Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou •

tl;dr

AJ has the deepest resume of the post-Klitschko era, and could probably batter any active heavyweight outside of smaller guys with fast hands and/or fast feet. He's athletic, sharp and powerful. He's also surprisingly technical, fast and well-balanced for a 'super heavyweight'

However, the Ruiz loss hasn't aged very well, and AJ was thoroughly outclassed by Usyk at the highest level. He's also had to share his limelight with Fury which somewhat dampens his brand. AJ went from being British Mike Tyson to Frank Bruno 2.0 to, perhaps, Lennox 2.0 in the eyes of the British public and boxing hardcore

 

I'm a Fury fan but his opinion on this fight makes him look like a hypocritical idiot.

Fury fought Ngannou when Ngannou had never been in a professional boxing ring. It was sold a massive fight and Fury claimed it would be a very tough fight. Ngannou gave Fury one of his toughest fights and dropped him.

Ngannou is now 0-1 but still a big draw. The AJ- Ngannou fight is much more legitimate than when Fury fought Ngannou in a massive fight which was Ngannou's debut.

Whether you agree with what Fury says or not, Fury speaking out like this only makes himself look bad.

 

If it wasnt complete horsesh**, then I would agree with you.

But Furys in Saudi in camp in a media blackout, and there was never any link from OP.

But then again, OP did say "imagine" (he does this alot).

 

What's the point if its complete BS? I knew it was. I see counterpunch vid and thought it was BS, so came on here. I have been a member for a few days now as I'm studying old fighters.

If tyson said that, I would think he was a complete dick.....but he didn't....I still think he's a bit of a dick though lol

 

He is a bit of a dick mate lol

 

yeah

 

Yes

They have tape on him now and know what to expect. Francis isn't as easily going to be able an AJ right hand like he could a Fury right hand.

AJ will win off the jab and he'll treat Francis with a lot of respect. Francis has to position himself well like he did against Fury and avoid getting broken down by the jab.

Fury could have won off his own jab much easier but didn't come expecting that kind of fight and in a 10 round fight after getting knocked down your tactics are shoehorned dramatically.

 

Joshua can win with Ngannou only if he wears a helmet or he runs for all fight like with Ruiz 2.

 

True they got tape on FN. However... FN now has 10 rounds of experience he didn't have before.
But AJ still batters him.

 

Yes probably.
Joshua is quicker than 130 kg Fury, he punch harder and he is humble- he will understand that Francis is not joke.

With good tactic he should be able to winning rounds and avoid dangerous but we will see.

 

The pleb who took Usyk's belts threw them out of the ring, went on rant and tries to bully other people is humble?

nah

 

Well Fury should’ve lost (two knockdowns, not one) so, yes, Joshua will do better.

 

Yes.
I thought Fury won the Ngannou fight, though it was close. My sense is that Fury took that fight lightly - and almost paid for it as Francis, to his credit, was much better than many were expecting (myself included).
But I'm far from convinced that he is some sort of high level boxer or legit boxing dangerman. Maybe beating AJ will convince the sceptics? But I do think a combination of factors worked in his favour last time (and I do give him a lot of credit for doing so well.) So I'm picking a fairly straight forward night's work for AJ.

 

Double jab right hand is there all night for AJ to have target practice against. This fight doesn’t last 5 rounds. Fury to pull out against usyk, you heard it here first folks