If Joshua gasses fury needs to pressure him so he can't get a second wind. Klitschko let up on him when he was vulnerable. Ruiz finished the job. Box him at a high pace with lots of non punching activity like feints and movement and when he tires pressure him like he did wilder and seal the deal
Kind of irrelevant as in the cases you mentioned, it meant the beginning of the end and in the case of Whyte, the uppercut nearly sparked him out. If AJ catches Fury with a clean uppercut, the question will be, can Fury deal with the follow up? I favour Fury to be honest, he just seems to have more dimensions to his game and both a mental and psychological edge but, anyone who thinks Joshua will be a push over is deluded. This will be a competitive fight at least for a good few rounds.
He can box him exactly how he boxed Wilder There is no difference, AJ might come to him though, then it's Fury's world. AJ will be walking into them stiff jabs instead of running away from them. AJ's lead right hand is nothing compared to Wilder's who is extremely explosive. AJ is going to regret not having worked and developed his jab...he should have been a jab machine against Whyte but just plodded at him...against Pulev again the jab wasn't impressive. If AJ somehow rises to the occasion and boxes well at range then it shows he is definitely better against bigger men because he looks awful when he boxes smaller men. I think the best he has looked so far in his career were them early rounds against Wlad, close but I had him winning them & he looked very calm, sharp and comfortable in there. Fury historically has let many of his opponents get away from physical pressure, it's always mental boxing pressure from far range. I think he's turned the corner though. He could easily go out there and do what he did to Wlad on AJ, but he learn't against Wilder, it's now time to use his physical advantages, stamina and size to push the pace on men who can't handle it. If AJ sees Fury being "aggressive" and thinks he can just revert to the Ruiz gameplan and move away from him it's going to be a bad bad night for him. Otto Wallin is the case study AJ should be all over. I'm not sure it applies though, Fury didn't look himself that night. Wallin has some real underrated ability also out of that southpaw stance. Changing his height and some really nice subtle footwork to evade Fury long-range offense. AJ is much more upright and in front of you. It would be weird and quite impressive to see him "fight small" & quick like Wallin could. Wallin also makes use of many throw away shots & wasn't falling for ANY of Fury's fients. Had a rock-solid gameplan and executed it perfectly.
Highly relevant, as many people on the forum are talking of the AJ uppercut like it's a one punch detonation and as soon as it lands Fury is a dead man walking. History hasn't really shown that. AJ and his team are also smart enough to know this.
Funily enough, I didn't say that either. I'll repeat again, AJ's uppercut tends to start a sequence of punches and although not often a fight finishing shot can swing the momentum of a fight or stun an opponent long enough to allow Joshua to follow up with further punches. The point I'm making if it's not clear to you is Joshua hits hard enough.
I never said you did, I implied it's popular opinion. That's why my first post didn't quote anyone in particular. He hits hard enough vs lesser skilled and 40ish year old heavies. He's going to need to show more in his arsenal than he has been recently to get the upset against Fury. He threw a lot of different punches against Wlad but also had rounds off where I believe Fury will punish him where Wlad lacked the stamina at 41. Pinning his hopes to the upper cut will look a lot like Tua and his left hook vs Lewis IMO. But as stated I'm sure his team is smarter than that.
I favour Fury to win, I just won't be surprised if Joshua pulls off the upset and it will be as a result of a whole flurry of punches on a hurt Fury as opposed to an uppercut. Joshua used the uppercut so much against Pulev because he was open to it, not because it was all he could think of doing and I very much doubt that Joshua will see Fury as setting even remotely the same set of threats, problems and obstacles as Pulev did. I think a lot of people are seeing this fight as Fury the Wilder Wrecker vs Joshua the Ruiz Wrecked and are dismissing Joshua's chances as being 1 in a 100 which I find a bit silly to be honest.
Yup I see Fury as a clear favourite, but I still have to give Joshua a 20-25% chance of pulling it off on the given night.
aj gives fury the bidness and sends him on a coke bender again. every excuse in the world will get trotted out like every other time fury has looked pedestrian. i repeat, aj will work his ass.
Without naming names, the way some of you bozo's talk, you'd think that AJ was feather fisted!! This fight goes one of 2 ways. AJ by KO or Fury via Points. Beware AJs "feather fisted" upper cut at your peril. I am a fan of both incidentally so I consider myself neutral.