Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Intends To Be Ringside For Fury-Usyk Showdown

[Tatabanya]

Wallin showed up, just that AJ was too good for him. Same can be said of Wilder vs Parker.

AJ was certainly better than in his last fights. But I'm not sold on his resurgence yet. Let's see what the future brings.

[hennanra1000]

Just look at Wallin's record, idiot. It's not padded like a jobber, like Di Mori's, idiot. He just beat top tier fighter Gassiev, idiot. Do u know who Gassiev is, idiot? Wallin was a well avoided fighter, idiot. Fighters saw what he did to Fury, idiot. Look at videos of his past fights, idiot. He didn't look like a helpless shmo standing there like a punching bag, idiot.

They should withhold his purse until an investigation is made, like let's see if his savings account has changed recently.

I assume you are implying that he was paid off to pave the path for AJ / Wilder? If that was case why would they do that if Parker was also not part of the same ‘package’ of pay off?

Your logic doesn’t hold up, no issues w giving AJ a hard time for past but he did what he was supposed to do. Wallin could have had an off night, i am kind of past reading too much into one performance but AJ showed SOME good things - lets see how next fights play out.

[Atypicalbrit]

Just look at Wallin's record, idiot. It's not padded like a jobber, like Di Mori's, idiot. He just beat top tier fighter Gassiev, idiot. Do u know who Gassiev is, idiot? Wallin was a well avoided fighter, idiot. Fighters saw what he did to Fury, idiot. Look at videos of his past fights, idiot. He didn't look like a helpless shmo standing there like a punching bag, idiot.

They should withhold his purse until an investigation is made, like let's see if his savings account has changed recently.

AJ has beat Wallin twice in the amateurs and sparred many rounds with him reportedly getting the better of Wallin every time.

It's not that Wallin isn't a good fighter or threw the fight,,, its that AJ was extremely familiar with him and had a very favourable style against him.

Wallin I belive had false confidence that AJ would show up like he did vs Helenius and that other nobody and look terrible so when the first bell rang and AJ had Wallin almost immediatley timed and measured I belive Wallin panicked and froze in there.

No conspiricy.

I also don't know if AJ would look as well vs a opponent he wasn't very familiar with.

[Tom Joad]

I assume you are implying that he was paid off to pave the path for AJ / Wilder? If that was case why would they do that if Parker was also not part of the same ‘package’ of pay off?

Your logic doesn’t hold up, no issues w giving AJ a hard time for past but he did what he was supposed to do. Wallin could have had an off night, i am kind of past reading too much into one performance but AJ showed SOME good things - lets see how next fights play out.

"...he was paid off to pave the path for AJ / Wilder?"

Why just AJ-Wilder? Joshua is a meal ticket for whoever is backing him. Had he lost to Wallin their meal ticket would be gone. His market value would be way down, kaput. It's worth a lot of money to them to keep him relevant. A big fight with Fury, or someone else = big crowd in the UK = $$$. On the other hand Wallin doesn't have powerful backers. He's not been a big money draw. It used to be that way with Wilder too, but his backers have moved on now. Parker wasn't doing a punching bag impersonation last night, but I remember some pretty obvious strings they were pulling to keep their Wilder meal ticket's value up. Boxing is very crooked, sometimes very obvious, sometimes more subtle.

[Tom Joad]

AJ has beat Wallin twice in the amateurs and sparred many rounds with him reportedly getting the better of Wallin every time.

It's not that Wallin isn't a good fighter or threw the fight,,, its that AJ was extremely familiar with him and had a very favourable style against him.

Wallin I belive had false confidence that AJ would show up like he did vs Helenius and that other nobody and look terrible so when the first bell rang and AJ had Wallin almost immediatley timed and measured I belive Wallin panicked and froze in there.

No conspiricy.

I also don't know if AJ would look as well vs a opponent he wasn't very familiar with.

I disagree. It appeared to me that Wallin wasn't trying. He was only trying to get punched a lot. Had the fight been legit the familiarity works both ways. An amateur would have done better than Wallin. At least he would have tried. Wallin didn't even try to throw a single punch with bad intentions. Not one. He didn't even move. He stood right in front of Joshua. A heavy bag hanging from the ceiling would have been better than him. I watched that ****** so-called fight twice to see if my impression might have been wrong. No, I don't think it was.

"Wallin I belive had false confidence that AJ would show up like he did vs Helenius"

What do u mean? Joshua KO'd Helenius.

[Slimpack]

AJ was certainly better than in his last fights. But I'm not sold on his resurgence yet. Let's see what the future brings.

Likewise. I would love to see him repeat same feat again, and again, before I am convinced that he is truly back.

[Roberto Vasquez]

I checked the video again and it looks to me that he says "I'm back" at the end of his exchange with Ruiz Jr.

Anyhow, my point is that AJ was so excited for this win, but Wallin just didn't show up. It takes much more for me to believe he's really back...

He has won 3 fights in a row. Not sure what people expect from him?? If he had fought Ngannou, got knocked down and sc****d a win like Fury or lost a shut out to Parker - like Wilder did. Would that satisfy them? Why are the standards to high for AJ and not for the other top guys??

Boxing is a hard sport. AJ only walked though lower ranked opponents. He got wobbled against Whyte and was out of it for round. Another day - Whyte could have KO'd him. Same with Wlad. Fights are only easy when you look back on them

[Toffee]

"Wallin I belive had false confidence that AJ would show up like he did vs Helenius"

What do u mean? Joshua KO'd Helenius.

I think he means timid, cautious.

I thought Joshua found a better balance of caution and aggression against Wallin.

[Tatabanya]

He has won 3 fights in a row. Not sure what people expect from him?? If he had fought Ngannou, got knocked down and sc****d a win like Fury or lost a shut out to Parker - like Wilder did. Would that satisfy them? Why are the standards to high for AJ and not for the other top guys??

Boxing is a hard sport. AJ only walked though lower ranked opponents. He got wobbled against Whyte and was out of it for round. Another day - Whyte could have KO'd him. Same with Wlad. Fights are only easy when you look back on them

I'm not being harsh on AJ, I had high hopes on him at the beginning. But I'm afraid his mind is not strong enough to handle the pressure at the very top. Perhaps I'll be proven wrong.

[hhh1200]

He has won 3 fights in a row. Not sure what people expect from him?? If he had fought Ngannou, got knocked down and sc****d a win like Fury or lost a shut out to Parker - like Wilder did. Would that satisfy them? Why are the standards to high for AJ and not for the other top guys??

Boxing is a hard sport. AJ only walked though lower ranked opponents. He got wobbled against Whyte and was out of it for round. Another day - Whyte could have KO'd him. Same with Wlad. Fights are only easy when you look back on them

AJ fought a tougher schedule and better fighters or was on par with Vlad and Lennox when they were knocked out and had to rebuild. And you better look at how softly those 2 were rebuilt. Crazy generation of boxing fans with no historical sense.

Povetkin was far better than the version Whyte fought and AJ had to fight through a broken nose to stop him. Vlad he fought beats all but maybe 2 of the current heavyweights. Parker, Martin, and Breazeale were just the guys who were ranked at the time. Zhang, Hovz, and Sanchez aren't much better if that is the new group. As far as Ruiz, **** happen when you rush on a guy you think is hurt. That only leaves Usyk who you could say is this generation's Holyfield minus his soft body.

That leaves Wilder (who turned down the 120 million out of his mouth), Fury and Zhang (since he is the new boogie man but AJ fights him and beats him he is going to be too old)

He has been moved faster than Wilder 33-0 with a baby bottle and Fury jumping fences at 400 lbs.