The guy looks awesome and the way he is getting opponents out of there is very Tyson like...he is young fresh strong and really focused!
Can he take a punch ?? The question is will he ever really have to? Tyson was rocked only twice b4 the buster Douglas fight, once against Bruno and once against tony tucker, it's hard to land against a fight with so much physical attributes.
I have no doubt he will win a world title soon he is that good..but when he wins that title will he be able to stay hungry and focused and fulfill the potential Tyson never reached ? This guy can be heavyweight champion for a very long time....
Thoughts ???
joshua is looking much more like a robot then tyson, who was a much better athlete.
i hope joushua get knocked out, cause they gave him the gold medal in London, when he was clearly beaten in two fights. the olympics were fixed
i don't think people understand the type of speed and explosive power mike tyson had. hge moved like a middleweight, yet punched as hard as any HW we have seen.
you guys didn't follow the early career of mike tsyon, clearly.
other than size, what does joshua do on anywhere near the level of a young mike tyson?
tyson was HW champion when he was 20. 20!
don't get me wrong, i was a toddler. i watched the tape, however. i used to be obsessed with boxing history, and HW had a place in my heart because of the way historians used to regard it.
tyson's potential, and ability as a young fighter, was greater than joshua's in every regard. joshua is bigger and taller. that's it.
and believe me, i like AJ. ther'es nothing wrong with a young kid who knows how to fight and who knocks his opponents out. he's just not mike tyson. he isn't. that's crazy.
nope.
but he's a very, very talented youngster.
tyson was a complete product in his early 20's. as a small HW he learned to use his body early, and his body peaked early.
cus had him throwing with phenomenal technique and head movement to back it up. he was a machine. he wasn't just a hard puncher. he had tremendous technique.
joshua is a big, talented kid. i like him.
he's not mike tyson. he's not close. he can't hit like that, move like that. they're completely different classes of fighter.
Povetkin is a joke and would be embarrassed by Joshua. Russia is a very dirty place when it comes to PEDs... And that's a Fact!!!
Now to the question, the problem with Tyson was he was defying the odds being 5'10" and was coming into the age of the big tall fighters. Joshua is perfectly built for this division and the future that it holds. Personally I always had the feeling watching Mike someone would expose a flaw, but Joshua is so big and athleticly gifted that the only possible flaws maybe a weak chin or weak stamina... If Joshua holds those gifts as well, the division maybe cleaned out in the next few years.
Really good post mate.
Another thing I'd add is AJ's team is much better, in term of having true respect for their fighter. Eddie Hearn really really cares about AJ. Of course the bottom line is king but not in the same way Don had it.
I swear on my life someone better damage AJ this year or next because if he continues on the path he's on he will simply be unstoppable.
He has it all. I know he has a chin, I can't wait until he shows the world he has a great chin.
The boy has everything apart from experience!
I've been disappointed with the heavyweight division but there are fights out there to make it interesting but as usual they won't happen.
You have Wlad, Haye, Joshua, fury, Wilder, Povetkin.....why aren't these fighters facing each other and testing each other against risky opponents? I can understand Joshua as he is young but his next fight should be agaisnt Fury, then Haye, then Wilder and then Wlad but it won't happen!
joshua is looking much more like a robot then tyson, who was a much better athlete.
i hope joushua get knocked out, cause they gave him the gold medal in London, when he was clearly beaten in two fights. the olympics were fixed
too soon for me to tell. I need to see him tested...unless he's so good it gets hard for even guys we would normally call "good" to actually test him. Then he'll be seen as someone who somehow doesnt take risks...funny how that works.
He will be a better version of Lewis in a year.the only guy who will beat him is wlad and that fight wont likely happen unless Wlad comes out of retirement by the time Joshua is the champion.or somehow the fight is made in two/three years if Wlad is still around.i see him easily beating everyone else now ,klitchko,Joshua and povetkin imop in that order are the top 3 guys.Im giving Joshua the benefit of the doubt I just see a really top level guy here reminiscent of the bowes and lewis days.
Having AJ but not Wilder is a joke and I praise AJ every chance I get. If he has a chin he guranteed wins a title and even if he doesn't have a chin he will likely STILLL win one. But Wilder has ko'd all comers 30+ times in exception of his last opponent whom he suffered a broken hand in the 4th round against. Don't have to like Wilder but if u r a true boxing fan u would/should respect him and give him his credit. The man won a HW title convincingly from a solid fighter in Stiverne and he deserves respect for doing so.
Russia is a very dirty place when it comes to PEDs... And that's a Fact!!!
No that's speculation, what is a fact is the amount of American boxers who have tested positive.
Povetkin is a joke and would be embarrassed by Joshua. Russia is a very dirty place when it comes to PEDs... And that's a Fact!!!
Now to the question, the problem with Tyson was he was defying the odds being 5'10" and was coming into the age of the big tall fighters. Joshua is perfectly built for this division and the future that it holds. Personally I always had the feeling watching Mike someone would expose a flaw, but Joshua is so big and athleticly gifted that the only possible flaws maybe a weak chin or weak stamina... If Joshua holds those gifts as well, the division maybe cleaned out in the next few years.
First let's see him fight a live body. His chin and stamina are still very questionable.
Agreed but that's only because they haven't been tested, not because he's necessarily shown weakness in those departments.