Joshua says Fury hasn't proven himself against tough competition

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  1. TonyHayers

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    I'm not dismissing it at all. Just show me the evidence.
     
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  2. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :D:D
     
  3. pow

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    There is no doubt 'Barry Hearn and wife Susan' were associated with Epstein, they are listed in his private contacts. This has been published by multiple international news agencies. We do not know if that relationship was personal, professional or a combination of both as Barry has not passed comment on it.
     
  4. Jurgen

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    Never see Tony Hayers on here when live boxthing is on Friday or Saturday evenings - perhaps he organises the Matchroom Dogging sessions.
     
  5. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I know you aren’t one to mince your words but I think you are being a bit harsh!

    AJ has hardly faced murderers row (isn’t possible in the current era), but he has a decent enough resume for the quality of division (bar the Ruiz 1 beat down)
     
  6. Jurgen

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    The only fight worthy of any note was the old robot mate - the rest were puddings including the pudding who beat him.

    Ducked the Wilder fight as well.

    I just see through all the hype, ignore Eh Day's salesman tripe and the Humble One's CV is more padded than the bra of a female bodybuilder..
     
  7. TonyHayers

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    I've said before on here but who do people want him to fight? Fought number 1 ranked Klitschko, has fought top ten ranked opponents in Povetkin, Parker and Ruiz.

    People talk about the age of the opponents he faces but then he signed to fight Miller who was ranked around 6/7 and people just said Miller was useless.

    I mean, if you're a neutral who do you want to see him fight? A 40 year old ranked number 4 or a 30 year old ranked 40?
     
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  8. Arkan1970

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    Joshua wilder and fury were talked about as being the big three who should fight each other . Fury and wilder have both fought each other twice but Antony Joshua seems to have avoided these fights for whatever reasons . The only reason he fought vlad was because he thought it would be easy pickings against a shot fighter in his eyes . And has for people saying Joshua is the biggest draw out there well you could get 80 thousand in Wembley even if he thought a ****ing cow . Joshua is levels below fury I’m afraid
     
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  9. pow

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    Joshua's days as a stadium fighter are long gone in the UK the only way he can fill a stadium now would be against Tyson Fury. He's just not that popular (anymore).
     
  10. TonyHayers

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    The Pulev fight was at a 60k+ stadium and his last fight was a UK PPV record. He's massive.
     
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  11. Arkan1970

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    He is popular with the majority of fans who have not got a clue about boxing . I’ll give Eddie Hearn credit for basically making a average fighter into a superstar without really fighting anyone of note.
     
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  12. pow

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    They are talking about 2000 people at O2 for Pulev. Joshua's popularity has nosedived in the UK after marginalising fans with his BLM speech and being pictured insulting boxing fans while on holiday. The guy clearly cannot take a bit of banter. Embarassing.
     
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  13. Arkan1970

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    He is massive to most fans who know nothing about boxing . Biggest british hype job since frank bruno .
     
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  14. Skyver

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    ludicrous claim imo pow but time will tell.
     
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  15. Wig

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    Yep Joshua is a remarkable triumph of packaging over content. Fair play. Has been sold to the mass market exceptionally well. Nobody without a sky addiction was ever suggesting he was at any point the number one heavyweight in the world though.

    Whereas the sky addicts were genuinely comparing him to Ali off the back of that farcical win against the shot old ghost of retired VLAD.

    Take fury on the other hand, promoted and marketed pretty terribly, speaks his mind so is a target for the pc brigade and those who like to be OUTRAGED!! yet has firmly established himself as the finest heavy of his generation, at a canter.

    No one parrots Hearns classic “Martin, breazele, Whyteleafe, molina, shot old Alec povetkin, TAKAM!” resume script any more as it has aged horrifically.
     
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