When did Joshua's résumé become overrated?

When it comes to Wilder, I'd say Joshua has the stronger resume, but he also has by far worse losses especially in his prime. Wilder has two prime losses to Fury, who's the second best heavyweight today.

Joshua lost his zero to a last second substitute, unranked chubster who never really went on to amount to much (though I'd say this was from a lack of dedication rather than a lack of talent). If Wilder lost his 0 to Ruiz, we'd NEVER hear the end of it on here.

 

**** me! Joshua's win over Klitschko is better than Wilder's entire career.

His win over Povetkin is better than Wilder's entire career.

His win over Parker is better than Wilder's entire career.

His win over Ruiz is about equal to Wilder's entire career.

His win over Whyte is better than any single win on Wilder's resume.

Seriously, OP, think of this the next time you are riding in the back of the short bus to school, masturbating to pics of Wilder on your government issued Cricket phone.

 

From day dot.

 

Joshuas resume overtook Wilders very quickly. Tbh in terms of depth its probably slightly better than Furys too.

Not saying its a particularly great resume even, it isnt. But he did fight top 10 level guys much more consistently than the other two did.

 

If Joshua was so bad, how did he beat a well seasoned Klitschko?

 

I'm not an AJ fan at all but his résumé is much better than Wilder's. That is clear in most people's eyes.

 

Not a fan of either fighter but do respect Wilders willingness to go out on his shield when taking a loss. Both fighters fought most of there careers at home however Joshua has the better resume imo and whilst some people love to p*ss all over Wilders resume let’s not forget that Wilder stopped Arreola in 8 rounds in 2016 whilst Joshua conqueror Ruiz went life and death with Arreola over 4 years later (Arreola was also coming off a loss in his previous fight) before getting the win on points. I’m not a fan of Hearn either but his marketing and match making of Joshua was and still is nothing short of brilliant .

 

AJ undoubtedly has a better resume than Wilder.

His legacy is he was the best HW from beating Klitschko until Fury beat Wilder.

 

It was at its most overrated when AJ was champion because people were acting like his competition was so much better than Furys and Wilders. Especially after he regained the title after the whole Ruiz thingy.

 

Not by a large margin. And especially not when they were both champions.

 

Of course not by a large margin, they be er faced each other when they both held titles.

But AJ was the higher ranked and beat the better people.

 

But AJs fans did act like it was a substantial margin.

AJ, Fury and Wilders resumes were all bad for champs and the era should be generally viewed as such. But AJs somehow gotten removed from that category and acting like he fought a level of competition that they didn't when they fought so many common opponents. And thats really my big issue.

 

Everyone's fan act like their favourite is the better one.

Fury's fans felt he had the best resume.

Wilders fans felt he had the best resume.

Your issue should be with all 3 boxers.

 

Joshua still has the deepest resume of them all.

Old Man Klitschko, Parker, Whyte, Ruiz, Old Man Povetkin, Old Man Pulev, 2017 Takam, back then unbeaten Martin and Brezeale, Wallin who was ranked as #10 by the Ring at the time.

Not to mention that while his losses are held against him, Joshua still got into the ring with the likes of Usyk and Dubois, and beforehand would have been in the ring with every meaningful contender (Ruiz, Parker, Whyte, and would get into the ring with Ortiz had his manager not rejected the offer.)

He has shortcomings, but it's absolutely insane to consider him overrated unless you take all the Eddie media hyping too seriously and personally. He really put himself out there even without Saudi money.