I'd give Joshua a solid chance of 'decisively defeating' Seldon (WBA), Morrison (WBO) and Hide (WBO) ..... but then again, they might chin him too. Joshua's reputation as a 'world champion' rests on beating Charles Martin decisely and some OLD men. His "best win" is probably a 41 year old Klitschko, a 39-year-old Povetkin, or the 12-rounder with Parker where the referee didn't even let them fight.
Good match up. Brigg's way to win would probably be strike out fast , Hurt AJ before the tank emptied. But I think Joshua would win, he's the More measured fighter. AJ by KO rounds 6-8 , unless Brigg's gets him early.
Tommy Morrison, Frank Bruno from the 2nd Tyson fight, Bruce Seldon, he probably beats Oliver McCall clear on points as well.
When it comes to the lineal champions, I would favor AJ against Douglas, Moorer, old Foreman and Briggs. 50/50 against Holyfield. Would favor Lennox over him and probably Bowe too. He beats a slew of alphabet title holders tho.
He wouldn't beat prime version of Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe, and I still think he'd lose to Tyson in the mid 90s. Everyone else ? I'd give Joshua a solid chance against Moorer, Hide, Briggs, Morrison, old Foreman, Mercer, McCall, Akinwande, Seldon, etc. I don't think Joshua would clear the list necessarily I think he could definitely lose especially against a motivated Mercer but Joshua would have a solid chance against any of those names though IMO.
Buster Douglas any time from about 1986 to 1990 would tear AJ apart. Including the version that faced Holyfield. AJ is still massively overrated. His best wins are against c.40 year old men and a sparring type performance with Joe Parker. He went 1-1 against Ruiz, whose conditioning makes the worst version of Douglas look like a fitness model AJ's best career performances are losing to Usyk but going the full 12 rounds twice. AJ at age 34 was destroyed by Dubois, career-ending loss really, and at 36 is reduced to fighting Disney kids from a couple of weight classes below him.
No, I can't see Holyfield Fight Douglas beating AJ. I don't rate Joshua very highly but I definitely think he beats the over weight, under trained Douglas.
Not a chance in hell he beats a prime Riddick Bowe, Holyfield, Lennox. Not even a faded post prison Mike Tyson.
AJ was just a way worse version of Bruno. Bruno was actually good, but he had a bad chin and it wasn't his fault. He was outboxing a lot of the guys that knocked him out
I forgot who said it recently but it was so true that the 90's were FULL of guys like Daniel Dubois. That really hit me because its so accurate there really were so many guys just like Daniel Dubois in the 90's theres no way Joshua could have ever survived that era