Will AJ ever get his respect?

Wilder would be knocked out by AJ in brutal fashion before he lands any clean one two

 

Depends what you want him to be respected as.

He's a very good unified belt holder, no one doubts that.

But if he wants respect as the best HW in the world he has to go through Fury.

 

Oh, he won to an old 40 years old granpa with a laughable ko rate. Let's give him respect!

you kidding, right?

 

yes, sure, man. hahahahah, then you wake up.

The AJ who fought tonight loses to both. To fury, and to wilder.

And to win to an unmotivated ruiz he'd have to run another marathon avoiding fighting at all cost. Vs a motivated ruiz probably he loses too.

 

I doubt AJ would even try that. He seemed to almost punch himself out in the third. If he tries for it and fails he could open himself up.

 

He has to fight Fury and beat him, or at the very least, show that he’s on his level. I think he looked good tonight despite what some are saying on here. Showed good patience and never got reckless in there like he did with Ruiz. Stayed composed when he had his man hurt and closed the show when the time was right.

 

AJ has no Chin, no Heart, and no Ring IQ. None.

 

Yeah I think AJ's more pensive style isn't just about the glass jaw but also gas tank management.

I think the AJ we watched tonight is more the one will see moving forward. Not the one that was on his bicycle 100% of the time like Ruiz II but waiting for opportunities to let his hands go like he did in the 3rd and 9th.

 

Think this was a good 9 rds under his belt and a confidence builder. The Ruiz KO still seems to play on his mind a bit, but he played it well enough. No need to push things when he has control behind his jab. Showed maturity when he didn't get Pulev out of there, kept patient and took the chance when it presented itself again.

 

No because the so called "hardcore" fans will never give credit to a Matchroom fighter and treat boxing promotional companies like a football team for some reason.

 

Best resume of any current heavyweight by far.

 

I’d love to have seen Fury and Wilder fight Joshua’s opposition in the order AJ fought them in. Glass jaw Wilder would have been slept by a few guys and Fury’s too inconsistent he’d have lost after fighting back to back top guys.

 

There is no question Fury is a better fighter than Wilder. Fury would have won the first fight if not nor taking that second knockdown in 12th. Beat Wilder with 2 completely different styles.

The question is Joshua versatile enough for Fury or Uysk for that matter. It definitely makes those fights intriguing as to how they'll play out.

Some of the inverse things being asked like can Wilder take Joshua's power when he couldn't take Fury's have an obvious answer at this point.

 

I'd take Wilder's jaw over AJ's as AJ seems to get rocked all the time in championship level fights.

But how would Wilder handle a guy like Ruiz? He has a granite chin. I know AJ put him down once but he got back up and finished the fight.

That is the kind of fight Wilder should go for if he had any nerve. Instead he's pulling a Donald Trump and dragging on Fury-Wilder until the last lawsuit goes down. Wilder-Ruiz could be hyped and it would be a PPV level contest.