Well he's 31, so he's probably at the peak of his prime at this moment. Can't see him improving much more.
Age wise definitely. I'd say he's still pretty green though, due to starting boxing late. Might be able to add a few wrinkles over the next year or two, but yeah nothing to earth shattering you would think.
Power at heavyweight was extremely overrated. Klitschko, Povetkin, Whyte all hit harder than him. AJ took their best shots. AJ would sleep him with an uppercut, Haye could barely take Bellew’s power who wasn’t even a puncher at light heavyweight.
It would be close. Both Klitschko and Joshua were/are almost always significantly bigger than their opponents, same with Lennox Lewis.
Yeah, Klitschko and Lewis were big for their era HW boxers size. Since A.J looks that does have best experience with uncles, I slightly favour Lewis and Klitschkos in their prime and Fury too because Fury is really LARGE dude and very smart.
You talk like it's inconceivable. I'd have prime Haye reasonably comfortably ahead of Ruiz Jr, who we all know did a number on AJ. I'd favour AJ, but Haye would have a decent chance.
I have no doubt Wlad would wipe the floor with AJ. Wlad was ancient and out of practice, and AJ still went life and death. I do wonder more about Fury vs prime Wlad. I suspect scorecards would probably go to Wlad, although I'm less sure who the real winner would be.
Let's put it like this: prime Povetkin would get rid of AJ and mug him for his belt. Povetkin's dad, Wladimir, would feast on AJ. Wlad was significantly and visibly slower vs AJ than he was when he was in his early 30's.
Prime Wladimir would KO Prime AJ in under 8 rounds. We saw what an end of career, shot to shinola version of Wladimir did to a Prime AJ. Almost stopped him.
The metrosexual feminist would KO AJ cold mid rounds, then beat his waxed chest. Afterwards, he would invite ''Big Joshie'' to have a naked sauna with him in the Austrian villa love pad, before going off to ''save Africa'' together, run some BLM events in Ukraine, and run a joint campaign to combat Tyson Fury's hate speech. It was obvious Wlad had lost a step in the AJ match. AJ isn't the quickest HW and he was easily ducking and slipping Wlad's shots. Wlad in his prime was fast. Even Haye was surprised by his speed and Haye is very quick. Wlad would be harder to hit and would land his bombs. AJ would be carried off the floor like the day he thought he could deal with prime Pricey in sparring.
People are overrating Klitschko and underrating Joshua. Did Klitschko ever face a 6'6 245lb man who threw quick combinations? Jab and grab would not work on the similarly sized Joshua. People seem to forget that Klitschko also had stamina issues and was a low output fighter in his prime. It would be a close match.
