Is Anthony Joshua overrated

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  1. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Off night against a Wallin who came with a great gameplan and got Fury badly cut.

    Worst i've seen Fury fight forever. Totally flat. Horrible punch selection. Timing off. Had to grind it out and use his experience to win.
     
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  2. Arkan1970

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    Typical British media fighter . He is a good heavyweight boxer but that’s about . Been made to be great by Eddie Hearn
     
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  3. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Depends who you ask.

    Prior to Ruiz he was seen as the best ever by some overly keen casual fans but for me, he's been underrated by most hardcore boxing fans who decided to rail against him because they didn't like the manufactured image presented by Eddie Hearn. It was a classic smark reaction to such a successful PR job.

    He's a good boxer with good power and a great work ethic. He'd have been a handful in an any era even if he wasn't champ.
     
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  4. teddybaldock

    teddybaldock Active Member Full Member

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    Underrated by boxing fans imo, overrated by casuals. He’s probably somewhere in the middle
     
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  5. Robney

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    Pre Ruiz he was as overrated as Fury is now. At the moment I think it's somewhere between slightly underrated and rated just right.
     
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  6. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    He's the #2 HW in the world behind Tyson ''The Gypsy King'' Fury and one spot ahead of Dillian ''The Body Snatcher'' Whyte

    Check this out screen cap of The Ring Magazine's HW rankings. Fury, AJ and Whyte are the top 3 HWs in the world so they're essentially the kings of the division and they dominate it. Bootleg is ranked #4 and Luis Ortiz is #5 but the former should be 0-2 against Fury and the later is 0-2 against him, both losses via KO. Fat Andy fight be 1-1 in his last 2 but his KO win over AJ far eclipses everything D has accomplished and even though Povetkin is way past his best and 9-1-1 in his last 11 outings there's no way in hell the always inferior Ortiz should ever have been ranked above him and neither should D when you think about it. I mean D has only fought 3 world class fighters in 43 fights and, as said, he should be 0-2 against Fury and that was against an inactive drug-ravaged 40% shell of Fury and a 60% Fury in the rematch and in both instances he had home advantage too.

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  7. CroBox29

    CroBox29 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not at all, Joshua has beaten Whyte, Wlad, Parker, Povetkin and Ruiz
     
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  8. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    To be fair, you are going to always have people like that.

    But now everyone seems to think that anyone decent will beat Joshua. And few seemingly give him a shot vs Fury.
     
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  9. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes,,but, Wlad and Povetkin were ready for AARP and he was ko'ed by Ruiz. He has decent wins over Parker and Whyte ,hardly the stuff of legend.
     
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  10. SquaredCircle

    SquaredCircle Active Member Full Member

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    If you consider him a great heavyweight and a generational talent, then yes, he is overrated. If you consider him a good, solid heavyweight with decent skills, excellent power, and very noteworthy flaws and vulnerabilities that would cost him against a long list of historical heavyweights (and Tyson Fury), then no, your assessment of him is on the money.
     
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  11. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Of course he is

    So is fury

    Though both are a little underrated by more 'hardcore' fans
     
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  12. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Exactly how I view him
     
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  13. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Tyson is that you??
     
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  14. TFP

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    spot on
     
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  15. Spongebob south paw pants

    Spongebob south paw pants Active Member Full Member

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    Totally depends on your opinion, think most know he's a decent boxer not the best of all time. When you add it all up not a bad all rounder with good power. And can change his style when it's needed bit chinny but there's been much worse
     
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