Is Tony Yoka finished?

when did he ever start?

 

When he beat Dave Allen, as funny as it sounds. After that he fought one recognizable name after another while getting high rankings with the belt organizations.
It then all came to a screeching halt with 3 back to back upset losses.

 

A lot of people on here thought he was going to be a top HW after he KO’d Duhapas.

 

Yeah I remember there was a bit of hype here after that win. But in hindsight Duhaupas at 39 was completely done as he had lost to Miller and would go on to lose to Kossobutskiy, he wasn't the same fighter who took Wilder late.

But that hype didn't last long as he couldn't back that performance up when he was taken the distance by Hammer in his very next fight and then the next year Hughie Fury stopped Hammer in 5, so that Hammer performance started to look even worse.

 

The Yokamotive will be impossible to derail once he gets the Tony Train back on the tracks.

 

Did he ever really get started?

 

Agreed, losing to Merhy is a sign you should find another line of work. Still, managed correctly he could be guided into a decent payday down the road

 

Was just coming here to post this exact thing.

 

If you are French it would be easier for me because I know a lot of details. Otherwise I can just tell you that it was a financial problem which meant that the fight did not take place, but there was a lot of hype in France to see this fight. Tronché is now in MMA.

 

I think Jonathan Rice, Cyril Léonet (six times champion of France at this moment), David Allen, Dimitrenko (former European Champion), Duhaupas, Hammer...

And all this names in just 9 pro fight, I don't think Joshua or Wilder have a so good pro debut in heavyweight...

 

In my home country, we have a saying: My name is Tony Yoka. I'm an astronaut from Minnesoka.

It's a pickup line. And 66% of the time...it works every time.

 

Tony Yoka is a Joka. Against anyone decent he gets Smoka.

 

The problem is that he doesn't have any killer instinct and he's afraid to get hit.

When he's getting back up, he just pitty-pat his shots and offers little resistance to the guy coming forward. You can't fix that.

 

Pretty much sums it up. He doesn't counter punch so when pushed back he literally has nothing to keep an opponent off him as he's forced to wait until they stop throwing to be able to throw back, so guys can just walk him down and as long as they keep him in a defensive posture he has nothing to offer back as you pointed out. At some point you have to be able to stand your ground and fight back, you can't just wait for your opponent to stop working.

He relies on being able to get off first and being on top most of the time, but put him in with someone who won't just allow him to dictate the fight then he has nothing.

 

Who was Joshua protected from that Yoka wasn't? Who was the Bakole that would have exposed Joshua had he not been shielded from him?

The goofy things people say on this site. I feel like only about 10% of posters can rate Joshua correctly with the majority underrating him and few Matchroom fanboys hugely overrating him.