Joshua appreciation thread

Nothing special at all

 

AJ has by far the most impressive resume in the divison:
Wald - ATG
Ruiz - beat a unified WC in a rematch.
Parker - An undefeated WC
Povetkin - former WC
Whyte - Took his "0" and Whyte gone onto put the most impressive win streak in the division since his loss to AJ and has been the WBC number 1 for over 3 years.

No one else in divison comes close in terms of resume.

 

Yes real boxing fans do know the heavyweight kings will be fighting in February.

 

So you’re saying boxers ratings can go up and down based on the quality of fighters they beat?

Please, let us see more of this towering intellect.

 

Agree, he beat a 20 stone short, fat man. Get a grip people.

 

Compare that to the greats in the past - man it is full of puddings and Old Wlad FFS.

I can see Anthony Fury-Klitschko avoiding any danger fights now and doing the same as Joe Calzaghe for his final 3-4 fights. Soft defences against no hoper puddings and possibly finishing fighting George Foreman at Wembley to boost his CV before sailing off into the sunset with his PPV loot.

 

If Fury beats Wilder it sets up a huge unification with Joshua at Wembley by the end of 2020. Would be absolutely amazing and an enormous event for British boxing.

I’d also really like to see Joshua vs Wilder but would prefer an all-British affair. I just hope it happens, no more messing around.

 

Yes and no. Ruiz proved in the first fight that he’s not a simple fat guy who can’t box. Had Joshua stopped him in three first time round the narrative would have been that Ruiz was something of an overmatched nobody.

The bottom line is that Joshua has beaten a far greater number of top contenders than Wilder or Fury.

 

The belts are back in the UK who gives a F how they come back as long as they are. If I was managing AJ I’d say I don’t care how you look out there just win the fight it’s what it’s all about. The fact that he looked a total different fighter was a bonus. I’d say he will fight like that from now on so best we get use to it. Fury fight will be a bore fest but I see AJ winning but Wilder will be the fight to define AJ in history cos that’s gonna be hard.

 

Look at AJ’s resume, where has he ever not taken risks? He might well lose to fury and Wilder but your post is nonsense mate. Fury and wilder have consistently taken easy fights when AJ hasn’t.

 

His CV has been risk free except the fight against old Wlad where he took a slight risk that he may had had something left in the old body at 41 years of age and out of the ring for 18 months.

Pudding after pudding - even worse than the Klitschsko era and I never thought that would be possible.

His next 5 fights if a real fighting man would be Fury, Wilder, Usyk, Duboius and Bakole - he will only fight one of them and 4 puddings such as rematches against puddings already beat and Puddings Pulev and Chisora.

Anthony Fury-Klitschko - the man's legacy being beat then running away from a little fatty all night in Saudi.

 

Precisely, he beat a man that True Greats would have blown out with the advantages he has - the first time too never mind in a loss reversal.

Joshua is ONE Dimensional
Strong & Fit
Cautious, Apprehensive and Hesitant
at times he even looked a bit afraid

he knows his weaknesses (a Good Thing), but it shows when he is under fire or in trouble.

I couldn't help think of the Joe Louis', JJW's, Marciano's, Ali's, Forman's, Holmes', Bugner's, Tyson's, LL's, Bowe's, and the list is endless, when you include all the other champions & great contenders.

he is by comparison a Fringe Contender in a sea of them.

 

Clueless mate. Didn’t 90% of the forum think he was gonna lose the rematch , wasn’t that a risk then? And what fighters have taken risks then?

 

I didn’t find the fight that exciting once it became clear AJ was content to box to a decision win and Ruiz couldn’t get near him.

But it was only dull because of the vast disparity in ability. Yes Ruiz was overweight but had AJ boxes like that in the first fight this would never have happened.

It was a boxing exhibition. I’d have liked AJ to be a bit more active in spells. There were points where he was just dancing from side to side for about 30 seconds. Had he threw a few more punches throughout I think he’d have stopped Ruiz late. But job done, it was a masterclass. It was a balanced way to fight. Not the complete jab, jab, hug we got with Klitschko for years (who I still consider a great fighter). He only tied up when he really had to and still went for the power shots, just didn’t overcommit.

I’ve, oddly, been labelled a Fury fan boy before but it was far more positive an approach than Fury in his biggest fights. Though they have been against better fighters than Ruiz.

 

Clueless - check what I posted.

I posted numerous times that I would still be shocked if Anthony Fury-Klitschko lost to the little fat pudding.

In fact it was disgraceful that he lost to the little fat blob in the first place - what a legacy!!!