would anthony joshua survive in the 90s era

Harry Greb is White and many people see him as the best boxer ever. Same goes for Uysk as well.

 

IMO:
- favor Joshua over Witherspoon, Tucker, Moorer, Morrison, Tua, Buster Douglas, Hide, Old Holmes, Akinwande, Seldon, Bruno, Golota, Bird, Rahman, M. Grant, Ruiz, Razor Ruddock;

- loses vs Holyfield, Lewis, Tyson, Bowe, Mercer, Foreman, Ibeabuchi, McCall(focused), young Briggs

Several of these fights would be quite even odds.

 

See Michael Grant....

 

No way was Ruiz more talented than McCall. And McCall was much more than just a chin. He was solid fundamentally, possessed a good jab and right hand. There's a reason he was a sough t after sparring partner for top HWs.

 

I'm saying the division was dreadful when Joshua and Wilder sat at the top of it. Fury is completely overrated as well, it's got nothing to do with colour, stop trying to deflect. Ike, Mercer, and Tua were B-grade fighters in the 90's and they would all be A-grade fighters at any period between 2009 and now. Anyone with power, chin, and solid technical ability would've beat Joshua - that includes them 3. Knocking out a 42 year old Wladimir doesn't put him in an ATG bracket.

 

Top 10 maybe but his chin was more like Bruno`s than Mercer`s.

 

Ruiz has far quicker hands than McCall, he`s a better combo puncher and McCall out-boxed by Bruno.

 

The only way Foreman stands a better chance than Moorer is because he a similar chin to AJ, Moorer was far more skilled than AJ is and would have the same percentage chance of KO`ing AJ as AJ would of KO`ing Moorer however I think AJ would have too much reach for Moorer.

 

And yet Bruno was a title holder, so AJ could have as well been one.

 

WTF does being outboxed by Bruno have to do with anything? Does that mean you think Ruiz is better than Bruno??

 

Jeez, I think AJ struggles in the 90s. I'm even wondering if Herbie Hide chins him...You can mount an argument for him beating all but the best, but you can also mount an argument for many of 'the pack' beating him. Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe all beat him, Old George beats him. Mercer beats him. Bruno beats him. 90s Tyson beats him. Morrison and Ruddock might beat him, or get smashed. He'd beat Grant. Shannon Briggs? These fights could be wars. Tua? Ibeabuchi? Jeez, they wallop him, don't they? Interesting, I'd genuinely never gave this much thought...

 

Yes, he would have beaten Bruno and McCall unless he got caught with a good shot.

 

Ruiz would have destroyed Bruno, Frank had no chin and Ruiz`s combos would be far too much, Bruno was not a top fighter at all.

 

destroyed... Ruiz is and was never anything special. His fat ass would have trouble getting past Bruno's stiff jab. You need to watch some old fight tapes FULL, not just clips.

 

I starting all of Bruno`s fights from 1987 when I was 11 years old, first fight I watched him in wa vs an old Bugner and Frank looked really basic, very stiff with no head movement, he did have a long jab but Ruiz is a lot quicker than Frank wa and would have out-lasted him.