 40. Welcome to modern heavyweight title defenses. Pulev is still decent, but he was never a puncher. He can be technical and that can bother Joshua, who doesn't have the best chin in the world, is rather average defensively and tends to slow down a bit in the later rounds. Sooner of later Joshsua who has legit KO power and good skills will land and that will be it. Being that Joshua might be forever gun-shy post Ruiz 1, this could go to the cards. A KO win for Pulev, and the division is officially crap. Prediction Joshua TKO in 6. After a close 3 opening rounds, he finds his rhythm scores big in round 5 and ends it in round 6.
So, if Pulev is being given zero chance by most of you, where does he rate among Joshua's title challengers to date - in terms of probable chance of winning? Because I seem to recall people thinking Takam and Breazeale had a legit chance against Joshua. And many people were picking Povetkin and Parker and Ruiz to win outright. So where is Pulev - is he on the Eric Molina level when it comes to likelihood of winning? Rating and resume aside, is he a walkover opponent in 2020?
Could be interesting ! Pulev has a.good.jab and is tough but is long in the tooth. It's all down to AJ looks gun shy after his last performance. Multi millionaire. on tv adverts and all that ! Has he had enough.? Will shall see.