AJ v Fury will be a battle of the jabs

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Fury`s jab is overrated, it`s really easy to counter his jab with the right hand, I feel AJ used his lead glove pretty well v Wlad, will AJ v Fury be a messy fight on the outside like AJ v Wlad was at times?
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  2. rusev

    rusev Active Member Full Member

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    Fury and Pulev have better jabs than Joshua .
     
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  3. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I fear this fight has all the makings of a stinker. Fury will use his Boxing IQ, which is genius level by the way, to simply negate and frustrate. Think Fury v Klitschko.
     
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  4. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The lead hand battle early on was definitely won by Joshua vs Wlad, he did a good job in taking away Wlad's jab but then we saw at the start of the 4th round Wlad adjusted and was looking for the parry from Joshua and hooked Joshua's lead hand to shoot the right hand over the top. Joshua to his credit realised straight away his parrying of Wlad's jab wasn't going to work anymore and never really tried it again, but then it allowed Wlad to establish his jab and take control of the lead hand battle later in the fight.

    But this tactic won't work as well vs Fury because he doesn't extend his left hand out the same way Wlad does, he shoots it from the hip and fires it the head and body not just the head like Wlad. Fury's jab is much harder to pick off and parry because of this.

    But Joshua does have a good right hand counter, something Wlad doesn't have and so couldn't use vs Fury. Will be interesting to see if Joshua can disguise his right hand well enough to land over Fury's jab. Joshua in the past has tended to telegraph the right hand by dropping it before throwing it, something Fury will no doubt have noticed.
     
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  5. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Terrific observations Brighton.
     
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  6. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Furys jab is easy for whom to counter?
     
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  7. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    All 3 of them attempted to out jab Wlad and Pulev was the only one who failed
     
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  8. MorvidusStyle

    MorvidusStyle Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Fury's punches have never been overrated, they've barely been rated by most.
    Fury's jab is different to Wlad's, so AJ won't be able to do the same thing.
    Among other things, Fury has a longer jab, faster hands, jabs when moving and can jab as a southpaw.
    He also puts egg weights in his gloves making his jab super powerful.
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    AJ will land more jabs on Pulev than Pulev will land on AJ, just wait, AJ will out-box Pulev and maybe finish him, he is far better.
     
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Fury looks crap when he turns southpaw, he really isn`t that skilled offensively.
     
  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Anyone with a good counter right hand.
     
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    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    :duh
     
  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    It worked against Chisora but he troed it in the first Wilder fight and got pushed back to the ropes he looked very open in the southpaw stance, he`s no Bud Crawford.
     
  14. UFC2020

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    Tyson Fury rises to the occasion and has the ability to do the unexpected. He can outbox you off the back foot and he can also take the attack to you. He can adapt on the fly, AJ comes into the ring with one gameplan but i have yet to see signs where he can adapt in a speedy fashion if Plan A is not working.
     
  15. Brighton bomber

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    He's definitely more open to the right hand than any other punch. The overhand right in particular, Firtha rocked him with it, Cunningham and Pajkic dropped him with it.

    Fury ate a lot of right hands from Firtha and then learned to use his shoulder to block the right hand but he's still vulnerable to overhand rights that go over the shoulder.

    If Joshua is to have success with his right hand he's going to have to vary it more not just throw straight right hands. Come over the top with overhand rights, throw chopping rights when at mid range which is what Wlad hurt him with in the last round and of course the right hand to the chest that Wilder caught him with in that dramatic final round.

    Shoulder needs to also disguise his right hand better as he drops it when he's about to throw it. He needs to use his left hand to jab and feint to load the right hand so Fury is looking at his left hand and doesn't notice he's dropped the right hand.
     
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