What Makes Joshua So Athletic

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  1. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    No he is not. I think he is a better athlete than Wilder who is a good athlete as well.
     
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  2. Joeywill

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    He doesn't have 1 punch knockout power. Not really. His power is very overrated.
     
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  3. Joeywill

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    Not even close. Wilders power and stamina put him in different class than AJ. AJ has the better feet.

    I wonder if Anthony Joshua can even dunk a basketball.

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    This is pathetic for a 6'6 pro athlete who is considered a great athlete
     
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  4. Joeywill

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    I disagree. He moved well vs Ruiz and even in this fight. I think the weakest parts of his skillset are his upper body movement, gas tank and then chin.
     
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  5. DoubleJab666

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    Key words 'Moved well vs Ruiz' :lol:
     
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  6. Joeywill

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    I know I know. His footwork is good for a man his size. It's better than Lennoxs imo.
     
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  7. African Cobra

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    He is not a basket ball player like Wilder but doubt Wilder is the soccer or rugby player AJ is. You could coach AJ to be a basketball player.
     
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  8. ivancho

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    Aj is too robotic because he spent too much time lifting weights and those kind of excercises I always tought that boxers should be more focused on calisthenics full range motion excercises and only a small amount of weight excercises. Then spend more hours doing shadow boxing and hitting the bag
     
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  9. African Cobra

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    I don’t think so.
     
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  10. DoubleJab666

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    It's not better than Lewis' - Lennox had lateral movement, could exit left or right according to his needs whereas Joshua essentially works in straight lines. Lewis was efficient with his movements to get in and out of range, which partly explains why he rarely gassed despite being pretty much the same height and weight as Mr Meltdown.

    One of the reasons Joshua gases is due to the inefficiency of his footwork - he has to put in a lot more effort to get in and out of range than would be the case if he had good feet. He's certainly improved it over the years - in his early days it was atrocious - but it's not good, or as good as Lewis'...
     
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  11. African Cobra

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    AJ is the type who wins 100 metres races.
     
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  12. Serge

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    He's fast for someone of his gargantuan dimensions, pretty light on his feet, and obviously very powerful

    But Usyk's athleticism is predictably highly underrated

    He's so fluid, agile, quick, coordinated and light on his feet for a big man. He moves like a lightweight and he's very physically strong (held his own in the clinch with the much bigger and heavier AJ and even got the better of it at times), superb engine, and is super tough to boot.

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    Er.

    Gassiev
    AJ
    Majidov
    Breidis
    Chisora
    Nistor
    Beterviev
    Joyce
    Glowacki
    Bellew
    Huck
    Hunter
    Clemente Russo
    Levit
    Goulamirian
    Kunkabayev
    Leinier Perot

    And a ton more hard punching quality amateurs whose names the casuals would know nothing about
     
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  13. Joeywill

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    I don't think so. I think Anthony Joshua lacks coordination
     
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  14. Joeywill

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    I remember watching the David Tua fight and Lennox Lewis was stumbling all over the place. Think Joshua would have won alot more easily.
     
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  15. Joeywill

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    That's another thing. Anthony Joshuas physical strength is very overrated. He couldn't really bully Usyk using his strength.
     
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