Just how good is Tony Yoka?

He's packing glass. Once he steps up, he'll be annihilated.

 

He's a bit behind his others from the class of Rio 2016 but to be fair to him he was banned for the 2nd half of 2018 and the first half of 2019 then Covid pandemic prevented him fighting for most of 2020.

But's he's fighting Hammer 2 months after the Duhaupas win so it looks like he's trying to make up for lost time. Let's just hope he and his opponents can avoid getting Covid last thing he needs is further delays as he's lost too much time already.

 

Lol you say that about everyone who hasn't taken a nuclear bomb to the chin and not blinked but this time you're probably right.

 

Only wanting to box and carve his career out in France is really going to hurt him. He openly said that he wants to do what AJ achieved in the UK

 

Better than yoko ono....

 

I think there is a real demand but the media do not talk enough about boxing outside the Olympics or Klitschko vs Mormeck for example and the promoters do very few interesting events.

But they are trying to build a real champion with Yoka. There was huge publicity around him after the Games.

 

Tony Yoka is the real deal, a direct threat to Fury-Joshua-Wilder. Clearly head of all the fellow PED using prospects (who will duck him at all costs). Down-on-their-luck Promoters will try to defame the Giant Tony Yoka, hoping to create space for their 2nd tier prospects

 

If he was an Easy KO, everybody will be looking to add that HL-Undefeated record-Medal on their record....Get real, Tony Yoka is an English Mile ahead of all prospects, even today he is a favorite over Anthony Joshua, can't be counted out vs Wilder or Fury

 

I'd say hes miles better than Ajagba, I'm not sold on him.

 

I think Yoka is definitely better than Ajagba. Ajagba is even more chinny and certainly less technically skilled than Yoka.

 

He was hurt and holding on for dear life vs Jonathan Rice in his 2nd pro fight and has been stopped multiple times in the amateurs. He's a bit like a SHW version of Khan, really great speed and movement for his size (his power also seems to be good), but he's just fast for the sake of being fast and when he gets caught he gets caught out of position, with his head up and looks like a deer in the headlights.

 

I actually think he's pretty good, though he seems to get criticised a lot. He's obviously pretty athletic (genuinely athletic, not Deontay Wilder athletic), hard hitting and skilled. He needs to sort out his PED programme though. Been caught way too often at this stage for a man with his backing and access to cutting edge drugs. It shows sloppiness and lack of professionalism at this early stage in his career.

 

They need to market him a bit better, maybe hes a bigger deal in France I'm not sure. Huge good looking guy with power, won a gold medal, should be getting similar hype to AJ when he was at this stage. I suppose the Ped stuff hasn't helped him.