Anthony Joshua Vs Martin Bakole

AJ prob has more fans in Congo than bakole

 

Similar was said of dubois head movement.

 

I wonder if by jungle they meant downtown Airdrie ?

 

Also the movement of the Ruiz manboobs

 

See they hypnotised AJ in the first fight. People are wronging AJ too much. He was in a titty trance.

 

Why? Joshua is a former 2 time world champion.Bakole has not fought anyone close to that level.That is why i said if he has anything left he must be heavily favoured .I meant no disrespect to Bakole just saying it as it is

 

Disagree, a good Joshua beats bakole imo, but not a version that has anything left. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding, but I read that as a 60/70 % Joshua still surely wins this. Joshua still needs to be good in this fight to win.

 

As far as i can see Bakole has not beat anyone of note that says to me he can beat anything but a washed Joshua.You obviously disagree and thats fine,this game is all about opinions.Anyway doubt this fight comes off,more likely Wilder, thats where the big bucks are

 

The debates around this potential clash have me engrossed.

What's a good Joshua, though?

When you really look at it, the times he's looked good, it's been a bit of a flat-track bully sort of thing. Plenty throughout the divisions and history have looked good against what fans normally call "bums". I was in attendance for the Whyte, Martin, Takam, Povetkin, and Klitschko bouts. I think Bakole is a different proposition to any of them, more in line with Dubois which I was gutted to miss (had tickets).

After he beat Ngannou and Wallin, they said Joshua was either back to his best or reinvented. They said that the "wrecking ball Joshua" had reappeared. The only thing I can link it with is the quality of opposition. In my opinion, Joshua is not done, far from it. He could and would probably look like a wrecking ball against quite a few of these opponents who aren't genuine threats for whatever reason.

We all want to see the best boxing matches, so I think Joshua and Bakole would be fantastic. Both are giants with power of a similar age and have history sparring. To do it in Africa would be absolutely superb! I wouldn't be in attendance, mind, but I'd certain;y make sure I'd have a comfy seat on the couch for that one, and couldn't care less about the undercard. Just stick it on. Someone will go, like the old "Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots".

I say that, but Joshua may try to move about a bit. He seems quicker on his feet than Bakole. Nelson has said Bakole can shift when he wants to - I've yet to see it. My issue is that there's a relationship between cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety. Joshua may be able to shift for a bit, doing so more proactively with the Dubois smashing in mind, but how would that wear upon his mental state. I think he'd gas. He's not got the best stamina anyway. Bakole, as I see it, would be able to corner him! But can Joshua get a few big ones off on Bakole? According to Bakole on his most recent interview, Joshua's combinations are nothing to bother about and he shrugged it off almost in a humourous way. The man is full of confidence. I haven't been attendance for any of his fights, but best of luck to him as I think he deserves to have a few of these big fights. I don't think somebody like Joseph Parker, who is a former WBO world champ and who has just outpointed Wilder and Zhang, would stand up to Bakole, yet he's made a fortune from boxing. Let's give the Congolese brute a go, and if Joshua can beat him, he's beat a very good boxer and I will simply not entertain the "Bakole was overrated" crowd because even if he lost to Joshua he'd likely go on to beat other guys around the world level.

That's how I see it! In the words of Mills Lane, let's get it on!

 

AJ and Team Humble want no part of Bakole or any part of any real fighter at this stage of his career unless it's a cash-out.

When you have guys like Zheili Zhang withdrawing from a world title eliminator showdown with Martin Bakole, there's no chance Fast Car will risk the threat of his cash cow being permanently derailed.

They will be hoping and praying that Parker defeats Dubois, simply so they can lock him into a trilogy series, which Eddie will no doubt spin into a Battle for the Ages type event.

 

I'm really not a Joshua fan although I do think he's been underestimated (only at times) on here. He's also been way-overrated by some. I'm a Usyk fan if you need to know and I think he's significantly underrated (more so in all-time discussions these days after he's fairly comfortably beaten everyone). I am split on this one and wouldn't be shocked at an early Bakole KO or a from-distance Joshua points victory. Quite looking forward to this. Way more point to this fight than Joshua vs Wilder (saw that mentioned somewhere the other day!), Whyte, etc.

 

Pumped up glass jawed bodybuilder like Joshua gets splattered against any banger they put him in with.

Which is why he avoided them his entire career until Dubois.

 

Yes Joshua has never been much anywhere near great at his peak when he became a vacant route Paper Champion.

There is no difference between the Joshua bashing up old men like Michael Sprott and the Joshua being obliterated by Ruiz and Dubois.

He simply was nowhere near the words elite and great.

 

When people keep repating what they have said over and over again is it because they are trying to convince themselves? Yes @Beale we know you dont rate Joshua and thats perfectly fine but ffs give it a rest