Is Anthony Joshua a hall of famer

Most likely. It's just a popularity contest anyway

 

AJ is nowhere near being a hall of famer, he`s done nothing to get into the HOF, none of his defenses were that impressive after beating Wlad in a titanic struggle and he won`t be considered elite until he avenges his loss to Usyk, which will probably never happen for obvious and varying reasons, he was hugely overrated, by me included who got swept up in the excitement and hype of his fight with Wlad.

 

You posted exactly what I was thinking Mark.

 

This has been done before. Yes he is DEFINITELY a HOF. But he's not an ATG. Not unless he beats Usyk and Fury then maybe.

But because of all the big fights he's been apart of, and how young he was unified champ, he can't not be a HOF.

He's sold tickets like few can, he's rarely in a boring fight, he's entertained a lot, and he's got some good wins under his belt, and he hasn't ducked anyone. Wilder ducked him, Fury fight was screwed over by Wilder contract. He's willing to fight the best even if it means losing.

He's been a good entertainer and a well above average fighter. He may never be an ATG, but definitely worthy HOF.

 

AJ arguably has a top 10 HW record (comparable to Wlad and better Vitali ) or certainly top 15.

 

He`s nowhere near an ATG no need to say that, he`s not even the best of his genderation, his career is currently in tatters, he doesn`t have a legacy at all.

 

Riddick Bowe is widely ranked around top20-25(well below Wlad) and he has a better record than AJ. His win over prime, undefeated Holyfield is easily above AJ’s entire career.

 

Easily top 20 resume all time at HW, 2x unified champion. I'd say yes for sure.

 

I would rate Bowe in the top 10 myself ahead of Wlad.

I mean Bowe has a short body of work against quality opponents but its very impressive against top quality opponent in Hollyfield which is

 

Yeah dude put down the drugs.. But I do think he’ll get in the HOF based on his accomplishments for HWs. He unified 3 belts and made 8 total defense in his 2 reigns. What might hurt him is he never got a chance to prove that he was the clear cut #1 guy during his time. Wilder did have a claim and Fury replaced Wilder to go along with Usyk. I say a win over either of those 3 guarantee he’s in for sure..

What separates Wlad from AJ is he had a decade long run where he was the clear number 1 HW and continuously took out #1 contenders.

 

The time to determine is when his career is over but he has a compelling case. Ditto Usyk and Fury have compelling cases as well!

 

Got to take t ll quality of opposition into context e.g Vitalli reigned for a lengthy period for number one however considering his time the best opponents he beat was Briggs, Sanders and Chisora.

 

No you don’t. You just decided that after being called out on your BS.

Bowe is definetly outside of top10, and he’s easily below Wlad. AJ who doesn’t have the longevity, dominance or a single win over an elite, close to prime opponent(you have to have at least one of those to be mentioned along the same lines as ATGs) and in his prime went 1-1 with a guy who wouldn’t even be in Wlad’s top10 wins is most certainly, unequivocally out of top20.

 

His career isnt over but st this point no.

-Extremely controversial gold medal at home.
-Lived of the Wlad war which was a great fight and performance by both but in the same time it wasnt the same Wlad.
-never became champ
-hard to look at loss vs Ruiz avenged but not majorly impressive
-Didnt fight either Wilder or Fury