Was Anthony Joshua's lack of an above average jab, exposed against Povetkin & Joseph Parker?

Since power isn't always going to bail him out. Eventually, he is going to be forced to show much more than just his power and speed.

It's constructive criticism!

And Joshua's power looked relatively nonexistent against Joseph Parker and Carlos Takam (outside the off-balanced knockdown). Joshua was lucky Povetkin was 39 years old and ran out of stamina. Otherwise, we probably wouldn't even be having this discussion since Joshua would probably have to work on other more basic stuff.

 

No need to get so defensive and on your feelings. Nobody said Joshua has to be perfect here. But merely pointing out Joshua should work on improving his jab to at least an above average jab level for someone of his height. Otherwise, it may one day cost him.

Joshua was lucky Povetkin was 39 years old and ran out of stamina. One day, he may not be so lucky because he maybe fighting a prime opponent of a similar style, and end up TOTALLY failing.

Having the best jab, doesn't make you immune to defeat. You need to learn some basic logic. They have no relevance!

Maybe Wladimir Klitschko wasn't 'perfect'. But his jab, footwork and his other attributes allowed him to dominate the heavyweight division, and stay on top whilst allowing cleaning the division up over and over again, for around a decade. In a world that had over a billion people. He was the number 1 heavyweight in the world. So unless this is matched or surpassed, despite his supposed imperfections, he would still always remain superior to Anthony Joshua. And considering he was such a limited boxer with only 3 punches (Jab, straight rear hand / cross and left hook), they must have been extra special, along with his footwork to have enabled him to dominate for that long. Otherwise, it would've been impossible, since how else would he have managed this feat, considering he doesn't have other tools? In contrast, other champions used and needed more tools to succeed.

Wladimir Klitschko lost. But also dominated. His long dominance, makes his few losses totally irrelevant. Winning > losing. Wladimir Klitschko's dominance in terms of wins > his few losses.

Anthony Joshua beat Wladimir Klitschko? Yet, despite Wlad being this horrible boxer with a nonexistent 1-2, he dropped Anthony Joshua on his ass at the age of 41, and was schooling his ass, and Joshua needed a gift stoppage from RABBIT punches whilst Wlad was still standing and blocking each and every one of his shots (more like Mayweather than his standard self). Yup! That makes Joshua even worse! Keep in mind, this is the same Wlad that was stopped in 2 rounds by Corrie Sanders more convincingly during his prime.

And for added measure, this Wladimir Klitschko who had a supposed nonexistent 1-2, managed to be the only boxer to have dropped Joshua on his ass with a 1-2 at age 41. Meanwhile, no other boxer in today's era in their prime, have managed to drop this Joshua. Once again, not only exposing Joshua (for getting dropped by a 1-2 from a 41 year old guy with a nonexistent 1-2), but exposing this entire current heavyweight division era.

Wladimir Klitschko needed to hug? Better than Joshua needing to hold and hit, hold and uppercut and rabbit punch. All illegal! Which again, exposes Joshua to be even worse! Since fouling to hurt and damage an opponent is far worse than merely holding or hugging them.

Wlad didn't have superior footwork? Yet, he was moving circles around Joshua at the age of 41 when a boxer should have totally shot legs by then. No sprinter, marathon runner or long distance runner ever beats elite prime competitors at age 41. Yet, Wlad indisputably showed better footwork and faster footwork at age 41 whilst prime Joshua looked more robotic and stiff. Which again, makes Joshua look even worse.

 

Joshua barely landed many clean and effective jabs on Parker. Evidence by the fact that Parker's pale skin barely even had a mark.

Parker - Joshua fight was close and competitive. Joshua won most of his rounds by landing 1 or 2 more ineffective grazing jabs on Parker which practically had no affect on Parker. Otherwise, Joshua's effectiveness on the jab was neutralized. And he wasn't able to totally control the fight as well as other boxers with much better jabs.

In contrast, Wladimir Klitschko landed more jabs, more effectively and inflicted more damage on a prime David Haye than Joshua did on Parker, the same Haye who was significantly faster, more athletic, more powerful and more elusive than the Parker that Joshua fought. Haye's darker skinned face was badly marked up from Wlad's jabs.

Prime Povetkin took more jabs on his face from a past-prime, 37 year old Wladimir Klitschko in just 2 or 3 rounds, than the amount of jabs he took from PRIME Anthony Joshua in 7 rounds whilst he was 39 year old and totally shot. Showing the INSANE, SIGNIFICANT and the GULF of difference in quality between their jabs.

 

Povetkin looked just as much 'done' against Wladimir Klitschko after the 3 knockdowns in the 7th round, as he did against Anthony Joshua in the 7th round after the first 2 knockdowns. Difference is, the referee in Russia allowed and gave Povetkin the chance to continue, so that he can prove if he is capable of fighting on or not.

Whilst against Joshua, the referee didn't give Povetkin the same chance to continue by stopping the fight after the 2nd knockdown.

Would Povetkin have lasted the distance against Joshua if the referee allowed Povetkin to continue after the 2 knockdowns? We don't know for sure! Just like we wouldn't have known if Povetkin could have continued against Wladimir Klitschko after the 3 knockdowns in the 7th round, had the referee stopped Povetkin in the 7th round against Wladimir Klitschko