M.Tyson states that AJ has trouble fighting smaller fighters because he`s too big

Absolutely not. If taller was worse, minimumweights would be moving around Tyson Fury like nothing, as they're faster and sometimes less clumsy. Taller and heavier is better, two men of equal skill with no stylistic advantage with different sizes will always favor the larger fighter.

 

He has problems fighting fat sumo wrestlers that can take his punch. I suppose Wlad had similar problems with Sam Peter. Maybe the bodybuilder won't be so gun ho against these huge overweight behemoths next time around.

 

He's just not a good boxer he's a great boxer

 

Andre Ward would have beaten him. Made him miss, thus making him gas early, then body shots + one head shot = KO.

 

Not no, but **** no.

 

Why not? Guy has slow handspeed and COMPLETELY gasses in 4-5 rounds when fighting at even a moderate pace. When you are that gassed, even the littlest shots will rock you, especially those to the body. And when you miss so many power punches, you gas that much even more quickly. Easy win.

 

Ward won't be able to force any kind of pace on Joshua, he's too small. It won't matter that Joshua has gassed in some fights. Ward will stay on the outside taking little risks. He gets blasted out at some point. Ruiz is the only guy to beat him, and he needed power, a chin, and an aggressive style. Ward has neither (not a bad chin but against Joshua, it won't matter, he's too small).

 

Clunky and chinny.

 

This is precisely why he's going to give tyson fury trouble. Although fury highly surpasses Aj in technical skill. Fury is a larger target than practically all joshuas opponents and since hes a bit taller and doesnt punch as hard, Aj will be better when they go toe to toe. When fury realizes this mid fight he'll revert to fighting behind a jab and moving around like he did against klitschko. At that point Joshuas only way to beat fury is to come forward and put extreme pressure to put fury in a very uncomfortable position and work the body extensively to nullify his defence and slow him down much like joe fraizer did to ali but i dont think joshua has the skill to do it but maybe im wrong and he does. I have fury on points in a life and death match

 

I think with AJ, if you look at the times he has been in trouble..

He throws the right hand, and against a smaller man he is punching downwards and he doesn't bring that right hand back up very well and is open to a left hook.

AJ is also extremely vulnerable when any fighter punches with him, he stands static, plants his feet and puts all his weight in to that right hand and if he doesn't land cleanly or misses then he ends up slightly off balance and/or falls forward and in to range and if he is fighting somebody with small arms and again can throw a left hook then AJ is bang in trouble.

 

You really had to break down Ward vs Joshua

 

Ward vs Joshua

 

Byrd beat Tua and Vitali and in fact was beating Vitali before Vitali's shoulder injury; why would it be surprising that Ward would beat Joshua?