Even after Joshua's almost pathetic showing against Takam where he couldn't fight inside, showed no use his jab or throw the right hand properly, and even got booed along with the ref, his fans are still talking like Joshua is the biggest thing in boxing and nobody knows his ass except his fans lol. His television ratings here in the states were beyond pathetic. Boxing always comes full circle. Joshua will be forced to fight Wilder mark my words.
I cannot wait for the AJ vs Wilder fight. Imagine Wilder trying to deal with an AJ power flurry/pressure. If G Wash can land on Wilder with ease in the first half of the fight then just think of what AJ will do to him. AJ eats Wilder.
imo wilder would do a number on breazeale breazeale is tough but oh so slow and plodding a very average fighter .
Breazeale is also owned by Haymon, another easy fight for Wilder as Breazeale can't fight at all, hell, he makes a turtle look fast! Whyte and Ruiz are ranked above Breazeale, yet they don't get the title shot! They are a threat, Breazeale has zero chance! Breazeale does not deserve to be in the top 20!
I have come to hate heavyweight boxing. It seems genuine fighter can't make it to a title these days and the ones with a modicum of media profile are immediately catapulted to prominence. Then once gifted a belt they proceed to fight a carousel of mediocre fighters their promoters put in front of them. It's quite clear to me that both AJ and Wilder are mollycoddled frauds put into this position to make lots of money. Both the yanks and the Brits have backed a horse to make them rich. I just think looking at bith purely on technical ability Wilders promotors realised early they backed a 1000-1 three legged, half blind nag whereas Joshua's team backed a 150-1, overweight, poorly conditioned plodding mare. For me if the best boxers were at the top of the division Ortiz and Povetkin would be worthy champions. They just bring people in Britain and the States very little return on investment.
Cute how you lot pick and choose who is a good top ten and who is ****. Takam's done something other than lose big fights? Breazeale? Martin? Whyte? How many half assed performances against no hopers does Whyte have to put on before y'all give up on that clown? Oh all Bermane ever did was beat Chris, gee well all Breazeale ever did was beat Molina. All Takam ever did was draw Perez. All Martin ever did was show up. All Molina ever does is lose. All Whyte ever did was lose to Josh. Finally all Wladimir ever did was carry undersized, old, and/or out of shape "heavyweights" way farther than they ever earned using an amatuer 1-2 grab style amounting to a long reign with no resume, no technical prowess, no fight or fighter of the year, not even one big fight that he won. Not to mention hiding from all challengers unless not fighting meant being stripped. All of the top tens can be criticized, all of them are as **** as y'all say. I'm not saying Bermane is a great top ten. I'm saying there is no such thing as a great top ten. Fres Oquendo is a great top ten is he? He's earned his position by losing in 2014 and not doing **** all since? How about Ust, he sat in the top five for a few years before he came back to actually fighting. Is Fujimoto a great HW or just the only Japanese HW with a pulse? How about Povetkin he's been there a long time. Is his resume a whole lot of Wlad and Wilder leftovers? How many unbeaten fighters has Pov fought in the past decade? There are no great top tens. There are no HWs worth bragging about beating outside of Wilder, Fury, Joshua, and Parker.
Breezy showed a decent set of nads in his fight versus Inzu and I’ve always given extra credit for fighters that weather those type of storms and mold it to something positive. Wilder and Dom have plenty of personal tension which should make the entire event quite the spectacle. Put it this way there are plenty of “worse” matchups that the sanctioning bodies can randomly legitimize so this certainly isn’t a bad choice.
Pathetic performance? That’s a bit excessive my good man, honestly I think you’re been overly critical AJ dominated a 3rd of the fight and while the stoppage was premature he was likely on his way to pounding out a legit TKO.
It wasn't pathetic lol. And it might've went the distance. Joshuas skill were on display and he showed major flaws.
Stiverne was just outside the top 10 at that time in my opinion. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt.. so that 1 top 10 opponent in 40 fights.. That is simply embarrassing.