Does Pulev have any chance ???

No

 

These have got to be some of the worst "KO" highlights I've seen!

 

Pulev is very light hitting. His overall technique is good though. His chin is below average I think. The first big right hand AJ lands will badly wobble him.

So IMO Pulev's chances are quite low. I don't see him outboxing AJ so he can't win on points. I don't see him KOing AJ neither. He'd need some freak accident on AJ to win via TKO that's probably Pulev's best hope.

 

I don't know why no one says that, but Pulev declined drastically after the Klitschko defeat. Earlier he at least was good on his feet, had a very sharp jab (enough to compete with Wlad) and solid timing. The Dimitrenko/Ustinov/Thompson and Klitschko version of Pulev could cause Joshua some discomfort, but the current Pulev gets knocked out early. Just watch any of his rounds against Kevin Johnson and things will get clear.

 

Didnt he just do 12 rounds with Johnson, Chisora and Peter in his last 3 fights?? Am hoping for a AJ KO seems am going so praying that the undercard is good.

 

At best, he can make things uncomfortable for Joshua if his jab's on point. That's about it IMO.

I don't see anything outside of a freaky, fluky, 1 in 1000 kind of event that would make the fight end with Pulev walking out the winner.

 

He's better than Whyte imo. Whyte give AJ a few problems, as will Pulev as long as he keeps his hands up. He give prime Wlad a few issues before he kept losing concentration and getting hit with that left, whilst he had his hands down.

I still favour AJ in this, like 90-10 but that 10% is very real.

 

Whyte's bodypunching is what mostly troubled Joshua, Pulev doesn't go to the body.

 

I give him a 5% chance. If AJ underestimates him, he gets the jab pumping early and uses good movement like against Ustinov and Dimitrenko and then somehow avoids all of AJ's power, AJ gasses..... Yeah he COULD win in the perfect storm of events. But it's not going to happen.

 

He does. But it won't trouble Joshua very much.

 

If he rocks him early enough in a round he has a chance because Joshua stiffens up when hurt. If he does tag him he must empty the tank.

 

Nah, not a chance. Pulev is probably the most light-hitting top heavyweight in the division currently, and his technique and ability, albeit good, is not much better than AJs. If Joshua could recover from that atomic Klitschko right hand that put him down in the sixth, then there's no chance Pulev is getting anywhere with him.

I think Joshua is going to walk through him early and make a big statement. I want to see him in there against Wilder, and especially Povetkin.

 

I think Pulev gets knocked out in dramatic fashion as soon as AJ lands clean

 

Pulev has little power, a predictable attack, a leaky defence that involves pulling straight back with his arms out in front of him, average footspeed, average handspeed, average chin, average ring iq, and a propensity to clinch reflexively, which means that even if he does manage to get something going he stifles it soon after. He's absolutely tailor made for Joshua to KO in massive fashion, and he'll likely go down very early in the contest indeed. Maybe even within the first two rounds.

His confidence and timing have also been shattered by the Wlad KO, so whatever chance he might have had is now well and truly gone. There's a reason he's been fighting soft touches since losing to Wlad. Joshua will likely feel him out, figure out his absolutely basic one two attack in about a round or so, then time something big to leave him stunned and crosseyed on the canvas.