Anthony Joshua vs these 90s punchers

Yes. He should go unbeaten here. If he decides to brawl, Rahman and Ruddock would stop him. But if he boxes, he should beat them all with Bruno probably being the only one who can box with him.

 

I'd say he's favored over them all, would he go undefeated? No,,,somebody would land and these guys hit a lot harder than Andy Ruiz

 

He could possibly go undefeated against that list, yes. But every one of those men has the type of power and tenacity to be a threat.

 

Can anyone show me a fight where AJ actually uses any head movement? I watched Takam and Povetkin recently while trying to figure a way to gaslight @themaster458 into thinking Jimmy Young beats him and whilst being pieced up by Povetkin I don’t think Tony Josh moved his head an inch…

 

AJ could get caught against any of them. But of course that goes two ways.

taking that aside, only Bruno was good enough to conceivably outbox AJ. In fact, that would be a damn good fight. Great matchup, two beloved Brits, who does the audience even root for?

 

including AJ.

having them all fight each other would be quite the round robin.

 

Bruno has the best chance. He was beating LL until he got caught but Lewis had a lot more mongrel in him than AJ imo.

Bruno when he had his jab working was tough to beat and gained confidence as the fight progressed. AJ can get a bit gunshy when getting outboxed so he’d need to jump on Frank quickly.

 

I'd give the best version of AJ more than a 50% chance against any versions of each of these fighters, in a one off bout.

I'd give any version of AJ less than 50% chance of beating each of the best versions of these 5 fighters back-to-back.

 

Joshua literally quit in the ring against Ruiz.
the very 1st hard punch he got hit with from
Dubois practically ended that fight, though
he'd get knocked down multiple times after
it. A punch that shouldn't have been that
devastating to him, because he was actually moving
away from the punch, and Dubois telegraphed
it, without much leverage.
Joshua could conceivably lose to each one
of those fighters, and by ko.
He certainly wouldn't go undefeated against them.

 

There's not a chance I'd bet on that accumulator.

Given that, in their day, they actually came to fight (not just pick up a check), I think Joshua could be in trouble against all of them.

 

What are you talking about lmao, AJ tried to LEAN BACK with his hands down from the punch, miscalculated the distance and got caught right on the button in the ropes by what was literally a wild haymaker. Thats pretty much the worst punch one could take, AJ being conscious alone was surprising.

 

As others have mentioned, Joshua is probably favourite over all of them individually but in back to back fights over the course of a title reign say, I think he absolutely loses to a few of them. Not only is Joshua himself not the Holmes' type of guy you could rely on to win no matter what, but these guys are pretty much tailor made to take him by surprise.

You got Briggs, an ultra fast starter who'd mentally torment Joshua. You've Lewis' Ruiz in Rahman and Bert Cooper, who managed to surprise, hurt and get competitive with Holyfield. Rudduck who absolutely has the power and guts to stick it to Joshua ala Dubois - and finally Bruno, who would look a little bit like a Mirror to AJ.

All of these are fights he could lose in a one off, let alone overall.