Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Jermaine Franklin & Austin Williams vs. River Wilson-Bent RBR.

drenlou · Apr 1, 2023

Buchannon is the guy who fought Duran, right?

Stiff Jab · Apr 1, 2023

drenlou said: ↑

Buchannon is the guy who fought Duran, right?
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Yup. Sad day.

Kratos · Apr 1, 2023

Would not be shocked if Joshua gets knocked out again, Williams has a great chin and he can throw brutal shots in spurts, he lost a lot of weight so he should have better stamina than the Whyte fight.

Max Thunder · Apr 1, 2023

Time for Campbell Hatton!!!

Komaster · Apr 1, 2023

Get a close up of the shorts with the name HATTON, just to remind you why he's here....

FrankinDallas · Apr 1, 2023

The Hurricane strikes!

Max Thunder · Apr 1, 2023

Hatton destroys his opponent in round 1 by a brutal bodyshot.

Komaster · Apr 1, 2023

I dont think I've ever wanted someone to get rendered unconcoious more in my life than Campbell Hatton

drenlou · Apr 1, 2023

Good body shot from Kid Hatton.

Levook · Apr 1, 2023

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Alright... this is one of the rare times I'm going to do this, I'm actually rooting for Joshua to win tonight. Because he's gone from being one of the most overrated on the forum, to now one of the most underrated on the forum.

To the people picking AJ to lose to Franklin.... What the actual **** is wrong with you, seriously? Did you fall down and hit your heads? I historically am not even close to a fan of Anthony Joshua, in fact, I may be his P4P biggest hater on the site. But now you're all making me feel bad for him. Franklin doesn't see round 5 against Joshua.

Listen really close and comprehend what I'm going to tell you.

AJ has twice lost to Oleksandr Usyk.

I'll repeat that...... Oleksandr Usyk.

In case you didn't hear me the first two times, I'll say it a third time.... OLEKSANDR USYK.

Yes, I'm shouting at you.

Usyk is like Mayweather, there's no shame in losing to him, most do and will. So AJ losing to him twice, in the grand scheme of things... means NOTHING.

So not just anyone beats Anthony Joshua, and the mere fact that AJ-Fury and AJ-Wilder are still considered 50-50 fights by most intelligent boxing fans, tells you all you need to know about what level he's operating on. Yes, Ruiz beat him, yes.. I predicted Ruiz would beat him, due to hand speed, decent power and counter punching abilities. But still AJ lost, partially due to his overconfidence after he had him hurt. It's happened to countless fighters before, and will again. Regardless, Ruiz would also beat Franklin decisively. Not sure if you've noticed it or not, when it's a match that Dillian Whyte isn't enthusiastic about, he usually turns in a subpar, occasionally laborious effort. He did the same thing with Dave Allen, Robert Helenius and Mariusz Wach, which arguably could've been a draw. Now, did Whyte look far worse that day than he usually does when he looks subpar? Absolutely. Half of that is because he's nearing the end of his career, the other reason is, Buddy McGirt is a terrible trainer for him. Whyte wasn't being Whyte in there, he was attempting to box at range, and that's not a great idea against a guy with decent defense and good hand speed. However the moment Whyte stopped listening to Buddy, stopped dicking around and went for it in the 12th, he had Franklin reeling, badly hurt and all over the ring. Had the match continued another 30 seconds, he'd have probably stopped him. Yes, I scored the match in Franklin's favor, but that has more to do with what Whyte didn't do than what Franklin did do. That was a bored, passionless, lethargic shell of a man, half assing it, and he still probably did enough to get a draw.

The AJ that lost to Usyk twice, were the two best versions we've ever seen of AJ. He performed brilliantly against Usyk, actually managed to impress me of all people. That AJ beats 90% of Heavyweights, maybe even more. The only people I'd favor to beat him aside from Fury and Wilder, is Joyce, and stylistically, Michael Hunter, and my confidence has dropped as far as that goes at this point. And I still consider all 4 matches 60/40 or 50/50 type affairs. The rest get brutally KO'd. Now, do a few of the heavier handed Heavies stand a puncher's chance? Sure, it is Heavyweight boxing after all. But Franklin doesn't even have that going for him. He stands no chance.
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Agreed!

Many have mentioned that AJ has improved steadily since the loss to Ruiz and I agree. If Joshua has continued to develop then that, along with everything he (hopefully) learned in 24 rounds against Usyk, should ensure an impressive win.

If AJ looks anything less than a monster tonight, then I don't think there's much hope for him in the future. This is a setup for Joshua to shine bright.

heerko koois · Apr 1, 2023

Max Thunder said: ↑

Time for Campbell Hatton!!!
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Braindamage · Apr 1, 2023

Komaster said: ↑

I dont think I've ever wanted someone to get rendered unconcoious more in my life than Campbell Hatton
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Any particular reason for the dislike of baby Hatton?

The G-Man · Apr 1, 2023

Kratos said: ↑

Would not be shocked if Joshua gets knocked out again, Williams has a great chin and he can throw brutal shots in spurts, he lost a lot of weight so he should have better stamina than the Whyte fight.
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Williams is so good you dont know his name is actually Franklin.

heerko koois · Apr 1, 2023

Campbell Hatton should fight for the world title next........or maybe not

ArseBandit · Apr 1, 2023

Looked like a WWE to me.

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