I was asked by a friend today who would win now out of Joshua and Tyson Fury, so I gave it some thought before answering him. As great as the fight was on saturday it appeared to me that Joshua simply did the pop the jab out purely to throw the big right. I can't help thinking that Fury would do exactly the same to him as he did to Klitschko, long reach, leaning back and just keep catching him when he has to over extend to try and land his bombs. I know it would never happened but I think a Klitschko vs Joshua would be a great fight. It seems that in the heavyweights these days they just don't use the jab as a scoring punch, purely as a leader for the overhand right.
Don't personally believe it is fair to put Joshua and Fury in the same sentence at the minute, one was impressive in beating arguably the best fighter on the planet, where as the other was impressive in beating a good prospect. Joshua could be good enough to beat Fury one day but has a lot of learning to do before there is a real chance of that happening in my opinion.
Joshua is not fighting behind a jab because he doesn't have to when he can get quick KO's and blast outs vs lower tier and old men, although Whyte almost caught him. I do think it's a flaw because that style against a guy with a tight defense and solid jab is not ideal, think Foreman vs Ali or Tyson vs Douglas.
I think I'm a bit more of a believer in the old Cliche "If you're good enough then you're old enough", it was the case with Mike Tyson and can you really see very much changing in 3-5 fights with hoe Joshua fights ? I just can't help feeling that he is too big, power wins every time up to a certain level, but suddenly when you get a fast smaller guy, maybe like a David Haye there is the potential of looking very slow and very static
I suppose the question is can he adapt when he needs to ? Can he box to a points win if it's the requirement against an explosive smaller fighter ?
Not overnight, you look at Lewis and Wlad who only developed that way via Manny Steward after losses. Fury has a solid foundation now and he did not earlier on, but he needed it to beat Wlad at his own game. I just think Joshua is weighted on offense, which might well get him belts and a decent reign but sooner or later he'll come unstuck.
I think right now Fury beats Joshua. That may not be the the case in a few years who knows but I think Joshua is physically at his peak. He can improve technical aspects though.
I suspect Fury will beat Joshua whenever they fight. And Joshua might be better than Frank Bruno. I just think it's wise for us to believe in the genius of Tyson Fury at the moment. There's more to him than meets the eye.
