As I did with predator Ngannoua... I do with the truth Joshua. How would he does PRIME fully focused and healthy Joshua against boxing roster? Lennox Lewis - they are very similar in some ways, but it would be Lennox's jab, his better endurance and footwork which would win him fight over AJ. I see UD or TKO in a favor of Lewis. That's also the reason why I think Lennox would beat Usyk in a close decision fight. Mike Tyson - Prime Mike Tyson would be a very bad match up for the best british HW of this Era. Tyson would get inside and hit that AJ's Temple, KO. Tyson Fury - easy job for AJ... AJ would destroy Fury inside, body shots, break his fragile body and send him to the shadow of ghosts. Fury is stylistically a cherry pick for AJ. AJ is more powerfull, AJ is stronger puncher, AJ is Fast enough, AJ has a similar IQ.... He would destroy Fury inside by uppercuts. Fury punches are baby punches, work only against unskillfull boxers. Every TOP boxer would Finish Wilder immediately after that Temple shot in 2020.... Fury needed another several rounds and even though didn't finish lol. Holyfield - times changed, Joshua is too big, would be hided behind a jab ... Similar outcome ike in Ruiz vs AJ 2. Anthony would play it safe, he would not let Evander brawl. Vitali - that's a Pure 50-50 fight. Ali - Joshua would win UD or TKO. I love Ali, for me Ali Is the second best HW of all times right behind Lennox Lewis, but stylistically...... After I saw what Cooper did to Ali, small Frazier did to Ali....... Ali doesn't have power to beat AJ. AJ chin survived Klitschko.... Would Ali hit the Temple? It was not even his style. Ali never fight against somebody so big And skillfull fundamentally. Ali has bigger accomplishments, but AJ has better body and size to deal with him. I believe Joshua would break him down altough Ali is a BETTER boxer. But better boxer doesn't mean better in H2H fight. Btw Usyk would beat Ali too, just too skillfull. Ali would not like both experiences. Rocky Marciano - Joshua would destroy him. Marciano is not a HW in todays standards. Foreman - huge styllistical danger for AJ. Big and super strong with underrated SKILL. Where Ali would struggle.... Foreman would have a real chance to KO AJ. This is 55-45 in favor of Foreman because of George's iron chin. AJ would have to run. Larry Holmes - 50-50, because Holmes could just outjab AJ. Holmes not so cool to watch as Ali, but that jab is stylistically dangerous for AJ. Bruno - lights out for Bruno Riddick big daddy Bowe..... Joshua is too clever for Bowe. 60:40 in favor of Joshua. A. Golota played with Bowe.... It says everything. Morrison the Duke - Joshua 8th round TKO. Morrison is a worse version of old Povetkin. Wilder - Joshua would KO Wilder within 3 rounds Hrgovic - very interesting fight.... Hrgo is good, but I think AJ would TKO him.... He is more dynamic..... I like Filip, but.... He should wait for AJ ages a bit. Zhang... AJ would tire him down and brutally knocked Zhilea out in 10th... I like Zhang, but this is a bad match up. AJ already beated Zhang. Beating Joyce is not enough..... Joyce is slower, weaker and less skilled than maestro from Watford. Parker - sleepy Joe is good, but once He gets info the ring with AJ, Parker will be hesitant again, He will wake up that scared small Joe inside again..... Play it safe.... Joshua easy UD or even TKO this time. Floyd Pettersson, Lyle, Razor Ruddock, Spinks... Not a chance for them. The last man... Tony Tucker ... Only fully prepared Tony Tucker would maybe have a chance for decision, but.... It would be tough.
You know very well.... Deep down... This my analysis is a spot on. This analysis was written one week ago. Joshua is a monster..... Everything clicked together.
A focused Joshua was always dangerous and stands a chance of beating any past heavyweight in history. The way he was tonight vs Ngannou is similar to how he was pre-Ruiz in that he wasn’t timid, went in for the kill and had confidence. That said, I think he loses to Lewis, possibly 80s Tyson, Ali, Holmes and Vitali. He’d for sure flatten Holyfield, Moorer, Morrison, Frazier, Norton and Bowe as none of them had a good track record against big punchers. I think toss ups would be Tucker, Douglas, Rudduck, Golata (if he can stay focused), Cooney and Foreman. Probably gonna take some heat for the Holyfield mention though I never rank him high when in the face of big punchers simply because of his (arguably) 3 losses to Bowe, got pushed back against Mercer when he went on the attack, struggled against Alex Stewart and was nearly 1HKO’ed by Foreman’s overhand right and Coopers sneaky left. They always give Holyfield trouble and his habits of going to war tend to get him caught by something big at some point. That’s disaster against Joshua.
