What Is Anthony Joshua's Legacy?

AJ a hype job
There’s other threads saying wilder a hype job
There’s other threads saying fury a hype job.

the tradition of boxing is this, anyone who boxes is a hype job, especially after a loss

 

Boxing fans are some of the worst and most fickle so-called fans there is.

 

Honestly it’s annoying!

Cheapens the sport too and puts people off.

I think the majority are just fans of a certain fighter though and not actually fans of boxing.
If you’ve been a fan of boxing a while, you should have seen the criticising, dismissing and hype job accusations etc many times over.

 

I've been a fan of MANY fighters, even those who are fighting against one another or are heated rivals. And there's those who only cheer for a particular promoter's stable. It's so dumb.

 

I know. I do t understand why they watch boxing if they think everyone’s a hype job.

I’m the same I’ve been a fan of many fighters, at the same time, sometimes fighting each other. I never saw people being fans of promoters until recently. It’s strange for boxing. Traditionally the promoters was a “bad guy”.

tbh I only see it in uk, but it may be because I’m from uk.

 

AJs resume is similar to guys like Tua and Ruiz

Ruiz has wins over Holyfield, Johnson, Rahman, Oquendo and Golota which seems similar to Joshua but nobody has ever referred to him having a great resume.

By what criteria could one consider his resume great?

 

They are and there are few better demonstrations of it than right here at ESB. Hate keeps this place alive.

 

AJ's legacy is still up in the air because it's largely based on on media hype.

So let's say he beats a faded Fury, they'll spin it that he was always better than Fury and therefore Wilder and he did better than Fury against Usyk because of round 9 and all that happened is he got outpointed by a technical guy but was really the dominant HW all that time and still has a better HW resume than Usyk. See, I work for the PR department of Matchroom.

If he rematches Dubious and wins, the first fight was just an off night with some personal problems we can't go into but it didn't mean anything.

If he loses to either there will be talk about injuries and lack of fire after a massive career and years of pressure taking their toll. The narrative will leave the final years out and just focus on his glory days where he 'saved boxing' and was a remarkable 'role model' for the yoof.

Books and films and rap and merchandise and gyms and 'management' brands and university speeches and a statue will follow no matter what happens now though.

 

This doesn’t only apply to AJ though.
It happens with fury too, both are media darlings.
It is what it is and always has been.

 

The hate here stretches way beyond Joshua and Fury.

 

Oh I know, but in a Joshua, wilder and fury thread, it’s usually from the fan of another one of them.
As usual though, perspective is key as the same criticism could be given to all 3.

 

Fun fighter to watch that had some weaknesses that became champ and sought unifications and tried to clear out the division, but ultimately failed at this due to his deficiencies. He gave it a decent go for a while though.