DAZN: Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua vs. Alexander Vladimirovich Povetkin RBR.

It was the end of the round when he got rocked in the 1st.

Even the interviewer mentioned that he staggered back and AJ was telling him not to bring that up.

 

But then again, Usyk is too probably pre-prime having far less fights than AJ

Don't get me wrong, I rank both highly p4p.

 

I've said for months that it's a 51/49 fight in favor of AJ.

The reason Joshua starts favorite is because he has more ways to win.


I would like to point out though that I'm pretty sure Joshua would be happy taking hooks up close from Wilder..Wilder has never showed an inside game.

Joshua has stopped Wlad, Whyte and Povetkin all up close now.

 

Usyk's amateur pedigree is incredible....I think he's in his prime tbh.

 

You labelled me a troll for saying that Joshua has the best resume in the division.....

Considering no one can argue he isn't top 5, there's no way that can be considered trolling.

 

I think AJ is too, at least in terms of physical prime. He may improve his jab and footwork though.

 

Id say it’s a 50-50, because despite the technique disparity, I think Wilders power shades AJs and he has that legit equaliser so it evens it out. But personally, I’d have to favour AJ, although I wouldn’t be overly confident with the pick

 

I don't disagree.

 

Lol sure whatever you say. I mistaken him for Sultan Ibragimov. In any case Povetkin was never anything special. He still struggled against a blown up cruiserweight in Marco Huck. He still struggled and should of lost to guys like Eddie Chambers gut got a home town win.

 

I think AJ has to be top 5 p4p after tonight for who he's faced I would say the same if Wilder had face the same fighters.

 

So Povetkin was on his way to the clearest UD in boxing history ... before Joshua knocked him the **** out.

 

Please tell me you didn't you ban him because of that post, if you did then you claiming in an earlier post that you treat posters fairly as a mod doesn't look very good tbh. Think before letting your emotions dictate your actions. I normally really like especially like IB and you as "posting-mods" eventhough I don't always agree with your opinion but starting to ban people because they don't agree with you (he didn't resort to calling you an idiot or something worse which a lot of other posters get away with) is a dark path to choose.

 

Well, if it's easy Anthony Joshua and Fast Car are after, Joshua can always fight Charles Martin again.

Joking aside, I personally think Joshua's opponent for next April -- in the event that a fight with either Wilder or Fury can't get made -- will be Sergey Kuzmin. He was obviously on the Joshua vs Povetkin undercard for a reason. I believe that reason was to set Kuzmin up as an opponent for Joshua in April 2019, as a contingency plan for mooted fights with Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury not getting over the line for Joshua's next outing in April 2019.