Comments Thread For: Hearn: Ngannou is Very Dangerous Man, But Joshua Will Show You The Levels of Boxing

[PunchyPotorff]

If Joshua fights Ngannou like he fought Ruiz II and Wallin... IMO it will be an easy UD or late KO win for him.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Boxing is way more dangerous than MMA because of the repeated hits to the head. MMA fighters are just not ready for this constant battering. There are lots of way to take breaks when you get stunned in MMA. Joshua has some power especially in his jab. Ngannou will get stopped here. He's not a boxer and he will gas

One of the many mistakes Fury made with the Ngannou fight was 'Not making that fight a 12 round fight'.

Yes Ngannou won the fight, but? I think in a 12 round fight 'Even that version of Fury, would of been able to step up in those last two rounds'.

Maybe that would of been enough for Fury to actually legitimately win the fight 'On points'.

Note: Ngannou's endurance does look to be worse than both Fury's and Joshua's 'I am not so sure the mixed martial arts endurance, translates over into boxing as people would expect'.

Joshua unlike Fury, is not going to want to wrestle or tie up Ngannou 'This is a trait of Joshua's which some people have criticized him for. Joshua is in my opinion a stronger fighter than Fury physically, if he really wanted to? Joshua could impose brute strength much more in fights, and wrestle on the inside and disrupt fighters 'Develop a rough house inside game'.

The only fight were I have seen Joshua, wrestle on the inside and disrupt his opponents work 'Was vs Franklin'. That is the only fight were Joshua fought a classic big man styled fight i.e Solid Jab, Long Range to Mid Range game, then tie up and wrestle his opponent on the inside. This is the classic default game, that most good super Heavyweights try their best to master.

As others have pointed out, Fury kind of tried this with Ngannou 'And it backfired, due to Ngannou being very strong up close physically'.

Joshua does not innately want to fight like this, he is more content with boxing from Long to Mid-range 'Ngannou will be forced vs Joshua to box for longer periods of time'.

So your observation is correct, this fight may put even more pressure on his endurance 'This fight is also a 12 round fight' etc.

[Roberto Vasquez]

One of the many mistakes Fury made with the Ngannou fight was 'Not making that fight a 12 round fight'.

Yes Ngannou won the fight, but? I think in a 12 round fight 'Even that version of Fury, would of been able to step up in those last two rounds'.

Maybe that would of been enough for Fury to actually legitimately win the fight 'On points'.

Note: Ngannou's endurance does look to be worse than both Fury's and Joshua's 'I am not so sure the mixed martial arts endurance, translates over into boxing as people would expect'.

Joshua unlike Fury, is not going to want to wrestle or tie up Ngannou 'This is a trait of Joshua's which some people have criticized him for. Joshua is in my opinion a stronger fighter than Fury physically, if he really wanted to? Joshua could impose brute strength much more in fights, and wrestle on the inside and disrupt fighters 'Develop a rough house inside game'.

The only fight were I have seen Joshua, wrestle on the inside and disrupt his opponents work 'Was vs Franklin'. That is the only fight were Joshua fought a classic big man styled fight i.e Solid Jab, Long Range to Mid Range game, then tie up and wrestle his opponent on the inside. This is the classic default game, that most good super Heavyweights try their best to master.

As others have pointed out, Fury kind of tried this with Ngannou 'And it backfired, due to Ngannou being very strong up close physically'.

Joshua does not innately want to fight like this, he is more content with boxing from Long to Mid-range 'Ngannou will be forced vs Joshua to box for longer periods of time'.

So your observation is correct, this fight may put even more pressure on his endurance 'This fight is also a 12 round fight' etc.

Yes agreed and Ngannou is just not a boxer. I think at best he causes Joshua a few problems early on and then just gets progressively beaten up

[Eff Pandas]

If Fury didn't show Ngannou that there are levels to boxing idk that AJ will. I think Ngannou is an exceptional student of anything he does, is intelligent about what he does & what his opp does & is naturally a warrior behind any tip top HW in boxing today. I think that makes him an outlier beyond what most boxing fans/boxing insiders can grasp. I wouldn't go so far as to say Ngannou beats AJ, but I think AJ is in for one of the hardest fights of his career & factually that has led to most of AJ's L's. So I think Ngannou has a great opportunity to throw a monkey wrench into fans, boxers & specifically Team AJ's & AJ's expectations of what a guy with only a fight of experience can do.

[Eff Pandas]

Joshua will show you levels of boxing , but don't forget the rematch clause...

LOL I've been waiting for someone to ask Eddie if there is a rematch clause for this fight. I just know there has gotta be one, but I wanna hear it officially.