Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Tabs Wladimir Klitschko as Toughest Opponent To Date

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AJ would be too good because he'd get better...yet he ended up losing to smaller men like Andy Ruiz and Usyk AFTER the Klitschko fight.

You are in severe denial.

So everyone that gets better never loses a fight ? Are you new to boxing because you constantly give that vibe on here .

No one has remotely won every round against Ruiz like A.J did and Usyk is undefeated in two weight classes ,and WSOB he has the best record ever in a very highly competitive tournament set up so there’s nothing to suggest A.J has declined is there ?

Do you consider Breidas better then A.J because that fight was a bit closer and he’s half A.J size and as far as I know that to this day so far was Usyks toughest fight ,you guys are whack .

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So everyone that gets better never loses a fight ? Are you new to boxing because you constantly give that vibe on here .

No one has remotely won every round against Ruiz like A.J did and Usyk is undefeated in two weight classes ,and WSOB he has the best record ever in a very highly competitive tournament set up so there’s nothing to suggest A.J has declined is there ?

Do you consider Breidas better then A.J because that fight was a bit closer ,you guys are whack .

AJ has regressed and his confidence is shot since the Andy Ruiz fight. He hasn't got better.

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AJ has regressed and his confidence is shot since the Andy Ruiz fight. He hasn't got better.

Well then you just confirmed that Klitschko was his toughest fight considering he had to win at his best and still got knocked down ?

If he has been regressing that means the other opponents can’t claim as much credit .and most are still losing to him still even at his worst ? You guys are to easy to out smart ,up your troll game .

You really do live in fantasy land A.J has only two defeats ,you were so up Wilders arse after his two defeats you said it trumps undisputed and a third fight was necessary .

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Well then you just confirmed that Klitschko was his toughest fight considering he had to win at his best and still got knocked down ?

If he has been regressing that means the other opponents can’t claim as much credit . You guys are to easy to out smart ,up your troll game .

You s really do live in fantasy land A.J has only two defeats ,you were so up Wilders arse after his two defeats you said it trumps undisputed .

No, he was riding high after the Klitschko win. Even tried to conquer America.

But then he ran into fat Andy and the hype train has gone off the tracks ever since.

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No, he was riding high after the Klitschko win. Even tried to conquer America.

But then he ran into fat Andy and the hype train has gone off the tracks ever since.

Ruiz rematch fight is his third largest payout .

Hows fantasy land going ? Tell everyone how you said a third fight was necessary after an embarrassing beat down instead of undisputed ?

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Ruiz rematch fight is his third largest payout .

What does that have to do with Andy ruining him and being his hardest opponent in the first fight?

Dillian Shyte getting knocked out by Tyson Fury has left you a nutcase.

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What does that have to do with Andy ruining him and being his hardest opponent in the first fight?

Dillian Shyte getting knocked out by Tyson Fury has left you a nutcase.

Because you suggested he’s done ,is that really to hard for you to figure that out ,that 2 is after 1 ? In fact the upcoming Usyk fight should blow away his previous top fights in earnings and then you can make more posts about A.J and Hearn .

I picked Fury to win ,go back in your cave troll .

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Because you suggested he’s done ,is that really to hard for you to figure that out ,that 2 is after 1 ? In fact the upcoming Usyk fight should blow away his previous top fights in earnings and then you can make more posts about A.J and Hearn .

I picked Fury to win ,go back in your cave troll .

If Usyk beats AJ again it will be devastating for his psyche. For your sake and his I hope that doesn't happen.

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Usyk was battered. If Usyk could not drop Joshua in that 12 round, after landing multiple big power punches? The odds are he is not going to knock Joshua down with a single punch ever.

The positives Joshua can take from the first fight are as follows.

1: Usyk was battered after the end of the 12 rounds, even though Joshua was not fighting a 100% aggressive fight. Joshua has visual conformation of the physical damage he caused Usyk.

2: Joshua lasted the full 12 rounds.

3: Joshua was competitive in 90-95% of the rounds, whether he won the or not. The fact of the matter was, he was competitive. Competitive while fighting a game-plan that was not utilizing his strengths.

4: Joshua did not suffer any knock downs.

This rematch is not a daunting for Joshua to prepare for in comparison to Ruiz Junior. All the evidence in Joshua's reaction after the fight, and his behavior of late points to this. Joshua is not afraid like people are trying to make out.

But don't get me wrong, skill for skill this is a harder fight to win for Joshua than Ruiz Junior. But the danger element, is less. I don't think Joshua has the same anticipation of danger from Usyk etc.

It is a momentous challenge for Anthony Joshua, but make no doubt about it? He is game.

Joshua’s takeaway was that he didn’t get KTFO. Gotcha.

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That wasn't the real Wladimir Klitschko. That was a pale imitation of him.

The real Klitschko was last seen in 2013 against Povetkin. He was a shell of himself against Leapai, Pulev, and Jennings and then Fury schooled him, then he retired, then he came back 18 months later and Joshua picked the bones of his corpse.

1) AJ was inexperienced, just like Wlad was inexperienced when he suffered horrible losses early on. yu're compared your idea of wlad at his absolute best to a raw Joshua.
2) experience counts for a lot..and wlad knew how to draw joshua in, drain his energy in the clinch and then take advantage.
3) don't even mention that povetkin fight, that was cheating on a different level and the one fight that made me HATE Wlad.
4) 'fury schooled him'. Fury was literally a relatively unknown quantity at that level. Like kambosos vs lopez or catterall vs taylor, or brook vs porter. You see the unknown quantity who is underestimated and the champion hasn't done his homework for, win...(or robbed in catterall's case). That was a version of fury on steds..vs a version of wlad who had only just become a father, with a partner going off the rails on drugs and then checked into a post-partum depression clinic a month before the fight. keep in mind here that later wlad took sole custody of his daughter, whilst hayden is an absent mother who not long ago was getting beat up by her junkie bf.
A version of wlad who was jaded, was no longer bothered about being champion, carrying the division and dealing with the same old shhh.
The version who fought joshua, had nothing to lose and everything to gain, went for broke knowing it may well be his final fight. he was well rested and emotionally in a good place.

personally i think fury has manouvered himself the best way he could. for example if he didnt 'retire', he'd have had to fight joshua as a mandatory for a lot less. his absence allowed joshua to take boxing in the uk to another level in money terms, bringing in dazn and arab money bigtime...and that is why espn threw money at fury.
i'm not saying this as a 'fanboy'. yet the irony is that all of this money, coming off the back of aj's 'success', was also down to how aj looked, the bodybuilder physique and the attention it brought...the very thing that's damaged his growth as a boxer...inc the damage he took from the wlad fight.