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Wilder basically stopped boxing over the last few years. Everyone brings more aggression.
It's close to a 50/50 for me. Personally I edge towards AJ purely on a style basis. Fury can't bring what he's shown to date as I think either style suits Joshua. To me that means Fury has to be more of a boxer/puncher than we've seen before... but that's adapting your style to be similar to your opponent who has fought that way his whole career.
The very top level of boxing usually comes down to who makes the better adjustments. Both have proven that they can change styles to win.
Wait and see.
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Only person that can't see is You
AJ will get beat. Hearn knows it too. It’s his last fight on his contract with Hearn, plus AJ won’t be moving to DAZN.
That means there’s a good chance AJ and Hearn don’t renew any contract after this fight. That’s the reason it’s been changed to a one fight deal instead of two.
Hearn is going to let AJ get smashed on his final fight in the contract for the most amount of money. Cant blame him.
Hearn has played a blinder. Kept AJ away from the real top fighters until they’re likely ending their working relationship and now he can cash out for the biggest amount possible and it makes no difference to Hearn when he loses. Hearn moves on to his huge contract with DAZN, Sky will be left with AJ after all his casual fans saw him get smashed and no longer care. Clever bloke is Eddie Hearn.
Why do you think he was so desperate to make it for July initially? So he can sever ties with Sky and AJ ASAP after he moves to DAZN
he knows AJ is fragile and won’t last and he has Canelo now. He was even trying to get pally with Fury in the podcast, probably eyeing him up for when the Top Rank contract ends. AJ will be irrelevant after Fury beats him.
It’s all so obvious but most people can’t see it.
EspeciaEspecially your corny boxing analysis & Predictions
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I think Fury will come forward and AJ will be on the bike. He moved a lot against Ruiz in the rematch and same vs Pulev. I really like it when AJ stands his ground and throws. I loved that he jumped on Ruiz after he dropped him. He nailed him with some huge punches that Ruiz to his credit took, and fought back. AJ got caught and never seemed to recover physically or mentally in that fight. I think his in close combos and uppercut are a great weapon for him. Course Fury is very tall and slick. I just don’t want AJ to give up some of his strengths just cause it didn’t work out in one fight. I’ll give him credit every time he goes after a guy from here on out. I just think it’s going to be hard to win rounds if the bigger puncher is the one trying to kill time in a round at distance moving left then back to his right without throwing punches. If Fury takes it to him like he did Wilder I’d love to see AJ stand up to him. Jump on Fury if he thinks he hurt him, not just be happy to keep him off. I think AJ has a chance but only if he surprise people with his aggressiveness. A good jab to the body early would help. If he uses a style that makes it look like he’s the one with the weaker punches and the weaker chin I think he wil have a real tough night on the cards, even if he can avoid some punishment. Forward gears AJ.Comment
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Couldn't disagree more with that. AJ has definitely gotten less aggressive since the Wlad war & all Wilder had that ever won him fights was his aggression & athleticism. AJ's jabbing more than previously. AJ's moving more than he did before Wlad & he's moving even more since Ruiz. AJ's going the deep & the distance more than previously. AJ was a fooking terror til Wlad brought him down to reality despite Wlad losing ultimately. That 6th round changed AJ long term. And the Ruiz KO probably changed him even more. Vs Fury his lack of risk taking is gonna be a problem.
Obviously we will see, but I just don't think AJ does anything better than Fury except look like a HW champion more. Its gonna be a long night for AJ fighting against his new outbox guys strategy when he can't outbox Fury & he'll need to go back to his older school aggression that Fury will be able to exploit even more. AJ gonna have to kick him in the nuts when the ref ain't looking to win. I think its more like 80/20 Fury.It's close to a 50/50 for me. Personally I edge towards AJ purely on a style basis. Fury can't bring what he's shown to date as I think either style suits Joshua. To me that means Fury has to be more of a boxer/puncher than we've seen before... but that's adapting your style to be similar to your opponent who has fought that way his whole career.
The very top level of boxing usually comes down to who makes the better adjustments. Both have proven that they can change styles to win.
Wait and see.
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I expect a very slick and cautiously effective Fury throughout. At what level AJ shows up IMO won't be as much. He'll try to get inside, but Fury will catch him and be gone before AJ connects meaningfully. He'll have his moments, yes, but Fury will have many more moments... and will stop AJ mid rounds. Just my 37 cents worth.
Great fight for the fans though, certainly won't be boring.Comment
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Wilder had stopped boxing at all after the first Ortiz fight. Basically sat back and waited for his chance. I find it strange that people see that as 'aggression' while a guy using a jab is seen as 'running'.
AJ went the distance twice since Wlad? One was a unification and the other it was just an obvious tactic given the opponent. Even Tyson went the distance in unifications. It's not indicative of a fighter who can't be aggressive - just fighting the fight that is required.
Easy to get caught up thinking 'AJ did a stick and move job on Ruiz, therefore that's how he fights now' and 'Fury went on the front foot v Wilder therefore that's how he fights now'.
All they did is show a different approach. To get a win they couldn't previously get against that opponent. Both of them. It would be pretty foolish to throw out a career of work based on one fight.
In terms of what Joshua does better. Over his career, he prepares better, he hits harder, he stops more opponents, he counterpunches better. Fury does plenty of things better too of course otherwise we wouldn't be so interested in this fight.
The idea that Joshua is a runner and Fury a destroyer is nonsense all based on one fight each. You've got a whole career to look at it. It will come down the adjustments.Comment
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