Joshua is feeding on his physical power, bully the guy to the ropes and unleash punches on him like a punch bag. What happen's when he fights someone as big and cant bully back like that? He's a one trick pony and open to get KO'd from a straight one-two.
Also intrigued how you think Olesandr Usyk would do if he came up to Heavyweight
The IBF rankings are horrible. With the red and gold crown...its by far the best looking belt. but how on earth is this organisation happy to mandate some of these fighters?
While Joshua ideally isn't ready to be world champ, the fact that some of his mandatory defences will be against some very poor opposition makes up for this. Enabling him to still learn on the job while having a world title around his waist.
Eddie Hearn seems to have spotted this.
Kell Brook has the IBF and his mandatries were JoJo Dan and Kevin Bizier (can't wait for Errol Spence to actually be in line next).
IBF Super Middleweight Champ James Degale is fighting a guy next who I have never heard of.
And looking at the IBF heavyweight rankings, its a who's-who of bums. Aside from Joseph Parker, who I think can be a genuine contender.
How can the bosses at IBF be happy to actually have these fighters representing their belts?
If I was head of IBF I would be corrupt as fxck if those people were in line for my belt next lol.
Being champ was meant to mean the best fighting the best. From the defences of Brook to Degale to Martin... The IBF are not holding themselves very high in this respect.
Okay I have had a look at quite a few of Martins fights
He actually has quite good timing. Picking his shots well.
People seem to mistake his patient style for being slow. There's a difference. Joshua comes out in round one, bang, bang, and its an explosive style.
Martin is relaxed... Loose... Calm. Patiently waiting and picks his shots well. Jab is a nuisance and a decent range-finder, paws it a little but he looks heavy handed so the blunt force of the jab will still be felt. He actually puts some punches in bunches and isn't as bad as everyone is making out.
He has some skills and throws some good counters. When a fighter comes at him, Martin takes a simple step back, pulls his head back, and throws a well timed counter. It looks like a simple execution but it isn't and not many heavies can do this despite it being quite effective.
Joshua seems to struggle defending on the right side where he doesn't see the punches coming. Martin being southpaw, will take advantage of that. Joshua hasn't fought a southpaw in the pros yet.
Still, some lighter footwork, slipping of the head movement and better conditioning wouldn't go amiss for Martin lol.
The excitement of a heavyweight fight means all it takes is one punch in round 1 or 12 to end a fight. I'm still going for Joshua 60/40 in his favour. So while I expect a Joshua win... A 40% chance is still quite big for Martin. There were more questions than answers from Joshua's last win against Whyte.
Side note... The IBF rankings are horrible. With the red and gold crown...its by far the best looking belt. But how on earth is this organisation happy to mandate some of these fighters?
While Joshua ideally isn't ready to be world champ, the fact that some of his mandatory defences will be against some very poor opposition makes up for this. Enabling him to still learn on the job while having a world title around his waist.
Eddie Hearn seems to have spotted this.
Kell Brook has the IBF and his mandatries were JoJo Dan and Kevin Bizier (can't wait for Errol Spence to actually be in line next).
IBF Super Middleweight Champ James Degale is fighting a guy next who I have never heard of.
And looking at the IBF heavyweight rankings, its a who's-who of bums. Aside from Joseph Parker, who I think can be a genuine contender.
How can the bosses at IBF be happy to actually have these fighters representing their belts?
If I was head of IBF I would be corrupt as fxck if those people were in line for my belt next lol.
Being champ was meant to mean the best fighting the best. From the defences of Brook to Degale to Martin... The IBF are not holding themselves very high in this respect.
Saunders is stagnating. Eubank has been active and growing his profile. I think for his punch output and chin alone he would have a great chance against Golovkin.
Stagnating? Growing his profile? Since Eubank lost to Saunders, he has gone on to fight 2 nobodies and fight for the British title. While Saunders has become a world champion beating Andy Lee.
Okay I have had a look at quite a few of Martins fights
He actually has quite good timing. Picking his shots well.
People seem to mistake his patient style for being slow. There's a difference. Joshua comes out in round one, bang, bang, and its an explosive style.
Martin is relaxed... Loose... Calm. Patiently waiting and picks his shots well. Jab is a nuisance and a decent range-finder, paws it a little but he looks heavy handed so the blunt force of the jab will still be felt. He actually puts some punches in bunches and isn't as bad as everyone is making out.
He has some skills and throws some good counters. When a fighter comes at him, Martin takes a simple step back, pulls his head back, and throws a well timed counter. It looks like a simple execution but it isn't and not many heavies can do this despite it being quite effective.
Joshua seems to struggle defending on the right side where he doesn't see the punches coming. Martin being southpaw, will take advantage of that. Joshua hasn't fought a southpaw in the pros yet.
Still, some lighter footwork, slipping of the head movement and better conditioning wouldn't go amiss for Martin lol.
The excitement of a heavyweight fight means all it takes is one punch in round 1 or 12 to end a fight. I'm still going for Joshua 60/40 in his favour. So while I expect a Joshua win... A 40% chance is still quite big for Martin. There were more questions than answers from Joshua's last win against Whyte.
Side note... The IBF rankings are horrible. With the red and gold crown...its by far the best looking belt. But how on earth is this organisation happy to mandate some of these fighters?
While Joshua ideally isn't ready to be world champ, the fact that some of his mandatory defences will be against some very poor opposition makes up for this. Enabling him to still learn on the job while having a world title around his waist.
Eddie Hearn seems to have spotted this.
Kell Brook has the IBF and his mandatries were JoJo Dan and Kevin Bizier (can't wait for Errol Spence to actually be in line next).
IBF Super Middleweight Champ James Degale is fighting a guy next who I have never heard of.
And looking at the IBF heavyweight rankings, its a who's-who of bums. Aside from Joseph Parker, who I think can be a genuine contender.
How can the bosses at IBF be happy to actually have these fighters representing their belts?
If I was head of IBF I would be corrupt as fxck if those people were in line for my belt next lol.
Being champ was meant to mean the best fighting the best. From the defences of Brook to Degale to Martin... The IBF are not holding themselves very high in this respect.