Legacy wise. The two old time favs of their respective countries against the new ones. AJ won a belt and has two defenses, and is hyped as the next big thing. Bruno never did any of that, but had better wins. But, he'd collected a few bad losses before he got as good wins as AJ. Tuss never even had a belt, and Parker's done that. But, Parker probably still doesn't have as much hype as Tua did at his peak, and he definitely doesn't have as good wins yet, although as with Bruno, Tua collected losses as he got his wins. Personally, I think AJ has slightly exceeded Bruno's legacy and Parker's not yet quite at Tua's. A good defense would do it(Hughie wouldn't count). Unifying another belt would blow him away.
No aj hasn't passed Bruno. The overall hw scene is far far weaker ,lacking talent and depth.at the top level of aj/fury/wlad/haye/wilder its good but below that it's still pathetic... Parker is a decent prospect that's all at present.he may join the other five I mentioned. Bruno was fighting a guy like bonecrusher early on.right now the bonecrusher of the 80s knocks out Parker,wilder,and is unlike anyone hate or aj has faced
Bruno beat McCall for the title, which was a more legitimate win than anything Joshua has done to date. Also, Bruno today would walk through most of these fighters. Perhaps even Joshua, himself. While we're on the subject, you can't help but love old Frank: This content is protected
Frank Bruno was built, he was also ripped. He mustve been under 5% bodyfat or something. Bruno would probably win the posedown between him and Joshua but Joshuas another one that along with Bruno, could probably have become decent bodybuilders.
Skill wise, Joshua is everything Bruno was not..fast/ good cardio ( dont say hes not hes a track and field stand out ) and could mix it up on the inside or outside.Also bigger and smarter with unlimited raw talent,these are facts. Parker doesnt have tuas ring presence and stabilty,or power. Parker does have height at 6'4 and more to work with but the limited fighter Tua was would k.o parker at this point,hes just to rugged and durable, great quick short hook.
If AJ beats Wlad and defends successfully once then that puts him above Bruno. Bruno won a belt once and then dropped it immediately against a shot Tyson, freezing like a deer caught in headlights. He also lost almost everytime he stepped up. Parker needs to be beat another elite HW, he is not scheduled to fight one in his next fight like AJ is. Parker needs to face an elite HW.
Most Aussie and NZer knew Tua in his heyday. I don't think so about Parker. Tua also has stiffer comp for the title.
