Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Robert Gabriel Helenius & Filip Hrgović vs. Demsey McKean RBR

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  1. Bustajay

    Bustajay Feel the Steel/Balls Deep Full Member

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    Yeah but Wilder will not be just standing there with his hands hanging like this meatball.

    AJ will be desecrated by Wilder
     
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  2. DavHQ

    DavHQ Member banned Full Member

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    As stiff as Joshua is Wilder isn’t that hard to hit , so I believe he def has a chance .
     
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  3. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Actually I might play devils advocate here and entertain the idea this tentative, skittish Joshua has a better if not still slim chance of beating Deontay.
     
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  4. exocet76

    exocet76 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Completely agree Arch, however the elite always find a way and that's what seperates the very good against the elite.Yeah you can take a loss but it's how or if you come back. The fact is AJ should have had a couple of rebuild fights after Pudding like Lewis did and it clearly worked out for Lennox, who came out of bad losses ending up being a boss in his era.
     
  5. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Yes. I was surprised Helenius didn't let his right hand go more as he can obviously crack hard with it.

    I don't think AJ has fought a big rangy counter puncher before so he had to be cautious, especially after the debacle with his last late notice opponent.
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Still not convinced this wasn't a dive. The shot didn't even have full extension on it and the fact that both Helenius and Scuba Scott are the Dosser's friends does raise my suspicion level.


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  7. Arch Stanton

    Arch Stanton When you have to shoot, shoot!, don't talk...... Full Member

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    If he has the confidence to actually throw the punch..



    You're man's history is in the making ,mate.


    A good Brit fighter early on.....had the tools, didn't have the confidence to use them with the ease that he could have, after losses.



    A Spent force.



    That's boxing.
     
  8. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    I agree. They are both limited and it is almost a coin flip fight. I thought AJ would destroy him before but he is now gunshy.
     
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  9. _Scott_

    _Scott_ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This still makes me laugh... The sound of Wilder landing that punch on Helenius was like a shotgun.

    Joshua can't take his power.
     
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  10. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    Wilder has a better chin than AJ.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    :lol: Might have been the PBC mafia sound effect crew
     
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  12. deltrotter

    deltrotter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sorry he is not overrated, the division is damn awful
     
  13. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I agree. I kept waiting for Helenius to drop a hard right on Joshua, to see how AJ would react. Too bad it never happened.
     
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  14. deadACE

    deadACE Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Here we go....it was a dive lol

    Pathetic
     
  15. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, at the time I said it had 'dive' written all over it. I still believe it was.