Wlad- He made his name in a very weak division, struggled mightily with BJ, shut out by Fury, couldn't drop either guy. And that was 2 years b4 fighting aj.
Pedvetkin-Almost 40, no more PEDS, getting dropped by Price at this stage of his career. At his peak going life and death with sub par fighters, & blown out vs any top tier fighter.
Shyte-He wasn't even a top 30 at the time they fought, still put AJ on queer street.
JP-Should have taken an L to Ruiz if not for a robbery.
Ruiz isn't bad, probably the fastest 270lb Hw I've ever seen and very durable. He's the 4th best in this division behind Wilder, Fury & Ortiz and better than anyone AJ has fought.
JP did rock him in their bout, I made a post about it once. Round 7 iirc, JP landed a solid 3 punch combination that knocked AJs head back, the dude looked hurt but he called his own 20 sec time out to fix the tape hanging from his glove which isn't even legal in boxing but the ref said oh well.
LMAO i remember that.
If Parker fights Joshua in the states, Joshua loses too.
But Joshua would probably never come to the States again.
in retrospect, i honestly believe Joe Parker would've knocked AJ out, if the ref didn't jump in everytime he was in range to throw hooks.
they turned that fight into a fencing match and still AJ barely won.
JP did rock him in their bout, I made a post about it once. Round 7 iirc, JP landed a solid 3 punch combination that knocked AJs head back, the dude looked hurt but he called his own 20 sec time out to fix the tape hanging from his glove which isn't even legal in boxing but the ref said oh well.
in retrospect, i honestly believe Joe Parker would've knocked AJ out, if the ref didn't jump in everytime he was in range to throw hooks.
they turned that fight into a fencing match and still AJ barely won.