AJ maybe be more powerful but I feel wlads experience will get him the win AJ will have issues with that jab power means nothing if you can't find the target I'm not scared of no silverback behind a cage a old man can stand poke the silverback all day and he wont be able to do anything its all about the skills.
Except there is no cage holding it back. I will take youth in this specific case. I could be wrong but whatever.
Would be hilarious if Wlad sits back and throws 10 punches a round uses 'movement' and doesn't engage so Joshua can't land anything and wins a Decision. The Brits will have to accept that Wlad put on a 'masterclass' and 'schooled' Joshua if that happens.
If what you just described actually happens ill be the first to say that Wlad produced a masterclass.
Only it wouldn't be a 'masterclass' or a 'schooling'. A masterclass or schooling is what Calzaghe did to Lacy. Sitting back and throwing 10 or 12 punches a round isn't that. Sorry.
How does somebody lose to a guy only throwing 10 punches a round? That was the number he landed silly. Fury threw well over 300 punches over the 12 round masterclass.
If Wlad's last 2 fights are any indication, he has lost far more than a few steps, the problematic thing for him is that he was outmaneuvered by Tyson Fury, he was old, slow, couldn't get off shots. The Jennings fight was a prelude to that. If he can't pull the trigger, and can't move, he's a sitting duck. They claim it was an off night, those were his last two fights in a span of 3 years, he hasn't been a destructive force since 2014. I think his age shows even more in this fight.
Joshua doesn't move around the ring like Jennings and nowhere as good as Fury. Wlad looks like a destructive force when guys are in front of him with limited movement like Pulev which only took place 6 months before the Jennings fight. Wlad could barely pull the trigger against Haye for the same reason as he couldn't against Fury and he was in his absolute prime in that fight. Wlad isn't past it. He's had an old man conservative style for most of his championship run. He has a good chance to beat AJ due to his flat footed style and lack of experience.
That's true, Wlad has been the conservative, minimize action guy for a while but, the troubling thing about that is that Haye refused to pull the trigger as well so Wlad didn't have to pay for being tentative, and Tyson just didn't have the manpower to detonate Wlad. AJ, lumbering giant that he is, is gonna throw hard. I don't think Wlad is at the age where he can win a shootout with a young guy. It'll be interesting.
