They were Olympic rivals, now they are both top contenders with no title. Zhang obviously poses a huge stylistic threat to Joshua and he would make a lot of money+get a change at revenge, and Joshua would stand to make a lot of money and boost his confidence beating a giant in China. Can Joshua survive those bombs? Can Zhang catch Joshua if Joshua decides to run?
Joshua would lose that fight He should go back to the journeyman relm from wence he came, and get matched up with someone like Michael Coffie, or a rematch with Eric Moline. Not only are those potentially winnable fights, but he'd dissolve into obscurity, and the boxing world will be finally be free of the pathetic, overrated hypejob.
AJ would lose Zhang because he, at this stage, lacks the determination it takes at the top levels of boxing. He is stiff and is not willing to go to war when his plan fails. He needs to join the other muscular morons at the WWE.
I don't think so at all. No way AJ is KOing somebody as big as Zhang. Hrgovic couldn't even put a dent in him. Meanwhile there is no way AJ is taking Zhang's punches.
AJ has much better defence than Hrgovic and wouldn't eat as many flush shots. Zhang isn't some crazy heavy hitter, his power is normal for a top 10 heavy.
Zhang is unironically the biggest puncher to ever live. 277 pounds of pure power. If the guy had a gas tank he would be all KOs. He just gasses out in 6 after throwing five punches a round. Zhang walks the Earth like a dragon
WTF Am I reading... AJ would batter Zhang, AJ is really getting treated like a bum, he beats anyone not named Usyk/Fury comfortably, although I believe he has a 30% chance vs Fury
AJ crushes him inside 6. There's levels to this sport, and just because Usyk can outbox AJ doesn't mean anyone else can.
Lets not go overboard just because Zhang exposed Hrgovic's weaknesses. Hrgovic or Zhang haven't fought anyone on Joshua's level. Joshua is better defensively than Hrgovic who has always been very straight up with almost no head movement and can't fight as effectively as AJ on the back foot. Also unlike Hrgovic, AJ is good inside, no way Zhang bosses AJ inside like he did Hrgovic. I also see those body shots which hurt Usyk emptying Zhang's meager gas tank pretty quickly.
If Joshua can survive the first 6 rounds of Chinese Power then he would win, as Zhang simply doesn’t have a good gas tank Otherwise there’s a serious chance that Big Bang Zhang would flatline him early