Anthony Joshua's boxing style - Simplicity & effective

He was boxing against completely overmatched opposition who were either short, old, blown cruiserweights or generally useless. It's hard to quantify.

The same people who moaned about him during his reign of boredom are some of the same people who are lauding him in 2021. Totally overrated boxer.

 

i would take the time to explain all of it, if i thought you were actually interested in talking advanced boxing, but youre out to defend someone, and that bores me.

 

Ok, I'm interested in your explanation - have a go

 

which particular part are you having trouble with?

 

Not having 'trouble' necessarily - you implied you had some advanced boxing knowledge you were prepared to share on this topic, so I'm interested to read it.

 

not advanced for everybody, advanced for the particular poster i was addressing. thats why im trying to gauge your level of understanding by asking you that question. there are plenty of posters here capable of understanding and seeing what i would be discussing, im determining if youre one of them. im not trying to pretend im something im not, i think my post history shows i generally know what im talking about and keep any bias to a minimum. i prefer to save such discussions for like minded posters. otherwise, it becomes a game of me repeating myself 20 times a day to satisfy every skeptic that got his feelings hurt over one of my posts.

 

Underestimating an opponent?

We've seen better boxers than AJ lose to opponents they really shouldn't have done...

 

He’s a pretty good counterpuncher. Throws a good variety of punches. Decent footwork. Jab still needs work. You don’t beat as many top contenders as he has without having skills. His weakness as a fighter is mostly between the ears.

 

Are you serious? I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume this is trolling.

I'll give any of you who agree with this the benefit of the doubt out of kindness and assume you're not being serious.

 

Joshua's got decent skills. He knows how to use the jab to keep distance and set up shots. He's effective at turning the jab into a round-the-guard long hook. He's got a nice variety of punches that come from different angles. He can push and wrestle a bit in close, and hit fighters off a natural break. He's got decent timing on his right hand. He can feint, stick and move. He can take rounds off to conserve his energy. He can draw fighters into overcommitting then hit them with a counter shot.

It's silly to lump him in with the likes of Wilder, who is really just a very clueless and limited goon. Joshua's way more cerebral and versatile.

 

Beautiful post.
Let's compare with reality.
You are saying that Wlad had fought completely overmatched opposition.
It is nice to compare title fights opponents from Klits era with modern era opponents for such fights.
Of course A.J did not had fought overmatched opponents not at all.
Number 1: Pulev. According to you Wlad had been overrated and fought completely overmatched opposition.
Wlad was 38 years old when he had fought 33 years old undefeated Pulev and overrated Wlad had finished undefeated Pulev in 5 rounds.
A.J had fought the same Pulev, just 39 years old and it took him 9 rounds to finish Pulev.
Interestingly how Wlad might had " weight bullied " Pulev who was heavier than he?

I know, in general ground for claims that A.J is better than Wlad or Povetkin are because A.J had fought vs their over the hill versions.
Who had fought more mismatched opposition : Povetkin or A.J in Takam?
A.J had fought Takam who already had been stopped in distance by Povetkin. Congratulations with matchmaking.


Nothing wrong, you just hate Wlad and Klits era, this is normal, you have new star in A.J from proper country who properly had beated uncles and therefore is " better boxer ".
LOL.

 

Wilder still does have more chances to KO A.J than Usyk. It is reality.
A.J in U.K is like Canelo in Sin City.
I think they might book julie and adelaide and ref robert.

 

Surrix, we have been over this. I have told you that my favourite boxer is Vitali Klitschko and I have no problem with Eastern Europeans. My favourite current boxers are Kovalev and Usyk.

I view things objectively. Wladimir Klitschko deserves a degree of credit for his achievements, but he is not above criticism. He bored the living daylights out of boxing fans for years, he opted to cherry pick when he was already in a poor era, he did indeed get sparked by mediocre opponents, and the first opponents he fought with a pulse he lost twice consecutively to end his career (up until that point).

He was very good, but also very vulnerable and it's hard to judge how good he was during his reign because he fought puddings, on spongey canvases with dodgy contractual clauses. People say "he beat Povetkin". Povetkin never held a title in his career - that's how good Povetkin was. And he "beat" Povetkin by brazenly displaying one of the most corrupt performances in history - an utter disgrace. It's a skidmark on his record, not a feather in his cap.

I acknowledge he was a very good boxer, but he's completely overrated at the same time.

Vitali is my favourite boxer because despite having a crap record, he was entertaining and would fight a man. He also wasn't chinny and his two losses are not by conventional means. He was never down and lost about 8 rounds in his career. Vitali is easily the superior of the two.