Efe sucks and Joshua will beat him. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a rebuilder. I think at this point, Kabeyal wins. No disrespect to Joshua, but AJ clearly was not right mentally, and surely will not be after that beatdown. I think it is safe to saw that he has never recovered from discovering that he is mortal. Kabeyal is focused and talented enough to pull it off.
Definitely KO's Efe. Counters him hard early on. Kabayel would be a harder fight but AJ should still stop him unless he's damaged goods after Saturday. Kabayel is solid but I think he gets really overrated on here. There are way more dangerous matchups out there for AJ IMO.
Kabayel was laughed at as an opponent for Fury a few years ago when Fury talked about making that fight around Christmas. Imagine if he beat AJ. Hearn likely goes to full cash-out soon, so probably only wants the Fury fight. I'm not sure Hearn will consider it worthwhile to try to 'rebuild' AJ again at 35. If he can get a Fury double or trilogy it will make plenty of money and then he can retire AJ and start writing AJ's autobiography and lyrics for the post-retirement rap career. Then there will be the AJ sporting attire and speaking tour and musical and BBC drama. Hearn is always thinking of the future.
I pick AJ over Ajagba who is quite slow. The fight with Kabayel is a close call these days, but I still would favor Joshua. As for other options, Wilder, Parker, Dillian, Baby Miller, Joyce, are all interesting matchups. A win next against any of these names makes the Fury fight atractive again.
Kabayel would be mesmerised by Uysk's footwork. Kabayel is quite good but he's just not on Fury or Usyk's level.
