Wladimir Klitschko was never in the ring with a fighter like AJ

Wladimir's best wins are Pulev , Povetkin , Haye , Chagaev , Peter and Byrd.

All of them were smaller than him , the average height of them is 6 ft 2.
The average reach is 76 inches.

Anthony Joshua is 6 ft. 6 and has a reach of 82 inches.

The only time where Wlad was in the ring with a taller fighter than him who was
actually good , was in the fight with Tyson Fury and he lost.

I know that AJ is not comparable to Fury but it is safe to say that Wlad's biggest
strength against his best opponents , was his height and reach advantage.

He doesn't have this advantage in the fight against AJ and he was never in the ring
with someone who had similar handspeed and power at similar height.

We all know that Wladimir Klitschko hasn't the best chin and he struggled in the
past with smaller punchers like Brewster , Sanders and Peter.

Also Wladimir is not the fighter he was against Haye or Pulev , he is 41 years old
and not in his prime anymore.

Anthony Joshua never faced an opponent like Wladimir , but otherwise Klitschko
never faced an opponent like AJ.

For both of them , it will be a new experience.

 

I would classify AJ as mostly a slugger with boxer elements , but not quite a boxer-puncher , he also has elements
of a pressure fighter , especially in the first 4 or 5 rounds.

His strengths are his handspeed , power and overall athleticism , his weaknesses are his head movement
and his defense needs to progress a little bit , his chin is suspect as well.

He is difficult to classify at the moment , because he destroyed his most opponents in a couple of rounds.

I think we need to see more of him to make a definite statement about his fighting style.

But i can't think of an opponent from Wlad , who resembles him.

 

His handspeed is not lightning but especially for a fighter with his height and 250 pounds , he is unusually fast.
His jab is decent but not Klitschko level and his footwork is not that bad compared to other fighters with his
physique.
I think his abilities in combination with his physical preconditions and athleticism is something Wlad has never seen
before.

 

I see this fight as a 50-50 fight , maybe i am favouring AJ slightly.
And if we are all honest about it , Wlad didn't beat many good fighters , he fought in a weak hw era.

I can't think of a fighter he had beaten , who i consider to be better than AJ.
He fought opponents close in size to AJ , but they were not close to AJ in terms of fighting style.

Jameel McCline, Ray Austin, Tony Thompson, Mariusz Wach were all lumbering and slow and not as powerful
as Joshua.

Wlad looked awful in his last two fights against Jennings and Fury and i think Jennings would have no chance
against AJ.

 

Pulev's best wins are Chisora and Ustinov and Joshua's best wins are Whyte and Breazeale.

Pulev has not better wins than AJ and i think AJ would beat him.

Pulev is a boxer with a good jab , he doesn't have much punching power , you can't win a fight against Wlad
with nearly the same fighting style , only worse.

Pulev was smaller than Klitschko as well.

I don't think that highly of Pulev , he fights since 2009 and lost to the only good opponent , he ever had.

At least AJ has dominated his opponents , i think he could have beaten Breazeale , Molina and Martin in
one night , i really believe that.

Pulev is one of the best opponents Wladimir ever had , that shows you how weak his resume really is.