As I've stated before, I see brook losing. I see the same with Joshua! Now our champions are stepping up I am getting worried. I'm a realist. Who else agrees and no nationality bias please! Least I admit what I'm thinking and predicting
combination of coming of a loss, inactivity, age and facing a big puncher is dangerous for Klitschko.
I learned my lesson with Hopkins. Thought he would easily outbox Smith. Then he did his weird babysteps and trying not to engage routine.
Not sure why the 'I'm British' part is relevant.
A lot of people think Wlad will win, experience, styles, etc...
It's a good fight with two big punchers who will look to land. It certainly won't be a borefest with a flicking jab every 40 seconds like the Fury fight.
I can also see him losing.
I'm not really sure if he will lose, i wouldn't want to put money on it but i think Joshua's style isn't the kind of style that is going to exploit Wlad's age as much as a guy like Fury could. Joshua is fairly flat footed and orthodox and will be there in front of Wlad. Wlad might be old now but he has a lot of experience and still in good condition and will still carry power. If he has a stationary target in front of him and can get that jab working, he might just have too much experience. If Joshua was a bit more unorthodox i'd pick him all day but if we're being honest, a few years ago we could have said Joshua's style is tailor made for Wlad in a way. The problem is, this isn't a few years ago..
Fully agree with this, definitely a much more difficult fight to call than casuals would let on and I'm a big Joshua fan having first seen him box in person in 2010 at the aba finals and followed his career since.
Fury with his boxing iq, excellent movement and awkward style and massive size did nullify wlad, who was, at that point, nullifying up and down boxers like Joshua with his ring iq, smothering the Orthodox shots from even big punchers.
I do want Joshua to win, I like to have young world champs that can fight on and build big careers for our era, it's also why, if he wasn't so 'managed', I want to see canelo win (clearly, though) against ggg because his age would mean he should only just come into his prime while on top and hopefully give many more years of entertainment.
No more Stevensons and Pacs that aren't and won't fight other top guys in their great divisions because they are well on the slide age wise and likely lose.
Unless Joshua changes his attack he could be an easy target for Wlad. He comes at guys in a straight line and is pretty predictable. Of course Wlad has to have something left to take advantage of this. But prime Wlad would probably stop Joshua.
Age and inactivity is a bad combination....especially on a fighter who has always been a little gun shy
If he's confident and aggressive, Joshua can bulldoze Wlad
If Joshua tries to box he'll carry Wlad for a few rounds...but still win
Says the guy who has been bullied by a girl all his life. Im sure in a small part of your brain you wish you were Anthony Joshua...good looking, rich and fearless. In reality you put on dark glasses to drive your fiesta down to the local asda.
I can also see him losing.
I'm not really sure if he will lose, i wouldn't want to put money on it but i think Joshua's style isn't the kind of style that is going to exploit Wlad's age as much as a guy like Fury could. Joshua is fairly flat footed and orthodox and will be there in front of Wlad. Wlad might be old now but he has a lot of experience and still in good condition and will still carry power. If he has a stationary target in front of him and can get that jab working, he might just have too much experience. If Joshua was a bit more unorthodox i'd pick him all day but if we're being honest, a few years ago we could have said Joshua's style is tailor made for Wlad in a way. The problem is, this isn't a few years ago..
Good for you for not being bias. Most English fans are bias and overrate their boxers when comparing them to non UK boxers. I live in New Mexico, USA and I go by what I see out of a boxer, not what country he is from. I have been impressed by AJ and I think he will knock out any heavyweight fighting today if his chin holds up. I think he would KO Wilder and will KO the old and past prime Wlad. I think Spence is the best welterweight in the world and I think Spence will KO Brook.Wlad will be a good test of AJ's chin because he will probably land some hard punches on AJ's chin before the fight ends.