I disagree with your assessment of my postings here.
But I have witnessed confrontational behavior on message boards before; and I forgive you.
I don't want to be your adversary nor Iron Dan's, or anyone else.
To reset this.....what was your stance on this topic again?
Unless Joshua's performances fall off a cliff he still comfortably deals with Miller. One at least always turns up in shape, the other lacks a notable victory.
Its pretty harsh to say Joshua ducked him. If anything taking a guy like Ruiz as a late replacement was pretty ballsy to the point of being kind of ******. He swapped out one top 10 level guy for another top 10 level guy with a few weeks left when he could have gotten away with fighting a nobody.
I agree. Joshua's attempts to engage the division saw him compile a HOF roster of opponents and I count more tough opponents on Joshua's ledger than any of the other title claimants of this era. He deserves that, even with the failures he experienced.
You missed making a coherent point, as you often do.
I disagree with your assessment of my postings here.
But I have witnessed confrontational behavior on message boards before; and I forgive you.
I don't want to be your adversary nor Iron Dan's, or anyone else.
To reset this.....what was your stance on this topic again?
I don't think that Joshua "should've gone ahead" with the Miller fight, nessisarily; but ducking him didn't prevent him from getting splattered all over the ring that night, did it?
.....or did I miss something?
Its pretty harsh to say Joshua ducked him. If anything taking a guy like Ruiz as a late replacement was pretty ballsy to the point of being kind of stupid. He swapped out one top 10 level guy for another top 10 level guy with a few weeks left when he could have gotten away with fighting a nobody.
Thats a stretch. He landed a good shot that stunned Dubois for a moment...but Dubois never lost momentum. There was no point in that fight that AJ was remotely competitive. Outjabbed....outsped...consistently beaten to the punch. Knocked down twice in 3 rounds...in reality 3 times...and knocked out in 5.
I said that AJ was hurting Dubois, not that he was winning the fight. Had Joshua struck twice instead of getting countered, he could have caused damage. And I'm sure as hell that Dubois has better conditioning than Miller; that's why I believe that Miller gets knocked out if AJ hits him good.
All big "ifs", though.
Look Nash - until, say, two years ago I would have concurred completely. But I noticed a rather steady decline in Miller's athleticism (so to speak). Don't forget that AJ was hurting Dubois just before being starched, thus I presume that he would be able to hurt Big Baby as well.
In any case, it's a fight that I would like to watch.
Thats a stretch. He landed a good shot that stunned Dubois for a moment...but Dubois never lost momentum. There was no point in that fight that AJ was remotely competitive. Outjabbed....outsped...consistently beaten to the punch. Knocked down twice in 3 rounds...in reality 3 times...and knocked out in 5.
Miller around 300lbs beats AJ.
Miller at 330 like Vs Dubois loses to most gold fighters
He's a very different fighter when he's close to 300 compared to 330.
Look Nash - until, say, two years ago I would have concurred completely. But I noticed a rather steady decline in Miller's athleticism (so to speak). Don't forget that AJ was hurting Dubois just before being starched, thus I presume that he would be able to hurt Big Baby as well.
In any case, it's a fight that I would like to watch.
The longer the fight goes I'd start to favour Miller, as Miller will attack him and put some heat on, both fighters are in decline, but it's a fight of interest and history. Nash out - His Majesty
Miller
Dubois couldn't miss him all night and only got a ref stoppage because a ridiculously overweight miller was about to pass out from fatigue.
Ruiz also couldn't put a dent in miller and arguably lost to him.
So there is no question at all over who is tougher physically between Joshua and Miller
Now theoretically Joshua has the tools to stay out of trouble and outpoint Miller but he doesn't have the discipline to do that for 12 rounds, he always gets involved so at some point there will be an exchange and Joshua's legs will go and will never recover.
Look, Joshua has Amir Khan level punch resistance, he got away with it before because his aura scared his opponents and made them more focused on survival than clipping his chin, but that's gone now and he's not done what he should have done and developed a Wlad style defensive game, any live body who fancies it can have a go on AJ now.
Miller.
I’ve said it multiple times, AJ has a very small head.
Millers head is large and robust.
AJ is exceptionally stiff. He fights at 8 frames per second
He moves like a character from an Atari game.
I’m fairly sure he unzips his muscle suit every night before bed
I think the difference could be that Miller could take a lot more shots from Joshua than Ngannou, so Joshua will have to survive some Miller attacks and Joshua under pressure and tiring is not a good fighter. Miller could potentially break him down. Nash out - His Majesty
Look Nash - until, say, two years ago I would have concurred completely. But I noticed a rather steady decline in Miller's athleticism (so to speak). Don't forget that AJ was hurting Dubois just before being starched, thus I presume that he would be able to hurt Big Baby as well.
In any case, it's a fight that I would like to watch.
I don't think that Joshua "should've gone ahead" with the Miller fight, nessisarily; but ducking him didn't prevent him from getting splattered all over the ring that night, did it?
.....or did I miss something?
You missed making a coherent point, as you often do.
I don't think that Joshua "should've gone ahead" with the Miller fight, nessisarily; but ducking him didn't prevent him from getting splattered all over the ring that night, did it?
.....or did I miss something?
What do you mean by "ducked"?
Willow The Wisp thinks AJ should have gone ahead with the Miller fight even after he was popped. Because American Exceptionalism or something.
I don't think that Joshua "should've gone ahead" with the Miller fight, nessisarily; but ducking him didn't prevent him from getting splattered all over the ring that night, did it?
.....or did I miss something?
Despite his obvious limits, if Joshua is in the mood it ends more or less like AJ vs Ngannou.
I think the difference could be that Miller could take a lot more shots from Joshua than Ngannou, so Joshua will have to survive some Miller attacks and Joshua under pressure and tiring is not a good fighter. Miller could potentially break him down. Nash out - His Majesty