Which fighters past or present could have taken AJ`s best shots?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Starting this thread in response to an AJ V Wilder thread comparing their power, I feel Wilder is far more powerful and that even tough AJ has a very good punch that several champs in the past could have taken his power, which fighters in today`s heavyweight division could take AJ`s shots and could some of the smaller heavyweights of yeasteryear have taken AJ`s power shots?
     
  2. chico g

    chico g What are you staring at Mr Trump?! hahaha! Full Member

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    All of them. Even Herbie Hide Tommy Morrison and Michael Moorer!
     
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  3. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Many fighters before the Klitschkos era. Almost none during that except for Vitali and Briggs. Not sure prime Wlads chin could take Joshuas shots.
     
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  4. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    Tua
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    Foreman
     
  5. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Is that some kind of joke?
     
  6. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No Lewis stopped Briggs so I feel AJ would have too since Briggs used to get hit so much.
     
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  7. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot etreuM aL Full Member

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    A bunch Aj don't seem to have that one hitter type power
     
  8. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Ant...old Briggs survived Vitali...besides Lewis is stronger than Joshua.
     
  9. Somali Sanil

    Somali Sanil Wild Buffalo Man banned Full Member

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    Lewis was a totally different level to AJ though Mark. Briggs is tougher so he has a chance, plus the punch to knock him out. I wouldn’t bet on AJ to win at all
     
  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Lewis wasn`t stronger than AJ despite displaying more one punch power, AJ is more aggressive than Vitali was and would have landed on Briggs all-night long.
     
  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think AJ would have had a great chance of knocking out Lewis, he`s far better than McCall and Rahman were and could match Lewis`s size.
     
  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Lewis was reckless in his fight v Briggs and got hurt, it was a wild brawl, Briggs barely beat an aged Foreman.
     
  13. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. Full Member

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    Lol Lewis better than Joshua
    Even mentally?
     
  14. Somali Sanil

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    The Briggs that Lewis fought was better than anything that Joshua’s fought so far, Pov and Wlad were way past prime by the time Joshua faced off against them
     
  15. Somali Sanil

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    He’s not far better Mark, Joshua’s a front runner imo mate, he doesn’t bounce back if he’s damaged. McCall is perfectly capable of taking Joshua’s best and taking him in to the late rounds and being able to seriously worry Joshua with Joshua’s has tank. It’s a fight McCall can defo win