Will Anthony Joshua vs. Povetkin be the fight of the year?

Potentially. Also has the potential to turn into the same lunge and hug fiasco that was Wlad/Povetkin.

I say no because I just don't see Povetkin having much of a chance. His style plays right into AJ hands. He is not that hard for Joshua to find plus he eats punches while Anthony does not. I would have liked his chances more six or maybe seven years ago but now at this age of 39, he is just a sitting duck for the counter punching of Anthony Joshua.

AJ is the Rigondeaux of the heavyweights. boring as hell zzzzzzz. but if they allow Pedvetkin to inject his desired juices it'll be an even playing field since we all know AJ is juiced to the eyeballs.

No. AJ will win very easily IMO. Maybe an early KO. If it goes the distance he will win by a wide margin.

I doubt it. Usyk-Breidis Gassiev-Dorticos Rungvisai-Estrada Hurd-Lara Lomachenko-Linares Saucedo-Zappavigna Valdez-Quigg Off the top of my head have been excellent. I doubt it's going to be better than more than one or two of those.

Depends on Povetkin & AJ's chin.

Have u seen AJs last two fights, I was bored to death, so I doubt he'll put on this exciting fight with Povetkin. Definitely not FOTY.

I think it will be a good fight but not the fight of the year.

It could be. However it could very well play out the same way that Wlad-Povetkin did - with a ton of clinches. It's fashionable to blame Wlad for clinches since he does tie up his opponents a lot, but this one was mostly on Povetkin. Wouldn't be surprised if it turns into a boring clinchfest where one guy may or may not land a good shot and put the other one on his ass.

sure, if it's the first fight you've watched this year.

No. I think it'll be all over before the half way point and won't really be competitive. It's not that Povetkin's a bad fighter, but this is a poor matchup for him.

I smell an upset.