Joshua will fight Molina

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  1. baconmaker

    baconmaker Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    What a missmatch joke fight this is. Joshua is starting to feel like Wilder 2# in matchmaking.
     
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  2. Mendoza

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    Are you for real? Molina?
     
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  3. liger1992

    liger1992 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not great but with Dec 10 being the date got any other opponents in mind? The division doesn't have enough depth.
     
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  4. shavers

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    Wlad ran away when **** started to get real...Molina was the best they could get at short notice...
     
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  5. K.D

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    Yeah because Joshua really wanted to fight Molina...

    Start following the news maybe?
     
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  6. dellboi94

    dellboi94 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    tbf to Joshua, they wanted Wlad, Pulev or Parker but none of those fights came through. Parker and Pulev ducked Joshua, but Parker will never get criticized for it as he's held to a different standard. If that scenario was the other way round, Joshua would have been called a ducker.
     
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  7. lufcrazy

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    My preference in order:

    Wlad
    Ortiz
    Pulev
    Takam
    Duahapas
    Haye

    After that no other victory means anything anyways.

    People shouldn't dress it up, this is a very disappointing fight.
     
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  8. devon2

    devon2 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It's what his 18th fight? I'd say Joshua is doing pretty good for himself considering that.
     
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  9. lufcrazy

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    Problem is Charles Martin and Dom Brezeale were both world ranked contenders in the top ten.

    Molina is unranked.

    If Joshua is gonna pretend to be a champion he should be facing ranked opposition.
     
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  10. stebinn

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    Terrible fight. The only thing Molina has beaten is the corpse of Tomasz Adamek. Boxing ****ed up as usual. Not even going to bother with this fight. Nobody really should.
     
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  11. Unforgiven

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    Which top 10 was Dominic Breazeale ranked in ?
     
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  12. Unforgiven

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    Eddie Hearn said all along that he didn't really want AJ-Parker this year, so he was very happy to let Parker go the WBO route, and I doubt he made any effort to entice Parker towards AJ.
    Both camps seemed to have the same agenda : Fight next year.
     
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  13. dellboi94

    dellboi94 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In an ideal world, you're right but they never ruled it out and it was a possibility. Parker in reality was the one that could have forced that through. There were discussions about the fight.
     
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  14. Unforgiven

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    Hearn has been dropping Eric Molina's name as a challenger ever since AJ won the IBF title, so it's not really a late-minute choice.

    Luis Ortiz should have been offered the fight. He deserves a title shot and Hearn has him signed.
     
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  15. Unforgiven

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    Yes, but it's a bit strong to say "Parker ducked". That's all.
     
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