Joshua's punching power is overrated

Problem with joshua is that he should have not been trained to be a boxer puncher and just to go and brawl with more head movement. the way he knocked down wladimir in the 5th round was crazy good and rob mccracken should have saw what he was capable of with that but joshua got mentally destroyed in that fight and was never the same.

 

Oh, I actually thought you were more referring to the fact I put Zhang in with Tyson, not the other way around. Late reply I know.

By the way dude, you had me freaked out when I saw in my alerts that 99 other users had quoted my post. I assume that's why you called yourself that? Hahaha.

 

That was my mischievious intention.

I truly consider Zhang to be an ATG power puncher. The way he destroyed Joyce was a marvel, though I admit I rate his chin more off the eye test than his CV. Never really fought a puncher other than DuBois, and by all accounts he fought cautiously then. Still, I have never really seen a heavyweight shrug off punches like he used to - that is, before Zhang. Was like a super heavyweight Golovkin.

 

Agreed. Zhang is limited but he cracked Joyce’s iron chin.

He may need a cumbersome opponent to demonstrate it but for me has the heaviest hands by some distance in todays game

 

His stamina is atrocious, but other than that he is an accomplished boxer. Very fast hands for his size.

Makes you wonder why he didn't take a competitive fight until so old.

That Forrest (?) draw and the health issues that followed it set him back but that fight was like when he was in his late 30s, if I am not mistaken. Not to mention Forrest being a journeyman himself.

Was he just too difficult to promote?

 

Why is it that people can't give Joshua credit for anything? No, he's not the best of all time or close to it but he still has clear skills and natural abilities. One of those is serious punching power. He hits extremely hard and that's undeniable.

 

Agreed.

Loads of evidence out there.

Look at how quickly he got wily, slick Kevin Johnson out of there. Did he not go the distance with DuBois like 5 years later?

I also distinctly remember Wallin losing his soul pretty much the moment Joshua start landing punches on him. Sure did not do that against a desparate Fury looking for a stoppage.