Anthony Joshua vs these 90s punchers

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Shannon Briggs
    Hasim Rahman
    Bert Cooper
    Razor Ruddock
    Frank Bruno

    Could AJ go undefeated?
     
  2. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Yes. He should go unbeaten here. If he decides to brawl, Rahman and Ruddock would stop him. But if he boxes, he should beat them all with Bruno probably being the only one who can box with him.
     
  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Bruno was outboxing Witherspoon and Lewis until he got caught with a big punch. He would give AJ a difficult time
     
  4. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd say he's favored over them all, would he go undefeated? No,,,somebody would land and these guys hit a lot harder than Andy Ruiz
     
  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    He could possibly go undefeated against that list, yes. But every one of those men has the type of power and tenacity to be a threat.
     
  6. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Barrios is a bandit robber - Psalm 144:1 Full Member

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    Can anyone show me a fight where AJ actually uses any head movement? I watched Takam and Povetkin recently while trying to figure a way to gaslight @themaster458 into thinking Jimmy Young beats him and whilst being pieced up by Povetkin I don’t think Tony Josh moved his head an inch…
     
  7. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    AJ could get caught against any of them. But of course that goes two ways.

    taking that aside, only Bruno was good enough to conceivably outbox AJ. In fact, that would be a damn good fight. Great matchup, two beloved Brits, who does the audience even root for?
     
  8. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    including AJ.

    having them all fight each other would be quite the round robin.
     
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  9. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bruno has the best chance. He was beating LL until he got caught but Lewis had a lot more mongrel in him than AJ imo.

    Bruno when he had his jab working was tough to beat and gained confidence as the fight progressed. AJ can get a bit gunshy when getting outboxed so he’d need to jump on Frank quickly.
     
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  10. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd give the best version of AJ more than a 50% chance against any versions of each of these fighters, in a one off bout.

    I'd give any version of AJ less than 50% chance of beating each of the best versions of these 5 fighters back-to-back.
     
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  11. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joshua literally quit in the ring against Ruiz.
    the very 1st hard punch he got hit with from
    Dubois practically ended the fight, though
    he'd get knocked down multiple times after
    it. A punch that shouldn't have been that
    devastating to him, because he was actually moving
    away from the punch, and Dubois telegraphed
    it, without much leverage.
    Joshua could conceivably lose to each one
    of those fighters, and by ko.
    He certainly wouldn't go undefeated against them.