Current Anthony Joshua vs. George Foreman from Axel Schulz fight.

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  1. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who would win and how?

    I think Joshua folds as soon as he realizes he can't threaten Foreman and Foreman stops him between round 6 and 8...
     
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    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    AJ murders old George.
     
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    AJ could box like he did against Ruiz. We also don't know how well Old George would do against another big HW. AJ might KO him with his speed and combinations.
     
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    AJ would probably get a decision over him but come out looking battered.
     
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    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This Joshua is not mentally up to par, that needs to be taken into account...
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You mean the same aj that took 6 rounds to beat Jake paul, couldn't KO Franklin and got massacred by Dubois ?
     
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    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I didn't see "current" in the title. So in this case, AJ UDs him.
     
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    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No version of joshua can "kill" any version of Foreman. Either he backpeddles the whole fight or he gets knocked out
     
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    That would be my plan for AJ too and AJ could 100% outbox slowpoke Old Foreman.
     
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    I think you're overrating comeback Foreman. Watch the Alex Stewart fight where he went life and death with. Tyson KO'd the same opponent in a round. Foreman also could be put down and hurt, see Lyle
     
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    Joshua is less likely to knock out Foreman than the reverse regardless of the outcome. His ability to take a punch is adamantium compared to aj, he could withstand way more power shots and joshua always did poorly against fighters who push him back.

    Aj could win because 90s Foreman was in his 40s and fat
     
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    You mean the Foreman who lost to Schulz, took Grimsby to a razor thin decision, got outboxed in a one sided fight by Tommy Morrison and got outboxed by small Michael Moorer until Moorer gassed late?
     
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    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Joshua easily. Foreman didn’t even want Tucker.
     
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    I don't think he is, Foreman was a sitting duck way before he was a 47yo man. And he clearly lost to Schulz. Schulz was a solid east European straight up boxer, but he wasn't near greatness. He wasn't near the best in Europe. Akinwande beat him pretty easily before he got in with Big George.
     
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    I think George would win unless AJ has had a miraculous turn around in old age. Schulz troubled foreman because he was moving around a lot and at times even running - something Joshua isn’t doing. . Still, George landed 249 punches to Schulz 229 making the idea that it was a flat out robbery a little over stated. And Foreman just five months earlier KO’d Moorer and would later beat Lou Savarese and arguably Shanon Briggs. We still haven’t seen what Joshua has left but based on his most recent performances ? Probably not much.
     
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