Joshua vs Ngannou

AJ UD

 

AJ wins via TKO in about 8 or 9 rounds in a somewhat easy fight.
I genuinely like Ngannou but I think the Fury fight flattered him. I believe Tyson is declining and didn't take the bout seriously.
Ultimately Francis is still a bit of an unknown quantity in the boxing ring but I suspect this fight will put things into perspective. This is the legacy of a self indulgent Fury mis-step. And it will soon come to an end.

 

I think the most likely outcome is AJ on points. If anyone is getting KO'd though its more likely to be him. Hes a bit of a glass cannon whereas Ngannou is sturdy AF and likely hits even harder than him.

 

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This will be such an easy fight for AJ.... Literally walk in a Velvet park. Kind of Charles Martin fight.

 

Bear in mind AJ has never been knocked out... And he's been in with some big punchers, too.

This reputation for being "glass" is an invention of the Fury/Wilder windowlicking brigade.

Stiff and lacking instinct definitely, but his chin is better than most.

 

I agree with this - Ngannou has taken flush roundhouses in MMA and seems to have an adamantium chin - the only way I see a stoppage is a TKO if Joshua is wailing away and Ngannou is not throwing back and the ref steps in, but think Ngannou is game enough and has enough pop to keep Joshua on the outside and very cautious like he was in the Ruiz rematch

 

I'm not part of the Fury/Wilder windowlicker brigade. I think Wilder is even more fragile tbh. Fury is better than those two defensively and in terms of recovery though, so if hes getting caught and dropped that badly by Ngannou its bad news for AJ imo.

AJ doesnt have a terrible chin but hes not all that hard to hurt either, its happened multiple times. Ngannou is granite in comparison, and on top of that hes most likely the stronger harder hitting man and better athlete (how often does AJ find himself in this position?) AND has nothing to lose and everything to gain in this fight. If this becomes a war instead of a boring boxing match it favours him imo.

 

Joshua probably beats Nagano but it depends how good his chin is. It looks v. solid to me but Joshua has hurt lots of guys.

 

Ngannou would need to catch AJ early, he'll be exhausted by the later rounds.

 

Aj doesn't have great stamina
Francis will hang with him no problem

 

He doesn't but it's still much better than Ngannou's.

 

Yep. And let’s be honest, if Joshua can survive power shots from Wlad (albeit a 41 year old one) ngannou isn’t going to get him out of there with one shot. And Ruiz has extremely fast hands, something ngannou really doesn’t.

Joshua needs to be careful in the clinch and when backing out of it. Other than that, he should pick ngannou apart. This might actually end earlier than expected because nobody has put ngannou on ***** Street yet and he’s not used to having to stay upright in that situation. Especially against a world class boxer.

 

How are people actually thinking Nganau has a chance an 0-1 MMA fighter against a former 2x world champion still in his prime

This fight is simply a cash grab pure and simple

 

While Ngannou still remains a largely unknown entity, he has demonstrated very high levels of durability and granite determination. I think he can certainly beat a lot of heavyweight contenders through his freak physical and mental gifts. I think he would struggle massively with a great pure boxer and mover like Usyk, or someone like Wilder (who may now be passed it). I think he will once again surpass expectation and cause AJ more trouble than expected.

I’m backing Joshua to win on points with a few cagey moments along the way. A late stoppage may happen if AJ can show the same lethal power he did earlier on his career.

 

As long as Joshua is on his feet at the final bell he will get the decision as we seen in the fury fight, ngannou isn’t allowed to rock the boat too much... But I think AJ’s going to replicate his ruiz 2 game plan and run a marathon that night, I think Ngannou’s chin will stop him getting stopped unless it’s TKO