Anthony Joshua's inside fighting skills

Fury was on his bike jabbing and moving almost the entire time until round 12. On your backpedel you dont produce near as much power as you would if you were going for the knockout and Wlad probably knew that. Joshua was jabbing against Pulev and never hurt pulev and until he threw an actual counter. But Fury did land a couple straights before round 12 ill give you that. I think Fury was just all wrong for him stylistically until Wlad started getting aggressive.

 

How many uppercuts did aj throw in his last fight?

He doesn't have a bad inside game as punching goes, (namely the uppercut) but he's poor at tangling a fighter up if needs be in there, definitely not a polished inside fighter, he gets a bit confused if an opponent beats him to the punch and he panics in close as he has no clue how to stop it by clinching/tying up an opponent properly, it's a poor part of his game where fury is very good at it.

But yeh, aj's great inside if the other guy ain't punching back lol

Fury doesn't want to come out like he did against dentay that's for sure.

 

No he isnt. Listen... i know everyone is gassed because of the Wilder performance but you have to realize Aj is NOT Deontay Wilder. Fury trying to walk Aj down would be a suicide mission. Wilder has NO tools up close, Aj does. Aj can do more than throw 1 long range right hand. He has a good uppercut, his left hook is great as well. He dropped Ruiz with a right uppercut left hook combination on the inside. And he can throw a multitude of powerful quick combos. Aj has FAR better balance than Wilder or better center of gravity. He's physically stronger than Wilder. He arguably has a better jab than Wilder. He can box better. he can move on the front foot better. He can move in and out of range better. He even has better head movement and thats one of Ajs worst traits. Last but not least he can counter FAR better than Wilder.

Fury has been overrated and well over half this forum thinks AJ's an easy nights work. Im telling you now if Fury tried to come forward against Aj he's getting blasted out, and thats what him and his team said they're planning to do. Either their underestimating Joshua or its just mind games. We should hope its the latter.

 

Joshua's inside fighting skills were on display in multiple fights.
> Wlad. Joshua hit Wlad with an uppercut when Wlad was trying to clinch (because he almost completely avoids inside fighting). Amazing.
> Parker. Joshua avoided fighting on the inside with Parker because he was scared of Parker on the inside. Amazing.
> Ruiz. Joshua tried to exchange with Ruiz on the inside and got TKO'd. Amazing.
> Ruiz II. Joshua continued to demonstrate his inside fighting by getting on his bike in a huge ring. Amazing.

Did someone mention Kevin? LOL. Kevin was a journeyman cheque casher by then and is not really an inside fighter, he has a long reach and just turtles up and tries to jab and counter.

Here is Fury in comparison.
> Chisora I. Won lots of close exchanges with a short brawler.
> Cunningham. Fury came forward and fought Cunningham at close range, throwing short combos and counters.
> Wallin. Fury came forward and fought Wallin at close range because he could barely see, throwing short combos and counters.
> Wilder 2. Fury did lots of inside work once he closed the distance.

Fury has shown far better inside fighting.

 

You you're saying if they fought in the pocket you think Fury would win ? Ok i respect your opinion

 

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He's dangerous on the inside. His uppercuts and hooks are leathal. However he's more likely to get hit and we all know what happens when he gets caught.

Joshua's hardest to beat when he sticks behind his jabs and throws sparing combinations.

 

Being able to throw a good uppercut and having a good inside game are two different things, people get the two confused. Joshua has a very good right uppercut, but he's not an inside fighter.

 

Neither have fought much on the inside. AJ likes midrange, though, and Fury can be found there too on occasion.

I think Fury showed a substantial technical flaw when he closed the distance with Wallin. He came with his head at the level of Wallin's midriff time and time again, and that leaves you open to uppercuts. Wallin didn't exploit that really, maybe because he was exhausted by that point, but it's not a good habit to have. He did catch Fury in the last round, though, and overall Fury didn't impress me in the aggressor role in that fight. Too many technical errors. There were quite a few against Wilder as well, but Wilder didn't have the composure to take advantage of them.

 

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Aj isn't an inside fighter, he's a boxer puncher who beats his opponents down from midrange but he can take it to his opponents and he is better at it than Fury. Fury was open to uppercuts SEVERAL times in the wallin fight but wallin didnt have the skills to take advantage of them often and his footwork and speed closing the gap wasn't impressive in the Wilder fight, but Wilder cant fight up close so at that point it doesn't matter.

I agree with the poster that i have been overrating Ajs inside game. He's not elite level in that aspect but if he were to brawl with Fury he'd most likely win from what I've seen. Fury isnt as good in the pocket as he was in 2011 as he is now accustomed to his Ben Davison out boxing Style and attempting to slip and duck attacks to get close to Aj would expose him to counters. Especially the uppercut

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This is the fight that best highlights Ajs inside game in select moments like Fury and Chisora

 

He can be quite dangerous in the c!inch with the right uppercut but only if you let him. Keep the chin tucked in when clinching and don't give him room, have the right glove over to block and hit him with a left hook.

 

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Pure inside fighting is very rare in HW boxing, and in boxing overall nowadays. Holy and Bowe did some inside fighting, but even most of those battles were at midrange. Manilla was fought quite a bit on the inside, but it's not often HW fights are decided there.

Haven't been many fighters since Toney that truly cherish the close range. Bowe was also great at it. But don't think it will be a big part of Fury-Joshua, but if anyone gets the better of that it should be AJ with his tighter and more compact punching.

 

For sure Bowe was definitely something else

 

is mike tyson mid range puncher?