Joshua vs Makhmudov

Joshua has the experience and power to not just beat Makhmudov but in all likelihood stop him early,on the other hand however Joshua could not take those shots that Allen was eating all fight. Joshua’s ring walk would be interesting .

 

Lord Makhmudov is awful! Fortunately for him they were actually able to find a fighter he could outbox! I never knew such a fighter even existed! How could Allen keep running into the same novice level amateur 1- 2 combo from Makh all night long!...That fight was a D -- level exhibition of boxing skills. I saw better skills in the old toughman contests back in the 1980's

 

Mak by upset win

Joshua basically has confidence issues at this moment in time

Mak has exorcised some demons; being in the spot light, big event fight, fighting abroad, biased hometown referee, body punching pressure fighter type of opponent. All good confidence builders for Mak.

Joshua meanwhile has run off to Nigeria and stayed "humble" by mixing with the locals.

Timing is everything. Momentum is everything. Motivation is everything.

Joshua is probably motivated only for a giant UK fight intended as a cash out against Tyson Fury. Someone like Makmudov has a chance to become a giant name and would be more motivated than Joshua.

Plus, Makmudov has been beaten in the a amateurs that have beaten Joshua so he has that little confidence booster on his side too.

I'm telling you guys, it's more competitive than you thing. Mak is big, powerful and hungry for success

 

Unless AJ is absolutely shot to pieces he should take this rather easily.

 

Makhmudov is slow and one dimensional. Seek with the left and destroy with the right. That's all he does.

A decent, pre-crisis version of Joshua would take him out and probably early. But the tentative, gun-shy version of Joshua we have come to know might just get caught by this guy and if he does, that's curtains. End of career.

Hearn will be looking for somebody Joshua can take care of with a minimum of fuss early next year and then follow it with the 'roll the dice fight' as he puts it, which equates to the cash out fight.

For the comeback fight, Hearn will be looking for the worst opponent they think they can get away with because if they choose the wrong guy and it all turns to sh1t, the cash out fight goes out the window.

 

Hearn won’t put him in with a puncher.

 

Makhmudov is not the best fighter, but unlike Joshua, who is a personality collapse, he has a heart, I despise Joshua, so I have to support Makhmudov and say that he will win by knockout...

 

The pace of this heavyweight bout was a bit like Browne - Miller, but slower and probably of worse quality. Two sludgy pudgies with zero head movement and muddy feet just standing in front of each other and foul clinching. Allen just allowed Makhmudov to stand at range and tee off on him with the predictable left-right. Makhmudov is also so one-dimensional, he never went to the body either when Allen stood right in front of him apart from a few jabs.

AJ - Makhmudov 3-4 years ago would've been a complete mismatch, but after the loss to Dubois? AJ's chin and mentality could be permanently damaged.

Dubois pummeling AJ is one of the worst (prolonged) beatdowns I've seen, apart from Bowe - Gonzales.

 

Sound reasoning. Haters gotta hate.

 

It's an easy win for AJ on paper.
But honestly I wouldn't be surprised if AJ comes back with a fight against someone even easier than that. Maybe Johnny Fisher.

 

AJ doesn't fight punchers he is a bum

 

If AJ boxes like he did against Usyk, he probably wins. If he lets his ego run the fight, he gets brutally ktfo pretty early. won't accept as the main event on a ppv. just my .02

 

He hates AJ with the passion like he smashed his girl or something.

 

Ridiculous

 

AJ has a weak chin but Dubois hits far harder than Mak and Ruiz's punches were faster, Ruiz is a far better finisher than Mak.