Is Joshua ducking Dubois

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  1. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Unfortunately I didn't get to see what was written before but he hasn't answered my questions
    I am not pro or against just a fan of the sport
     
  2. Beale

    Beale Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Conversely go through his CV and state all those old and/or small men he fought.
     
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    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It was Wilder who ducked AJ and he literally admitted that, lol.
     
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  4. Beale

    Beale Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joshua said it was not about the money then talks broke down about ...... err money

    £50m on the table and Joshua would not fight him.

    There are 2 sides to every story and the truth.
     
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    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    50 million wasn't on the table, it was just one big sham. BUT... There was 100 million on the table and both Wilder and Shelly Finkel confirmed the offer was legit, they just didn't take it.
     
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  6. Beale

    Beale Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Couple of duckers in the worst heavyweight era where even Slugger Whyte was deemed World Level and a Box Office Star.
     
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  7. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    That's already been done
    Many of the top rated fighters were older like
    Povetkin 39
    Wladimir 41
    Pulev 39
    Etc
    They were all top 10 rated.

    Now
    Why are you ducking the questions?

    Which other HW world champions during his era have fought as many top young (under 30 years of age) fighters? Not many I don't think

    Just a straight answer please


    Also
    Why don't you tell me who they all were?
    When you look at the ring 2016 yearly rankings including Joshua there were 3 other fighters available to fight who were 30 and under and Joshua fought all of them.
    The rankings show the fighters so tell me who were the other young fighters he should have fought because he fought all of them in the ring rankings of that year
     
  8. Beale

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    OK I agree with you that Joshua is an all time great as displayed in the footage below showing plenty of heart, desire, hunger, incredible stamina, iron chin, thunderous power and champions mentality in his career legacy fight.

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    Funny enough, Wilder ducked Whyte too, lol.
     
  10. Beale

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    Very strange considering how hard he fought out the ring to get the third Fury fight.
     
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    He wanted to avenge his defeat after his cherry pick went wrong.
     
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  12. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not something I have written?
    Not sure where you got that from?
    Seems a couple of questions asked and you have got yourself all confused and not wanted to answer
     
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  13. Beale

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    I agree Joshua is the greatest ever to come out of Humble Avenue
     
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    If they wanted the fight with Wilder at that time they would have offered a split percentage, you know the actual process, rather than a flat fee of £12.5 million. They ducked him and Barry Hearn admitted they didn’t need Wilder at that time. It was pathetic.

    To note - I don’t like AJ or Wilder so have no preference to either as a boxing fan. Above are the factual facts.
     
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    This was an odd one, but I think Wilders team didn’t want to box anyone with a few back to back top 10 opponent wins and good momentum, which Whyte had at the time. Whyte was calling him out and was very frustrated he never got his shot against pipe cleaner legs, must def unfairly treated by the crappy WBC.