Honest opinions - how badly rocked was Joshua vs Whyte?

Agreed.
He's already a handful for any heavyweight out there, I don't understand the hate. He's not perfect but more than capable of being a belt holder.
As for Price, AJ is in a different league already. Why te knocks out Price early in my opinion...,,,,actually, i'd like to see that fight.

 

Are people not underestimating Whytes power?

Unproven he might well be, but just because he isn't a big name doesn't mean he doesn't have as much power as the big names.

 

AJ got caught and one combination away from KO. Nothing else can be said, but this is HW boxing so this sh*t happens!

 

It certainly stiffened him up but we'll find out more in the coming months, he has more than Price & I'm not a huge fan of either as Price would have likely went over or left himself open for a follow up,surely Hearn can't take him backwards now AND keep him ppv so he so he'll now be in with better than or at least equal with Whyte who like Thomson did with Price has shown AJ can be hit and can be hurt so we should see more of them willing to give it a go. If Klitshko loses to Fury again i'd love to see him fight Joshua it'd be great exposure, winnable (to both) stadium(?) big money & would tell us a helluva lot more about AJ than Chisora ever will, admittedly this may not happen!!

 

In my opinion there is nothing wrong with his chin. He can get wobbled yes, but he can take a shot also. He is not Oliver McCall but he is certainly not chinny on the evidence I have seen. He has a thick neck and shoulders and that helps.

His weakness is not his chin but his movement. He is very flat footed and when Whyte attacked he couldn't miss. Unfortunately for Whyte he didn't have the fitness needed. He was the one blowing at the 6th and his punches has nothing on them for me later in the fight. Technically he is not the best either and his back hand his more of an arm punch. Back to Joshua though, he was a sitting duck when Whyte attached. His feet just don't move and he doesn't control the range with his jab. He leads with hooks more often than not.

Stamina is also an issue, if he fights someone who can take a shot, move and go 12 he is in deep. Unfortunately those types are a rare commodity in the heavyweight division nowadays.

 

Funny someone got hit in boxing

 

Good point. He didn't go down that time either. You're right, pretty solid chin.

 

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Rocky Marciano would have gone 49-1 or 50-1 if he fought Floyd Patterson or Sonny Liston..

But Vitali had the Oliver McCall chin..

 

Not gonna end well for joshua unless he gets with a serious coach. The guys he has have brought him as far as they can imo. Think someone said it. Joshuas gonna look a million dollars againsts lower level guys. But hes on thin ice when he steps up. Dont even think staminas the issue. Same with whyte people saying he was tired after 6 etc. He was tired in the first not because his fitness was bad but because punches like these guys are landing are messing each other up. Joshuas biggest problem will be his reaction time...think david haye hinted on it with his keep joshua away from guys with fast hands comment

 

He was hurt by Whyte who is a limited fighter, if a top fighter hits him they would follow that up and stop him

 

:deal

 

What he said, if whyte put it on him straight away he would of went down.

 

Got caught with a big counter and was buzzed, recovered pretty well though. Think it gets overplayed a bit; he was careless after bossing the first round and it *seems* Whyte is a pretty big puncher.

 

Apart from rd1 n the last. White was competative. If hed of followed up on that big shot that landed aj would of been in serious trouble.
Haye would give him big problems but haye aint got the reflexes he used to have.
T. Furey would be too much atm and i reckon hughie will be in a 2 or 3 yr. Assuming they get to the bottom of his medical issues