Why I love Anthony Joshua - His vulnerability is part of the reason why he's enjoyable to watch!

Fury and Usyk look a lot more indestructible. That's not to say they haven't had their tense moments, but when they are fully fit and focused, they've been mostly dominant over their opposition.

AJ's vulnerability partially what makes him so exciting to watch. If he is to beat top fighters, then he's going to probably get hurt in the process, and look very beatable. It's almost as if you're going to see AJ needing to climb mountains in a Rocky-esque sort of way to win.

Why isn't this appreciated more? If AJ wins a big fight, it feels a lot more dramatic and also an uphill struggle if AJ wins. We know he's not as skilled as the likes of Fury and Usyk, but who cares?

AJ vs Wlad - Possibly the best Heavyweight showdown in the last 15-20 years. AJ almost lost.

AJ vs 38 yo Povetkin - Povetkin really worried AJ with his skills, but AJ hurt him and beat him

AJ vs Ruiz 1/2 - AJ got his tactics wrong and got KO'd, rematched and won by changing his style. Caused plenty of sellable drama.

AJ vs Pulev - Tense drama before hand, KO'd someone with a chin from the the gods. Brutal KD's and KO.

AJ vs Whyte - AJ got hurt, and almost KO'd in the 2nd round, came back and brutally KO'd whyte.

AJ vs Usyk 2 - Even if he loses, if goes out on his shield, he's still going to draw in viewers. He may not go down as the VERY best of his generation, but you don't need to be #1 to be remembered and loved.

AJ vs Wilder - Hypothetical fight. If you put Fury in AJ's position, 95% of the time it's an obvious outcome. But if it's AJ vs Wilder, this could easily end in a brutal KO for either. Which is more interesting?

TL;DR - As a boxing fan, you may appreciate the better boxers for their skills, but are the better boxers always the best entertainers? Not always.

AJ is a good boxer, but not ATG level boxer. But he could be an ATG entertainer! DEFINITELY will well deserve being a HOF'er.

You don't have to see him as ATG to give him credit. His Hype is not his own making, he has done enough as a man and as a fighter to deserve plenty of ****ing respect.

 

Thoughts?

 

Nah Povetkin is my man bae.

 

Regardless of what you think of his personality, which I think is good because of how dedicated he is to the sport, you cannot deny he's been part of so much drama in the ring though.

His fights are rarely boring. That's what I mean.

And yes Pulev has a fantastic chin. It took Wladmir 4 knockdowns to knock him out, and AJ 3. He took some lethal shots from AJ and held on.

Not say Pulev is elite fighter, he was fringe top 10 at his peak, but that chin is insane. Not the greatest chin in the division, but one of the best IMO.

Joyce is the granite chin.

 

Don't think so. He's beaten everyone's fought besides Usyk. Losing to Usyk again would be no shame as Usyk could be argued to be number one.

Joshua could still be everyone else.

 

U mad?

 

Makes up for the ****ing hate threads though. I don't see why respecting a fighter is bannable, and most of my threads made good solid points, they're not some of the low effort **** you get some time.

Making low effort threads to hate on a fighter should be ****ing bannable.