Anybody expecting a good fight?

Best thing to happen will be if Joshua gets rocked early. This will both make him more anxious to strike back as well as encourage Wlad to take more chances.

 

You're probably right, Wlad is a spoiler, he's rarely in an entertaining fight unless he's struggling. So if he is in control we can expect a boring fight until the KO comes. These big fights rarely live up to the billing.

 

For most normal fighters hurting your opponent early might lead to upping the aggression to try and take them out but Wlad doesn't really do that. Even if he rocks him early he'll be cautious and bide his time, he had Pulev badly hurt early, even dropped him but still bided his time and waiting for the KO.

When Wlad on the rare occasion as looked to force the stoppage he's tended to smother his work like in the Povetkin fight, he had him all over the place but fluffed his chance to take him out in the 5th by being too aggressive. Wlad is far better with a more patient measured approach and picking his spots.

 

More than anything i am looking forward to seeing how Joshua handles somebody with a top notch Boxing brain. Will he be made to look awful, slow, stiff, flat footed and with zero head movement. Will he be unable to do anything on the inside when being smothered by Wlad, will be be able to match the famous Wlad jab.

I cant lie, i am excited for the fight but i just love a big fight. If anything im more intrigued than anything else. Alot of questions from people starting with "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN..........." Well unless Wlad is seriously shot, which he isnt, We are guna get alot of answers to these questions about Joshua.

People talk about AJ and Wilder, considering they are world champions, and struggle to know where to put them in their personal standing as neither of them have faced enough good opposition to see the full picture. I think after tonight we will pretty much have the full picture of Joshua. And if he wins comfortably then he surely is straight in at the top of this division.

 

Unless there is an early ko, I think it will probably be a disappointing fight for casuals. Hope I'm wrong, but either way, it should be a fascinating fight for hard core boxing fans.

 

Let's hope it's a ref that disallows holding/clinching, then we will see a great fight.

AJ early ko here

 

nobody really knows whats going to happen. Wlads style produces ugly fights because hes a very good boxer. The thing about aj though is that he likes to fight. I guess the question is will wlad fight him? I doubt it. I think wlad will play it smart. He will box as he should against someone like aj

 

I see a very tactical fight myself...I think both will show plenty of respect for each other's power.

 

There are two scenarios for an exciting fight:-

1. AJ bombs Wlad out early inside 5 rounds- too young, too quick and too fast on the trigger
2. Wlad is not shot, and is far better than AJ, and is able to toy with him and stop him in 7-8 rounds

Otherwise we will see another nip and tuck 12 round fight. But It will be better than Fury-Wlad, because AJ is far more coventional.

 

I wasn't exicted about this fight when it was first announced but during this fight week i have become more and more excited to see how it unfolds, Nobody know's what's going to happen and that's what makes this so intriguing, We don't know just how old Wlad will be, weather he can still pull the trigger, and we don't know just how good or how bad AJ really is, This is such a huge fight for both men, a lot of questions will be answered in this fight.

 

I think destruction nailed it.

 

I'm not expecting a barnburner but that doesn't mean it won't be entertaining.

 

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