The official Joshua vs Molina prediction thread....

Joshua inside 3 rounds.

Still baffles me how he went 9 rounds with Wilder, after already having two KO1 losses on his record.

 

Joshua KO. I think Molina has improved since he was KO'ed in 1 by Arreola but having said that he'll still do well to make it beyond 3 rounds. I expect Joshua to KO him in the 2nd or 3rd round. At the best if Joshua decides to get some rounds in instead of the usually seek and destroy approach it will go 5-6 rounds but that's only if Joshua lets it go that long.

 

Joshua KO 5.

Molina is fairly tough imo.

 

Ashanti Jordan KO1

 

The fact he's been KO'ed twice in a round suggests he isn't that tough. But Molina has a punchers chance at the very least, despite losing to Wilder and Arreola, he did hurt them both before being KO'ed, so clearly he cracks hard enough to be a threat should Joshua take Molina too lightly.

 

Challengers fight champions harder .

 

Don't know much about the first fight of Molina's career, however in the Arreola bout he got reckless after landing a good right hand in the first round and left himself wide open. The punches that put him down would put most of the HW division down too in my opinion. He seems to be improving too, both KO1 losses were a while ago. When Molina fought Wilder he was much more disciplined, and I think he'll bring that to the Joshua fight.

I'm not saying he's very tough or anything, but decent enough, with, as you say, enough power to keep things interesting. Breazeale and Whyte went 7 with Joshua and Molina went 9 with Wilder, so 5 rounds isn't unreasonable in my opinion.

 

Pretty much what Robney said

 

I see it going until about the 6-7 round mark. Similar type fight to Brazeale.

 

Molina has no power. That is just representative to how bad Wilder and Arreola's punch resistance is. Joshua is also Glass Jawed but I doubt Molina gets close enough to him. Should be a very short and easy night for Joshua.

 

AJ via ko in 4 rounds