Ortiz and Parker will both win

I'm British so obviously want Joshua to win..

But I would laugh so hard I'd crack ribs if that happened, it would be very funny if after all those twitter call outs and some twitter exchanges, all the hype, even talk of splits and everything else both Joshua and Wilder lose.

Hmmmm, Maybe I have a strange sense of humour.

 

Orttiz has a better shot than parker imo. Out of the 4, Joshua is the more polished fighter of the bunch.

 

Takam recently pointed out the comparison between Joshua and Parker. The fight might be closer than some people think.

 

Joshua always has the Brit stoppage up his sleave. The Takam stoppage was a joke and the WK one was way early for me also.

 

That is a worry, OTM

Let's hope not....

 

Sadly I agree, I REALLY want Parker to win but I think Ortiz has a better shot - and I also think Ortiz is the more polished fighter, if he had Wilder's physical attributes he'd be a complete monster.

 

Neither guy is going to win. Both are going to get stopped in the mid to late rounds.

 

Nope.

 

Ortiz actually has an outside chance to win on points, as recent opponents of Wilder have shown taking rounds off him early can be done. Of course the scoring especially in the Szpilka fight was scandalous - so there is always that.

I can't see any way Parker wins without a KO. He doesn't throw enough and when he does he tires and takes a few rounds to recover. AJ will be too active to give up a decision.

 

Hard to say, a huge amount of people were saying Takam would be lucky to get past the third - he got a few close rounds, officially one won of them and if there wasn't a Brit stoppage probably would have made the final bell.

 

I can easily see Parker making the final bell. Just over there he'd have to very clearly win rounds to pocket them. He hasn't really done that with his step up fights vs Takam, Ruiz and Hughie which has led to so much debate on those results. Hard to see him doing it against AJ given the fact he has probably lost <10 rounds in his career.

 

I truly believe Parker can win.

Speed, movement, angles, chin.... He can do it.

 

Really hope he can. I will just eat my hat if it is on points.

 

Points?

Hmmmm

 

I can not imagine that Parker will knockout Joshua here. I have respect for Parker, he is a good fighter with power in his fast hands but let us be honest: He only knocked out only two of his last six opponents (beyond his prime Dimitrenko and +40 Haumono). He had several tight fights where he simply did not have the game plan to knock out his opponent and i can not see a change here because Joshua is definitely the best moving opponent he ever faced. This does not mean that Parker can not win by points but i doubt it. For me Joshua should take this comfortably by a late round stoppage if Parker runs out of gas or by a straight UD. I like Parker, he is a well rounded fighter but he is not complete enough to take down AJ here. I simply do not see that coming.

Ortiz is another case. Wilder only fought one southpaw opponent in the last years and this was Szpilka who troubled him a lot, this was a close fight where the scoring till the knockout was a bit much in my opinion (78-74 twice and 76-74). Nevertheless it was probably the closest fight Wilder had in terms of the pure fight not the result in the end. Ortiz definitely is the better fighter compared to Szpilka. If Ortiz gets in shape and will be smart he can win by any result here. Wilder is not untouchbale.