Thank you Serge I'm no AJ fan but it's overboard here right now He got absolutely battered last night but he has had a fantastic career People saying he ducked Wilder are on some heavy crack Wilder wouldn't even fight Dillian Whyte ffs Some of his wins, the fighters were passed prime but I'd love to see a list of alternatives At that point, the division was in a state of change and the fighters in their 30s were clinging to thier rankings So you fight these contenders (remember the orgs determines this) Lads a bit weird with the stuff he says but he gave British Boxing a real boost and in turn ended up getting other brits paydays they otherwise would never have got because of the boom period
You're welcome Yes, he's fought a lot of KO artists and big punchers and beat a lot of very good fighters. Sure, Wlad and Povetkin were 41 and 39 y/o respectively and well past their primes but they were still good fighters and extremely powerful KO artists with one shot KO power in both hands. Dubois is a devastating punching 250lb man mountain with a KO 95% with devastating power in both hands and an excellent and extremely powerful jab and he's also got skills and speed too. He could KO anyone AJ's career is somewhat similar to Lennox Lewis' career. Both big punching British HW champs and Olympic gold medalists who have been stopped twice. Lewis avenged both KO loses, AJ has avenged one and has a chance to avenge the other. Difference is AJ has two losses to a generational great and slick southpaw in Usyk, Lewis never fought a slick southpaw, let alone a generational great one of Usyk's calibre otherwise he would have two Ls to them too The Dosser is useless and had he shared a ring with AJ he would've got the Charles Martin treatment I don't even like AJ, especially after his post-fight meltdown against Usyk, but he's fought almost everyone, has had a great career, and has achieved an awful lot
AJ is too tentative. He did have some success in round 5 after he let his hand go but then forgot to defend against counters. If he had better jabbing/clinching technique he could do it to Dubois all night. I mean seeing him stepping back with his hands at his chest after he has been rocked with overhead punches - damn, what was he thinking?
I’ve watched that fight a few times over the years and it’s certainly a strange one, Klitschko really did let Joshua off the hook that night,only thing I can think off is the hard drive sewn into the hood of his boxing robe which he was going to auction off for charity,which among other things apparently told how and which way the fight would go and how he would win. My guess was it said a points decision win but Joshua caught him down the stretch and stopped him in the 11th round and ended that auction .
And last night we saw Joshua do what many said Klitchko should have done: go for the kill when the opponent was hurt. It was a big mistake.
AJ's downfall reminds me of Ronda Rousey's. After losing, they lost their entire confidence and brain froze in the ring afterwards completely unsure of themselves and not fighting on instincts anymore.