Do you think Anthony Joshua would be a top 10 heavyweight boxer if he competed in the 1970s?

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  1. fistsof steel

    fistsof steel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So a Prime 5'9" Tyson would not destroy this average lot of Heavyweights at the moment...I don't think so....Prime Foreman destroys this lot also.!!!
     
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  2. greenhornet

    greenhornet Boxing Addict Full Member

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    One punch from Joshua is more powerful than a full round of Ali's.
     
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  3. greenhornet

    greenhornet Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Frazier could have made lhw if he got under 10% body fat.
     
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  4. MrMagic

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    Under 10% body fat? This is boxing, not bodybuilding.

    Joe Frazier would've been a hell of a cruiserweight though!
     
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  5. Brockton Blockbuster

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    Yeah, along with Schwarzenegger and Ferrigno.
     
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  6. heerko koois

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    top 3 for sure
     
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  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    AJ could not take the shots Ali hit Foreman with and he couldn`t take the punishment Frazier took in Manilla or the first fight he had with AAli, just how weak do you think Ali`s best shots were? Ali was not considered a weak puncher by commentators that were around during his heyday.
     
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  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I think AJ`s hand speed a bit quicker than Arnie`s mate.
     
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  9. Brockton Blockbuster

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    Time will tell; hopefully we see him prove or disprove it against Fury.
     
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Frazier`s weight wasn`t far of Wilder`s weight v Fury and there`s no way Wilder could have taken the hook Frazier floored Ali with, plus he`d be wide open to it because he`s so stationary after punching.
     
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I`d say he`ll land a few more punches on Fury than Arnie would have!
     
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  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    If Frazier did modern weight training boxers do he`d be heavier.
     
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  13. Brockton Blockbuster

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    If Fury was around in the 80's, no doubt he'd wind up starring as one of the villains in one of Arnie's movies.
     
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  14. Entaowed

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    Only wth the day before weigh ins & rehydration. He was likely a little over the LHW limit if he had zero body fat.
     
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  15. Johnny_B

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    I'm by no means a fan of Joshua, but he'd be top 10 with ease, top 5 I'd say.
    You'd just have to look at how much bigger he is compared to the rest.

    Apart from Foreman and Lyle, nobody can brawl it out with him.
    And Ali is the only one that stands a chance of out-pointing him. I'm not counting Holmes, cause he's an 80's boxer as far as I'm concerned.
     
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