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Its a 65 -35 for aj. Its boxing anything can happen .
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Interesting, just last week or the week before Breadman wrote in his Saturday piece about how a 12-round fighter should train for a 12-round fight, because training for 15 can cause you to over-pace yourself. Maybe it's just Joshua using rhetoric, but that stood out to me. It's an intriguing matchup, but Joshua's 4 inch reach advantage just seems like too much for me. If Usyk were a swarmer who would rush him and neutralize that range, sure, I'd lean that way. But Usyk is a boxer and I could see him struggling with the jab. Joshua better be accurate though - Usyk will surely look to make him pay when he missesComment
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@ lulin, If this fight ends at 8Rd, your have to come here to confess your wrong prediction. AJ by KO. Usyx dish out punishment by has never faced a heavy punisher LIKE AJ.Comment
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He definitely has to be a bit lighter for this fight. Not for all his fights though.Comment
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That reach advantage would be a massive tactical thing for this fight. Because it means he wouldn’t have to go under like Chisora had to, he can just stick the jab out there and Usyk would find it difficult, having said that, I still think this fight would be his toughest, Usyk is a brainy boxer, has the pace to go along with it.Comment
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That's also a good point. I agree it'll be his toughest fight, honest question here but has he seen that pace and footspeed since the amateurs? I can imagine AJ attempting to fight similar to how he fought Ruiz, except Usyk will obviously do a better job than Ruiz. Interestingly, despite his size advantage I don't think AJ should come out hot and try to mug Usyk. If he did, I think Usyk would just turn him and pick him apart with lateral movement and counters.
Who you picking man?Comment
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Ok, so you wanted to know why I thought he was unbeatable, up until he lost?
1. He has been fighting at a higher level, in less fights, that any other active HW.
2. He was knocking out people left, right and centre, with ease. Everyone knows Joshua has got incredible power. Its irrefutable.
3. He got knocked down by one of the best heavyweights in the last 30 years, got back up and knocked him out. Wilder wouldn't fight him after 33 fights and Fury stayed well out of the way of Klitschko's power...not that he threw anyway - so AJ took the power and still knocked him out. 53 KO's in 64 Wins...pretty obvious.
4. Fury wasn't around and there wasn't really anyone out there who I could see beating him - until the shock loss to Ruiz. All this 'fat mexican' BS is just trolling. Anyone gets hit on the temple, its game over. If you think that's just an AJ thing - he survived Klitschko. Unless you think Ruiz is better than Klitschko???
So why is it so implausible that I would consider Joshua unbeatable up until he lost? What reasons would I have to think otherwise?
Yeah I think he's better now. He's got far more experience. He doesn't have the pressure of his 'O'. He had to completely change his approach to regaining his titles from Ruiz. All this BS about him running away is a double standard. Fury ran away from Klitschko all night and its gets called a masterclass. So unless you're a troll, its one rule for all, or not al all.
He showed better management of his tank against Pulev and got the KO. Pulev would be a top 5 on his resume for Fury, top 3 for Wilder. Lets not forget that.Comment
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I think he might try it early though. Chisora did and caught him with some heavy punches early. If it doesn't work, I think he may settle in for the long haul.
What would be a better statement to Fury than knocking Usyk out in the early rounds? Fury puts Usyk right up there.Comment
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