Joshua vs Zhang- A Fight That Makes Sense

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  1. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    They were Olympic rivals, now they are both top contenders with no title. Zhang obviously poses a huge stylistic threat to Joshua and he would make a lot of money+get a change at revenge, and Joshua would stand to make a lot of money and boost his confidence beating a giant in China.

    Can Joshua survive those bombs?

    Can Zhang catch Joshua if Joshua decides to run?
     
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  2. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Joshua would lose that fight

    He should go back to the journeyman relm from wence he came, and get matched up with someone like Michael Coffie, or a rematch with Eric Moline.

    Not only are those potentially winnable fights, but he'd dissolve into obscurity, and the boxing world will be finally be free of the pathetic, overrated hypejob.
     
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  3. Fourth_Horseman

    Fourth_Horseman Member Full Member

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    AJ would lose Zhang because he, at this stage, lacks the determination it takes at the top levels of boxing. He is stiff and is not willing to go to war when his plan fails. He needs to join the other muscular morons at the WWE.
     
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  4. Snails

    Snails Active Member Full Member

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    Let's get real Zhang would get flatlined.
     
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  5. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    I don't think so at all. No way AJ is KOing somebody as big as Zhang. Hrgovic couldn't even put a dent in him. Meanwhile there is no way AJ is taking Zhang's punches.
     
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  6. Snails

    Snails Active Member Full Member

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    AJ has much better defence than Hrgovic and wouldn't eat as many flush shots. Zhang isn't some crazy heavy hitter, his power is normal for a top 10 heavy.
     
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  7. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Zhang is unironically the biggest puncher to ever live. 277 pounds of pure power. If the guy had a gas tank he would be all KOs. He just gasses out in 6 after throwing five punches a round.

    Zhang walks the Earth like a dragon
     
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  8. piprules

    piprules Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Oh t
    The hate is strong in you aye?
     
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  9. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    WTF Am I reading...
    AJ would batter Zhang, AJ is really getting treated like a bum, he beats anyone not named Usyk/Fury comfortably, although I believe he has a 30% chance vs Fury
     
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  10. FastLeft

    FastLeft Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Joshua is still nemesis of 40 year age boxers
     
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  11. f1ght3rz

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    Zhang KOs him pretty easily.
     
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  12. Kiwi Casual

    Kiwi Casual Boxing Addict Full Member

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    AJ crushes him inside 6. There's levels to this sport, and just because Usyk can outbox AJ doesn't mean anyone else can.
     
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  13. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lets not go overboard just because Zhang exposed Hrgovic's weaknesses. Hrgovic or Zhang haven't fought anyone on Joshua's level.

    Joshua is better defensively than Hrgovic who has always been very straight up with almost no head movement and can't fight as effectively as AJ on the back foot. Also unlike Hrgovic, AJ is good inside, no way Zhang bosses AJ inside like he did Hrgovic.

    I also see those body shots which hurt Usyk emptying Zhang's meager gas tank pretty quickly.
     
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  14. GGGunbeatable

    GGGunbeatable Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    At this point, we just want to see AJ vs. Wilder. The only fight that makes sense, for both of them.
     
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  15. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Joshua can survive the first 6 rounds of Chinese Power then he would win, as Zhang simply doesn’t have a good gas tank

    Otherwise there’s a serious chance that Big Bang Zhang would flatline him early
     
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