Evander Holyfield 1991 vs Anthony Joshua 2017

Disagree here BIG time...lol

If Wlad klitchko is favored over Holyfield ( he would be) the aggressive power punching monster wgho has only 19 fights would be also bc he can take pressure better than Wlad. Just One differance between Bowe and Joshua is really balance and counter punching. Bowe was HEAVY footed and off balanced when missing over hand power shots.

Joshua is a very calm calculated killer who can step in at any given moment and throw blitzing explosive punches even at 240 plus. Hes ( better ) than Bowe at inside fighting bc he stands square on target where Bowe is narrow and relies on parrying ,Joshua is a HUGE version of Tyson when counter punches inside are happening ( not as refined) and a bit tall bc hes 6'6 in the style yet extremely effective bc he is a SHW.

Klitchko at 41 trained as hard as ever bc he knew he had to against such a fighter like joshua ,as a matter of Fact that wlad would have given any HW trouble who couldnt blitz in an aggressive manner like Joshua did and i cant think of any 6'6 fighter with the tools to do that other than Joshua himself besides a prime M.Tyson, had Wlad fought like he did that night.


Joshua wears out Holyfield who is just to small and best win is Bowe once( under Steward) .Putting this into perspective Joshua is taller stronger/faster and more talented than Bowe was and also o would outweigh bowe by about 20 pounds give or take..........

joshua takes this i would say by round 8 and i think thats being generous bc Joshua is not even at his peak yet.

 

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It's a good story, and your opinion. But my opinion is Joshua is a big raw novice who was completely gassed by the 5th rd against a 41 yr old man, and really just got by that 41 yr old who wasn't anything special in his youth. Bowe fought an all out war at a middleweight pace against a still pretty fresh Holyfield. I've seen nothing from Joshua or Wilder that they've done that is remotely close to that. Holyfield in my opinion would take Joshua apart. Bowe when in shape and committed would do the same thing. Beating up an old man and never weres mean absolutely nothing. Again, I hear the size king argument. Joshua wouldn't gotten by a fresher Klieschko. Much less Holyfield or Bowe ready too fight.

 

I think Evander in 1991,,, but, if Joshua has a few more fights and learns how to control the action with his jab and end fights at a distance when in control. not just hurt guys when in a brawl. which makes the fights 50/50,, he would beat Evander on size. he just needs experience now to learn how to use that size.. He can be a real great

 

Joshua was a heavy 250 pounds who never fought an equally imposing 6'6 guy who had a VAST experiance in Klitchko.The only reason why it went past 5 rnds was bc of Joshuas inexperiance to close the show and could have ended the fight earlier had he went after Wlad bc he didnt need to trade jabs with him and wasted energy he didnt need too. ( Wlad himself lost bc he didnt keep in touch with punch counts at times)

You dont have bad stamina if you knock out someone in the ELEVENTH rnd and never went past 7 and only went 7 rnds twice in 19 fights. Stamina is ACQUIRED through actually fighting not training,bc it comes with experiance in the ring ..it cannot be simulated in a training gym when you fight top level.

I dont need a story to figure out a huge 6'6 counter puncher who is 5 inches taller and roughly 40 pounds heavier defeats Holyfield. why would i ? And have several fights that show holyfield struggling with far lesser threats than Joshua?

41 year old Wlad ( the old man you speak of) would be Holyfields BEST opponent he could have faced other than a prime Tyson or Joshua himself and defeat Holy himself so you can throw out the age card here bc Wlad is an elite athlete not some huum bum you wish to articulate here.

Your entitled to your opinion but i know the smart bet wouldnt be Holyfiled hes not one of those guys you favor in this fight.

 

Joshua wouldn't be able to cope with the pace, he'd get broken down and stopped eventually.

 

joshua wouldn't have eddie futch in his corner

 

Joshua is a better inside fighter than Bowe? I've heard it all now...

 

Aj may be bigger then Holyfield in size
But holyfield got a bigger heart
Evander takes the fight to Aj
And knock the tea and crumpets out of him

 

Holyfield by UD. Holyfield takes the first round easily but then it's very close for the next few, as a few glancing Joshua bombs threaten. But Joshua is made to look a bit lumbering by the later rounds. Maybe 8 rounds to 4 by the final bell. I'll be happy to be proven wrong about Joshua's stamina as his career progresses. Right now I'm not convinced.

 

This.

People are forgetting how awesome Evander's chin was. Absolute granite.

 

So we are thinking roughly the same? It would appear so. I'm a new boy here. But agreement seems to be rare on this forum. So... Cheers!