Joshua's decline is due to a lack of skill, not chin

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  1. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    So pleased you could see it........
     
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  2. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why does Joshua need learning fights after 10 years of boxing, most of it at world level? Did Mike Tyson need learning fights? Tyson Fury beat Vladimir in Germany at 25 with less world level boxing experience than Joshua, did he need more learning fights?

    It comes off like a lame fanboy excuse. If someone wins a gold medal, the number of pro knock over fights will be less.
     
  3. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Mike Tyson career was very carefully planned out years in advance with the goal of becoming the youngest ever World champion

    If you look at the opposition he was initally facing, you'll see the talent was poor and designed to be used to let him get used to the pro game and to make him look devastating

    The way you are trying to compare Olympic style boxing and pro boxing is ridiculous
    Audley Harrison would have been a world champion otherwise

    Tyson Fury also had a ton of fights designed to assist him on his way to a title shot
    Your going to tell me he didn't progress from fight 1 up until Vlad?

    And again I'm not saying AJ would have 100 per cent improved if he had gone the Wilder route and had 30 plus knock overs before fighting somebody with a pulse, the point was and still is that it's possible it stunted any further development


    If you can't actually admit that's a possibility then your agenda will remain clearer than ever
     
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  4. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Was Povetkin so bad? How did AJ neutralize Povetkin and KO him?
     
  5. LoveThis

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    Wilder wasn't the same after the fury losses.
    Joshua wasn't the same after the ruiz loss.
    And Fury takes makhmudov and wach as his opponents after losing to usyk twice. Well he took the likes of pianeta, ngannou and schwarz before, so maybe fury is unaffected...
     
  6. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's due to both, his lack of certain skills exposes his chin and durability.

    Also, the way his bell gets rung when he gets hurt, he may have cognitive issues post retirement.
     
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  7. Redbeard7

    Redbeard7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was a common critique of Wilder's first 32 fights that he wasn't learning anything from blowing guys away in 1-4 rounds, and he needed to step up his competition to improve. If Joshua had fought twice as many journeymen before stepping up, maybe his progress is stalled.

    AJ reached his potential. 29 years old, 22-0, 21 KO's, Wlad, Povetkin, Whyte, Parker. He did not lose to Ruiz because he was green.
     
  8. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    I agree with the first section
    It can work both ways and in Wilder's case I'll put the blame on his team for not using this tried and trusted route it's full potential
    Everyone is different and it's like comparing apples and oranges when making direct comparisons between fighters

    AJ probably did reach his potential, again the point was that it was a possibility that he could have opened up more potential if Hearn hadn't locked him in at world title level from his 17th fight
    We'll never know

    I've not said he lost to Ruiz either because he was green
    He got punched and hurt, end of
     
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  9. Barbary Ape

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    This. I've never understood the 'bodybuilder' accusation. Does he train with weights? Sure - just like every other boxer or other explosive athlete. Is he heavily muscled? Not especially. Look at the slabs of meat on Dubois, for example. What AJ does have is great proportions, low body fat, and relatively small joints that make his muscles pop more. Is he a called a bodybuilder because he's a bit stiff? Doesn't follow at all. Tyson, Roy Jones Jnr, Holyfield were arguably bigger than AJ, at least in the upper body, and were all fluid and athletic.

    I don't especially like or dislike AJ, but the bodybuilder thing is a daft moniker and/or lazy pejorative.
     
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  10. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fury had 6 more pro fights than Joshua before facing a better version of Klitschko in Germany. Joshua reached his potential. He had all the money, career guidance, and backing a fighter could EVER ask for. The idea that he wasn't "allowed to finish developing" or was rushed to a title shot is absurd fanboy nonsense.

    There are a million better cases to play what if than the career of Joshua. The design of his career is an absolute dream; him not delivering at key moments is down to a lack of talent and not impacted development.

    You're trying to inject some unprovable and improbably hypothesis into a conversation of facts and results - this is typical of Joshua fanboys.
     
  11. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    OK I'll ignore the rest of your complete bollocks as it's too easy but show me how I'm a AJ Fanboy

    Go on?

    Go for it, go through my posting history and you'll see

    Doubt you will though
     
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  12. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He literally signed to fight both of them after Ruiz, lol.
     
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  13. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    It's Fury fan boys direct response because Fury is a walking jelly

    It's an odd one because it don't matter too much what you look like as long as you can fight
     
  14. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Dont let logic and facts ruin the thread mate...
     
  15. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Another thread made by the biggest AJ fanboy on earth is certainly delicious, lol.
     
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