Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou - Done Deal, On Date TBD In Riyadh

[Mr Giggles]

It's embarrassing you believe a professional boxer who is the lineal champ requires footage of a total novice in order to win a fight.

He’s not a ‘total novice’. In fact, he’s been doing boxing training for years, he’s been training with boxing coaches for years, he started out doing boxing and kickboxing. In your mind, he just put on a pair of gloves the day of the fight.

But anyway, I don’t give a stuff about fury, I said at the time his performance was embarrassing, my point was about AJ.

[tophat1]

The PFL must be livid, signed francis in what was a big moment for them. Since then hes had zero fights, boxed once and signed for another boxing match

[Johnny Rubber]

I don't see the problem with this tbh. Ngannou already embarrassed the lineal champ, which exposed the heavyweight division. None of the top guys are what we thought they were. I hope he continues to embarrass them and shake things up.

[Stab Master Arson]

He’s not a ‘total novice’. In fact, he’s been doing boxing training for years, he’s been training with boxing coaches for years, he started out doing boxing and kickboxing. In your mind, he just put on a pair of gloves the day of the fight.

But anyway, I don’t give a stuff about fury, I said at the time his performance was embarrassing, my point was about AJ.

He was 0 and 0 and that's a fact.

Anyway, I don't believe AJ requires any footage of him. He'll do to him what Fury should have.

[hennanra1000]

The Wallin AJ walked through was not the same Wallin Fury went the distance with.

Just like the Parker AJ decisioned 6 years ago isnt the same Parker who disassembled Wilder.

How do you objectively make those conclusions?

The Joseph Parker AJ fought was unbeaten, more confident as he had never been knocked out.

Likewise the Wallin who AJ fought had far more experience with Fury and Gassiev under his belt and arguably deserved a win against Fury. Lets also not forget AJ didn’t get a scratch and Fury went life and death- did Wallin deteriorate THAT much?

Personally i thought AJ fought horribly against Parker (it was from my PoV the beginning of the tentative AJ). But at least i remain objective .

[Phase III]

This is so funny. Filip Hergovic was co-promoted by Hearn and while Eddie had a piece of Filip he was talking Joshua v Hergovic. But, his contract just expired. Bye bye Filip. When Eddie’s bitches leave him he finds another fighter to **********.

[dan-b]

Funny how most of you people don't take him seriously, he's nothing but a liar until it fits you narrative.

And him allegeding a good camp equates to him taking him seriously how?

"You people", "my narrative"? What are you talking about?

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

Interesting fight ngl. Francis proved he can **** with boxing big boys. I'll def watch.

Francis fought a Tyson Fury who didn't train for him in a world champion like fashion. He's not going to get that same disrespect from Anthony Johsua... I honestly don't think this fight will be close. I'd be amazed if Francis makes it passed round 6.

[dan-b]

That's literally the most naive take ever, if you're invested enough in the sport to waste your time looking up boxing forums and sharing your opinion about said sport and are willing to have back and forths with people your more involved/invested than joe blogs who attends the fights on a whim...

And this goes for anything games, cooking, tv shows whatever if you're going above what is "normal" for an average person/consumer then you're by default more invested and inherently more valuable.

Like I said the naivety involved in your take is embarrassing to be frank, it's tantamount to saying reviews are pointless even though the reviewer has went ABOVE AND BEYOND to let their opinion be known good or bad.

I disagree and I think you're using a lot of unnecessary theatrical language (and not to mention emboldened words and italics). Racking up massive post counts in an obsessive manner doesn't seem in any way relevant to the likelihood of purchasing subscriptions or PPVs. Not least because many of those same people proudly boast about illegal streams.

To equate the inane ramblings of semi-literate edgelords with the informed opinion of professional critics seems tenuous too. Unless you're referring to reviews on sites like Trustpilot where there's plenty of emotional drivel to wade through too.

[ShoulderRoll]

Outside of Fury and Usyk, who do you see as a serious danger to AJ? Honestly. It's a pretty weak division.

He's already beaten Parker, Wilder's done (I don't say that with malice, I hope he walks away and enjoys the peace he's found), Kabayel is fringe. Bakole, Hrgovic, Zhang - very good fighters but far from guaranteed to beat Joshua. I'd like to see him face Zhang before the year is out.

Hrgovic and Zhang and Frank Sanchez would all be tougher opponents for Joshua than Ngannou.