Jai Opetaia vs Anthony joshua

WOW, another @Thunderstorm AJ thread.

You know there are other fighters in the HW division, right?

 

Slick southpaw Opetaia beat Briedis in his first step up fight, who gave Usyk more to think about over 12 rounds than Joshua did over 24. Jai also seems to punch harder than Usyk and he's a lot mentally tougher than Joshua. They'd never make the fight but with neutral officiating Jai would have a very good chance.

 

Opetaia boxes his face offf

 

This is a massive mismatch lol

 

Dear god, really?

 

Briedis was shot when Opetaia fought him, Usyk got him near enough to the prime Briedis.

 

Opetaia was really underwhelming against a ring-rusty, old, and declined Briedis, who badly hurt him and almost knocked him out. Even before, I was never convinced that Opetaia was this generational talent who would rip through divisions. But after his last showing, I can’t see him ever beating even a declined version of Joshua.

 

Shot? I know that word gets thrown around a lot and I do it myself but come on be serious… He wasn’t even shot in their second fight nevermind their first

 

Jai isn’t really that type of boxer. He uses his footwork to bounce in n out to set up his offense. As effective as it is, you can time that. That’s why Briedis eventually started tagging him hard with regularity. He’s not like Usyk who is constantly moving all over the place.

 

Now you guys are underrating AJ again.

 

The disrespect AJ gets is out of hand. AJ is way bigger than Jai and shouldn’t have much problems with him.

 

U cannot be serious about this Super Heavyweight crap

 

Disproven time and time again yet these casuals still peddle this nonsense.

Of course AJ could catch Opetaia and win by KO but if it goes to the cards Opetaia wins by very wide decision. Could Opetaia KO Joshua? Probably not, but I am not entirely ruling that out.

The only outcome I can comfortably rule out is AJ on points. That ain’t happening. Jai has too much boxing IQ to be out-hustled over 12 against a statue like AJ.

 

Opetaia can definitely KO Joshua
Remember that Ruiz could and Opetaia has a good power