AJ’s résumé has aged like an egg sandwich

15th fight. Whyte - A-side decision against Chisora, sparked in 5 by a shot Povetkin in Britain

Title. Martin - came to take a dive

1. Breazeale - KO’d in 1 by Wilder, schooled by Wallin in America

2. Molina - came to take a dive, as became his modus operandi

3. Wlad - retired after

4. Takam - legitimately KO’d in 8 by Chisora the fight after, stopped in 6 by Joyce

5. Parker - got dropped by and lost to Whyte, A-side decision against Chisora, who also dropped him

1. Ruiz - in good shape (by his standards) but got dropped by and had a hard fight over 12 with a 40+, 21 months inactive/retired, coming off a loss Arreola

2. Pulev - virtually retired after


The partial exceptions:

13th fight. Kevin - went the distance with Dubois and Hrgovic 3.5 years later but the win also aged well at the expense of Pulev and Ruiz

6. Povetkin - aged well at the expense of Whyte and Parker

 

The first fight was an A-side decision: even Parker's coach said that he thought Parker lost. The rematch was legit but age and beatings had finally caught up with Chisora.

 

It's ironic because one of those same sheep (not JT) liked your post lol

What are all of the factors that should be taken into consideration when assessing the quality of a record? Because in many important respects, Wilder has the superior record and will probably be remembered as the better fighter. And regardless of the overall quality of AJ or Wilder's records, there is no question that AJ's has aged poorly while Wilder's has aged well.

AJ's loss and win over Ruiz isn't being directly critiqued in my op, it's about how they aged. EVERYBODY expected the in-shape Ruiz to stop Arreola without any difficulty whatsoever. They weren't expecting there to be serious questions after the fight whether a prime Arreola would have beaten him lol.

The Usyk loss hasn't yet aged poorly, it all depends on what Usyk goes on to do from here. If he clearly loses to Fury and then retires, the Usyk loss (and AJ's extra loss to Usyk coming up) will have aged poorly.

 

Wilder threads tend to be the most popular lol

 

Aside from 41+, 17 months inactive, dethroned Wlad and 39+, dropped by Price in his previous fight Povetkin, no win on AJ's record is above the level of a prime Chisora.

 

"The God" came to take a dive and was very green at the time. His most impressive one sided win imo was the destruction of Kevin, which showed that AJ does have outstanding combination punching against a static target on the ropes. Dubois and Hrgovic are supposed to be aggressive power punchers but neither could get rid of a considerably more shopworn and washed up version of kingpin.