Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury I - Official Prediction and discussion thread

Are you mad, Wilder is the hardest hitting heavyweight of all-time, there`s nothing wrong with AJ`s jab, it`s just not really that powerful, jabs aren`t usually that powerful, AJ has good power but he`s not a one-punch KO artist.

 

As someone who is hoping Fury will win, and who thinks he will eek out a decision .... I can't understand how so many people are voting for Fury by KO.

 

Offense minded Fury is twice as deadly as a little fatman, old man Wlad and a bunch of 40 year old euro midgets.

Fury has the best stamina in the division despite his massive size, he understands that if he is tired then his opponent will be dead tired. He's not letting them off for breathers anymore. He's finding that perfect balance.

He's still an accumulation fighter, but didn't take long to crack Wilder? Wilder wasn't totally finished because of the 1 punch Fury landed he was getting tired before it even landed.

When AJ is tired and looking for room to breathe for the first time in his career he will have a bigger man on top of him trying to take his soul. It will be brutal. Wlad & Ruiz both gave him room to try and setup their final blows, they failed. Ruiz eventually got it done a couple of rounds later.

You have to be able to fight in the trenches against Fury, Wilder and AJ have shown that ability but not to the level required, it's a deep deep trench with mud up to chest height.

AJ will unravel after putting on a strong brave face...I promise it.

 

Yes, but for that to work it has to be felt. And Canelo certainly has a hard jab.

 

Wilder IS NOT the hardest hitting Heavyweight in history, there’s simply zero evidence to back that claim up!

Does he hit hard, obviously, but only with the right hand and it’s a punch that he needs time, room and an opponent with little ability to read his intentions and move out of range. With the exception of Fury (lost twice) & possibly Ortiz (hugely overrated) his whole resume is filled with awful opponents who’d get beat in a white collar boxing bout. There’s no one who had any quality, who had ambitions of winning and certainly no one with any intention of getting up once they hit the canvass.

Joshua has a much more solid jab than Wilder and it’s more cultured too, he also carries power in a variety of punches in contrast to Wilder who has ONE honey punch.

 

Nobody can say for certain who the hardest hitter is ... Earnie Shavers still carries that reputation of being the hardest hitter ... Wladimir Klitschko is another guy with elite power .... James Bonecrusher Smith had devastating power ... But since no one has ever been measured we will never know

Wilder is definitely in the top 5 or 7 I'd say

 

My vote would be on Wlad. Great KO artist with Both hands. Also didnt need to swing his whole body forward like Wilder. Also 240+ with low bf%

 

AJ's stamina and questionable chin. It doesn't necessarily have to be a powerful punch that KOs somebody, just a well placed one can do the job.

 

Fury by decision. Fury is a better boxer imo. The interesting part will be when and if Joshua lands flush, especially a combination. But I think Fury will make a solid performance...if it's decisive enough I'll put him at no. 20 ATG, just ahead of Ken Norton.

 

Had this fight been last December or January, Fury would have won by decision.
However, the longer the delay the worse it is for Fury. His mind sometimes wanders.
At this point both of them will be defensive and it will go to a decision.
Joshua will have an edge with judges. He's the golden boy that didn't dump the UK for the USA.
So, it will be a draw or close (and disputable) decision for Joshua.
Setting up fight two for mo money.
And by then vaccines will have subdued covid and you'll have a big crowded venue.

 

If Anthony Joshua beats Tyson Fury I will put his poster on my wall for as long he remains active.

 

Joshua knocks him out in round 11

 

Joshua wins by stoppage.

 

Are you a teenager?