AJ's right hand is a thing of beauty

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  1. Kissan

    Kissan I respect box Full Member

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    The ko shot was beautiful, as was his knockout of Ngannou. When his killer instict kicks in, it's a pleasure to witness
     
  2. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It was like watching members of this forum punch through the target at a nursing home. Kaboom!

    Joshua is back! What a killer!
     
  3. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    It's very satisfying when he hits home. His shots have a very visible sense of weight to them and an aesthetically clean technique, too. Not as explosive as a Wilder, for example, but AJ's punches look heavier and are usually a lot tidier.
     
  4. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Joshua and Klitschko had very aesthetically pleasing punches

    Wilder looked like he was swatting mosquitos at a family BBQ
     
  5. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I like Dubois's right hand better, more explosive and thudding at the same time it seems
     
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    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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  7. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw Combat sports enthusiast Full Member

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    His biggest mistake was ever trying to become more of a boxer in the boxer-puncher style he had the most success with.
     
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  8. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    His biggest problem was overthinking and trying to rewrite the script when he could have just added some subtle layers instead.
     
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  9. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    His biggest problem was trying to appease a sub-section of UK boxing fans, who would never embrace him for certain... immutable characteristics:
    "The big stiff idiot"
     
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  10. tragedy

    tragedy Active Member Full Member

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    Yes! AJ is back!
     
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  11. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "The main problem for Joshua, the biggest cash cow and star of the UK ever, was that the public didn't embrace him enough. They didn't embrace him because they have a problem with...certain things...I don't though!"

    Another brilliant post. At least it wasn't meekly delivered by way of an alt.
     
  12. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Joshua buzzed him right before he was finished himself. I actually think Dubois even now has a worse chin than AJ does. He just caught AJ(who admittedly is chinny himself) cold early and he never really recovered. I don't think Dubois would have been able to eat his own shots as well and as long as AJ did in their fight. a slightly fresher AJ probably wins that one and I'm not sure he wouldn't win a rematch.
     
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  13. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The UK has a long and storied history of tearing down those who rise to the top. Everyone from our shores knows this. It's ingrained in the culture.

    Certain groups are targets more than other, though, and especially if they start expressing opinions outside the status quo

    You might recall it happening to Fury back in 2015
     
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  14. Finkel

    Finkel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was very clean. I'm kind of surprised at how many meme's are being made of the Paul KO. Collective schadenfreude

    I'm still not sure if it was entirely scripted. If that was scripted, it was definitely one of those "would you fight a former heavyweight champion for $50m?" moments, and Paul said "I'm in."
     
  15. ubareem

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    So Dubois got caught early by a "roided up" (Lerena's been caught for using) cruiser with quite good hand speed and then took two subsequent knees due to injuring his knee, and that means he's got a glass chin? It's heavyweight Boxing with 230+ lb men, it happens.

    Watching highlights from the Huni - Lerena fight and it was a pretty good technical match... Lerena was about KO Huni later in the fight too.

    Dubois took Miller's, Hrgovic's and AJ's shots just fine without going down. Even in the last Usyk fight he absorbed some bombs before getting his lights shut out (momentarily). Dubois's defence on the other hand is not his best asset.

    AJ looked terrified of Dubois imo, and that was probably because Dubois battered him in sparring back in 2016. Dubois has definitely got AJ's number.
     
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