Fury shuts him out or stops him. Unless he can corner Fury and lands some heavy shots. The problem I see is Fury's speed and Joshua's textbook style. IMO, textbook styles are actually at a disadvantage vs slick styles. Look at JMM bs Bradley/Floyd. Wild styles, swing for the fences does better against slick fighters than textbook. Look at Maidana. That or calculated pressure such as Provodnikov or Castillo.
Of course he is... Fury's best chance to beat AJ is how he fought 39 yo Wlad... Winning a close fight with the winning rounds won by one or two scuff punches. If Fury does this, depending who has judges on the side, it can go either way... And rightfully so, no one deserved to win that boring minimal punch landed Wlad Fury fight
i think Fury's technical skills are a bit overrated and i think Joshua a bit underrated. The reason i think Fury will win is he's got great stamina and Joshua doesn't. I think Fury will win the last few rounds of a close contest to a UD.
Personally I think I estimate his ability about right, He's a top 5 heavyweight no doubt, but as he's shown he can lose to lesser opponents. I think if Fury puts pressure on him from the opening bell he'll burn out and get stopped. There's also a good possibility he gets caught with a hard punch and gets TKO'd
Keep doubting him, it’ll just make him more determined to win. It’s funny because it’s always the Fury fans who have only seen one Fury fight giving it how easy Fury is gonna dismantle AJ. They have no idea he’s been put on his arse twice by a journeyman and a cruiserweight. I have to remind them just how not invincible Fury is. Some of them are a proper cult and lose their head when anyone even suggests AJ has a chance of winning.
Joshua is faster than Fury though. He definitely has faster hands and he actually throws more than just a one two.
I think, and have said from the start AJ is a harder fight for Fury than Wilder and Wilder is a harder fight for AJ. Fury is undoubtedly the better pure boxer but AJ I think can cause him issues. Its definitely not the shut out people are saying it will be.
People are reflexively going to doubt Joshua as he doesn't pass the eye test on a technical level, won gold via robbery in 2012, and has been the favorite in every fight he's been in with a billion dollar machine pulling the strings for him. He's been a disaster waiting to happen, and then Ruiz made it happen. That said, there is plenty to exploit if Fury's game if one is willing to stick to a game plan. It's a 60/40 fight.
