Opportunity Knocks - How Decisively does Joshua have to beat Ngannou to satisfy his legacy?

[Willow The Wisp]

Lol. Wilder is just not very good mate. He has zero significant wins in his career, none. AJ has beaten loads fo champions and ex champions. Wilder c an barely box, AJ is an olympic gold medalist. Parker simply exposed Wilder for what he is and always was: a hyped fighter who didn't beat anyone.
If you're placing Wilder's body of work above Joshua's, then I am sorry, but I cannot take you seriously.

What do I care what you take seriously? You have no idea what you're talking about. But I support your right to have an opinion. Wilder's body of work is approximately equivalent to Joshua's.

[Willow The Wisp]

Fury's greatest possible redemption for his performance vs Ngannou, is to come to the Usyk fight in the fantastic shape that he claims he's currently in and dominate Usyk.

Absolutely right.

[Froch_uppercut]

What do I care what you take seriously? You have no idea what you're talking about. But I support your right to have an opinion. Wilder's body of work is approximately equivalent to Joshua's.

"Wilder's body of work is approximately equivalent to AJ's". How can anyone believe that? AJ has fought and beaten so may champions while Wilders doesn't have a single good win on his resume.

[TMLT87]

Wilder's body of work is approximately equivalent to Joshua's.

His best career wins outside of Ortiz are like....Stiverne? Arreola? maybe Helenius who AJ also beat? i'm failing to see the approximate equivalence tbh.

[QueensburyRules]

- - AJ been guaranteed HOF for some time. Wallin and Francis just a couple Blubber cherries for him.

[Willow The Wisp]

Congratulations Anthony Joshua!

Well done this past week A.J., doing what Champion Fury should have done against Ngannou, and upholding the prestige of professional boxing.

Making it look incredibly easy, he sent the most qualified MMA fighter of all time back down to the minor leagues where a legendary heavyweight champion tops out at $600,000, minus training expenses and taxes, which Ngannou made for beating Ciryl Gane in his career high payday in the UFC minors.

Boxing since youth and dreaming of going pro, he used his boxing prowess to achieve dominance over Mixed Martial Arts as a springboard into world class boxing, and the enormous paydays those athletes receive.

For Joshua, his latest comeback of 4 straight has returned him to the top of the food chain in the division, and largely brought into perspective the three losses he's suffered.

A stoppage loss to capable Andy Ruiz, since avenged (for the most part) and two decision losses to Oleksandr Usyk where Joshua was outslicked; can now be seen, in light of his rejuvenation, as experience building setbacks in a similar vein to what Choynski & Hart were to Jack Johnson, Flynn & Meehan were to Dempsey, Schmelling was to Louis, Frazier & Norton to Ali, Ali & Young to Foreman, McCall & Rahman to Lewis and what Sanders & Brewster were in the career of Klitschko.
I.e., not the end of the story, but merely the middle.

His return, as Britain's most famous professional athlete and a beloved hero, is a great thing for boxing.

Born in late 1989, he is still very much in his prime, while the other long term champions of his era; Deontay Wilder, b. 1985, Oleksandr Usyk, b. 1987 and Tyson Fury, b.1988 have perhaps already begun the process of aging out of top form; and as the youngest among them; Joshua might be expected to fight in prime a bit beyond those others.

The changing fortunes in this game of thrones have taken many turns, and with the welcome and wildly fast paced action occuring as of late, a rebirth of sorts is Anthony Joshua's reward for all the hard work and perseverance; and more mega fights and hundreds of millions of new fans and dollars shape the continuing history of the richest prize in all of sport. A history in which Anthony Joshua now plays a heightened role.