Power- aj Jab- fury Chin- equal Heart-fury Movement- fury Inside- Joshua has a nice uppercut but won’t land it, fury will lean on him all night Outside- fury Speed- short burst hand speed aj longevity fury Fury’s feints will have aj having kittens. I honestly believe fury will stop AJ, might not knock him down but a mercy stoppage late in the fight
Hope this fight happens. All these bandwagon Fury fans will turn on him yet again and be on AJ's nutsack once he sparks him out.
I admit, here's one way AJ is all wrong for Fury: Having the British Establishment on his side and the most investment in his ''brand''', meaning Fury will be behind on the cards before the fight begins. AJ could also have a convenient British Stoppage ref involved, maybe bring back that guy who predicted the round he'd prematurely stop Groves in on FB. This means Fury is under pressure in two ways, first that he can't win a close fight but must dominate to win a close fight. Also, that if he goes down or gets hurt, he could lose the fight after the first flurry AJ half lands when the fight resumes. Fury could help mitigate this somewhat by demanding the fight take place in the US. But that will probably be difficult due to the UK money. In general, if Joshua hadn't been dropped and stopped by Ruiz and then spent a rematch scared shtless, then the narrative of AJ taking Fury's power and pressure fighting him etc might have seemed more believable. But Fury hits harder than Ruiz and is rangier and more intimidating, particularly after the way he just dealt with Wilder. So it's hard to believe AJ will try to come at Fury the way his fans believe. But if he does, Fury can move and counterpunch so maybe AJ leaves his temple open again and he joins the dent club with Wilder.
So you're calling Aj the dummy right ? Bevause he knows more about about boxing than any other person in this thread and claimed he was going to go for the body. Lol thats funny and why wouldnt Aj be able to go for the body it would be hard but not impossible like you think. Otto wallin literally attacked his body despite furys low guard. Even before the cut. Fury doesnt have some impenetrable guard as a matter of fact even wilder hit furys body from time to time when he isnt a body puncher what so ever. how yoy never saw this baffles me Why wouldnt he finish off fury. When fury got up from the knock down wilder swung for the stars and missed almost every shot throwing windwills and then clinched with fury. That was stupid of wilder because fury was clearly vulnerable. Thats where aj would brutalize fury and push fury off the clinches and take him out. And people keep using the ruiz example when they dont realize ruiz was a stylistic nightmare for joshua. Ruiz was the shorter fighter which gave him a better center of gravity, he also had faster hands, a shorter reach, and had a better chin. All of those gave ruiz the advantages on the inside so when joshua brawled him he was taking an enormous risk. Brawling fury isnt because fury isnt a great inside fighter. We've seen this time and time again all he does is clinch when a fighter gets on the inside. Whyte is also a good inside fighter. He went toe to toe with derek chisora and beat him twice. Aj also weighted 250 in the wlad fight which slowed him down but if he does punch himself out he could just clinch with fury. Why not ? And yeah furys might be on the front foot front timw but it wont help him. As a matter of fact it fight help joshua get his stamina back by boxing backwards. Joshua isnt joe fraizer but he can get on the inside of fury. Its not hard multiple fighters do it. Fury just starts to clinch. Thats why it seems like nobody can beat him. Aj is just going to press him off and bullrush him. And it wouldnt be a risk because furys power comes from him going on the front foot not the backfoot. And you're right about wilder. Joshua cant one punch KO him. He throws combos anyway and when furys hurt and he tried to clinch joshuas going to be hostile and wont let fury recover. He's going to put him down
I'm interested, how do you think AJ will consistently and effectively work the body and disrupt Fury's jab if - as you say - Fury moves much better than him?
I actually agree. It is a 50/50 fight imo. Slightly favour fury but a defeat from joshua wouldnt be a massive shock. Also think wilder would have more luck against joshua than fury. Furys the best fighter of the three but i doubt he,ll fight joshua the same way as he did wilder. He,ll probably go back to pot shotting...hitting and moving. The problem with that is he doesnt stop many people fighting that way. Which means he,s to stay out the way of joshua for 12 rounds. Doable for fury. But all it could take is joshua catching up to him once in the 12 and it could be fight over. Joshua hits hard enough to hurt you. He,s also a big unit with fastish hands...they,ll be working constantly in camp on cutting off the ring...trying to pin fury down. Furys good enough to avoid that...but dont think he,ll have it his own way like the wilder fight. Add to that hes not fought in a while. We also dont know when he,ll slow down. Hes bounced back brilliantly from his weight loss but who knows if or when that might take its toll. Plus more pressure on fury for this one....most people think its a foregone conclusion.
Because wallin pulled it off and he didnt allow fury to get comfortable and establish his reach by constantly coming on the front foot. This is something wlad and wilder couldn't pull off as they stayed on the outside and allowed fury to use his physical advantage.