Are you really sure about saying that Joshua is an elite world champion ? Think very hard about what’s come before him in terms of heavyweight greats before you put him in that category
It's not irrelevant if the guy you think is the division's number 1 is a better boxer than the one who just managed to easily take half a dozen rounds off of one of the other champion in the division people are making a case for. I don't think Wallin's such a bad opponent that beating an old man you'd already KO'd before in a rematch means you can jump above the guy who beat you when you met the year before.
His last opponent was a Swedish bouncer dude. He was a walking talking definition of bum. The fact you want to claim he pushed through vs that level of opponent is simply ridiculous.
Since you're into stating facts, consider these facts: The most fundamental essence of the sport can be summarized as...Hit and don't get hit. And that is exactly what AJ did yesterday to an outstanding degree. He demonstrated, for 36 minutes, the boxing skills necessary to HIT and NOT GET HIT. The result was a near shutout over a man who was ranked in the world's top four HWs. Fact !
Against an obese man half his size I will give him some credit, he moved well and fought exactly like Wlad But do you not think he looked vulnerable the rare times he was tagged? I spent years watching Wlad grab and jab and he single handedly destroyed interest in the division. I respect Wlads accomplishments, but he could put a glass eye to sleep I don't want to see Aj stink up the division for another 5-10 years Anyway, he will be fighting mandatories for a couple of years, so we may get used to Wlad mark 2