At first I thought this was a laughable mismatch. The more you look at it, the more it starts to seem this fight can go two ways. Either AJ bumbaclots him inside 4-5 rounds, or the fight goes long and turns ugly.
A.) AJ moves around and tries to keep Miller off him, while throwing combos and trying to slow him down. Depending on how well this works, it could turn the tide and be like AJ hitting a heavy bag for as long as the fight lasts.
Or
B.) As above, but AJ cannot keep Miller off him and as the fight goes on and AJ tires, Miller will slowly get closer and closer. After the midpoint AJ will have slowed to a standstill, and it will become Miller's fight. A lot of leaning on AJ, dirty boxing and more of a wrestling match.
Who knows what will happen if it turns out to be option B? I could see AJ going the way of David Price against Tony Thompson. Breathing through his ass by about the 10th, with Miller unrelenting and forcing him into a gunfight. Could definately get interesting!
Thoughts?
Fair points Frankie. There is a small possibility AJ will come in light and look to box on the backfoot, turning this into a snoozer. But I do think Miller has got under his skin and when that has happened in the past AJ has lost his head in fights and goes looking for the kill.
Equally think with it being the first fight in the US he's going to want to put on a show and dispose of Miller.
That said I reckon he will come in relatively light anyway (around the same weight as when he faced Breazeale). Strong possibility that Miller can't take the power from Joshua and it turns into a repeat of Joshua v Breazeale with Miller getting pummelled until eventually stopped.
Hopefully Miller can make it competitive and that's not the case.
Lipinets (MMA) was taking shots from Mikey Garcia all night long. Algieri (MMA) was taking shots from Pac all night long. I foresee Miller giving us an entertaining fight at the Garden!
Fair points Frankie. There is a small possibility AJ will come in light and look to box on the backfoot, turning this into a snoozer. But I do think Miller has got under his skin and when that has happened in the past AJ has lost his head in fights and goes looking for the kill.