Comments Thread For: Joshua Claims Ngannou Is The Biggest Challenge Of His Life

[Jab jab boom]

For me, to have to see the boxing news where the UFC world gloats and rants and laughs hysterically at the boxing world where they would proclaim that they can compete with all the boxing champs while they only need a few fights or less - that is not something that sits well with TRUE boxing fans like me. Joshua needs to spark Francis out or Boxing will get yet another huge embarrassing moment and the Boxing world would be the laughing stock and would have to tuck their legs between their tales. This is NOT an acceptable outcome for TRUE boxing fans.

Yeah I get that but….this hw boxing era is primarily filled with inferior talent. It’s like the minor leagues. We all know ufc guys wouldn’t stand a chance vs anyone on the p4p list.

[PRINCEKOOL]

In this battle between the top-4 Heavyweights, to see who will be the last man standing from this area 'All of the fighters remaining fights, are their biggest challenges'.

Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk and Deontay WIlder they are all in the clutch.

Note: How Joshua is speaking right now, that is precisely the kind of talk 'I want to hear from him'.

Joshua did not become a Olympic Champion in a unprecedented time frame, or in his 19th professional fight beat up and knock out Wladimir KIltschko in the greatest Heavyweight title fight of the past 25 years ? Being passive and dismissive towards any challenge which appeared in front of him.

One of Joshua's most underrated and greatest attributes as a fighter, and athlete are his Work ethic combined with his analytical and obsessive nature.

Those attributes have played a major part in why he is still a threat in the Heavyweight division, and why theoretically he can still at the conclusion of his era 'Be the last man standing'.

The match up between Ngannou & Joshua, is great match making 'A win for Joshua reinforces the theme, that Joshua ether more conclusive or superior wins than Fury over all of their common opponent's'.

Anthony Joshua stepped up in his 19th professional fight, and fought the version of Wladimir Kiltschko who Tyson Fury should of fought in their scheduled rematch 'Fury did not fight that version of Kiltschko, because he pulled out of that fight twice unfortunately due to his circumstance'.

Joshua's win over Kiltschko was a more conclusive win than Fury's 'Wladimir Kiltschko vs Anthony Joshua is the greatest Heavyweight title fight of the past 25 years'. That was the night, when the Heavyweight Division was conclusively taken into a new dynasty.

Tyson Fury won one fight vs Wladimir Kiltschko over the distance, then he disappeared 'No dynasty was created'.

'At no point in history, has a Champion of Wladimir Kiltschko's level just been dismissed after suffering one loss over 12 rounds'.

Wladimir Kiltschko was a Champion for close to 10 years, it was a injustice 'That he was not given the opportunity to fight, and attempt to win back his titles vs Tyson Fury'.

It was Anthony Joshua in his 19th professional fight, who fought off Wladimir Kiltschko out of the Heavyweight division 'Joshua effectively, stepped up into Fury's battle and brought it to a conclusion'.

And here we are again, 7 years later 'Anthony Joshua is once again stepping up to fight off Tyson Fury's battle's'.

People in the boxing world are all in agreement, that somebody has got to step up 'And beat Francis Ngannou for real, because Tyson Fury did not achieve this'.

Projected for March 8th 'Anthony Joshua is that man, he is that fighter' etc.


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[MulaKO]

Vs a guy who is 0-1? AJ doesn't think much of himself.

Thank you
Someone had to say it

[MulaKO]

And to my last point, I'm not against a UFC fighter having the talent and abilities to enter the boxing world but A) they should climb the ladder and not be placed above the many boxers who deserve a fight against a champ (even for some ****** circus act) - boxers who were waiting ahead and earned the right to not have to wait for a circus act to complete, and B) having the UFC come to the conclusion that they can compete with boxing champs at the get go - which at this point places the responsibility on Joshua to end Francis asap and not give the UFC any opportunity to laugh at the Boxing world.

I’m glad someone agrees with me
Ludicrous to have a guy who’s in mma not boxing , fighting for the heavyweight championship
The mma guy is 1-1 if he wins and get a title shot ; fughin crazy imo

[PRINCEKOOL]

Thank you
Someone had to say it

Say what? Joshua is displaying the attitude a elite athlete should have 'This is boxing, every single fight contains career altering jeopardy'.

Or do you think, Joshua should phone up Tyson Fury and ask him for advice on how to prepare for a fight?

Joshua became a Olympic Champion in unprecedent time, and he is a two time World Heavyweight Champion.

Note: Joshua has not achieved those feats, by being passive and dismissive towards any challenge that is put in front of him.

This is precisely the type of attitude, any boxing coach would want to see in their fighter 'At amateur or professional level'.

'This is it, right now. Joshua has to win this fight'. Joshua has many feats of achievement in the sport, but? Francis Ngannou does not care about those achievements.

Francis Ngannou is the challenge in-front of Anthony Joshua 'Therefore Joshua has to approach this fight, with this attitude' etc.

[BustedKnuckles]

I think Josh will win with late stoppage. Josh has lost 3 times, no big deal. Whose to say if fury fought Ruiz and usyk a total of 4 fimes fury wouldn't have 4 losses?
Fury can only gloat, if Fury has beat who Josh lost to.

This is a good perspective. We can't assume anything with Fury. He has only fought two different people in a few years. And they both knocked him down.

And we still have no idea how he would handle Usyk, only theories, and we still might never find out.

[MulaKO]

Say what? Joshua is displaying the attitude a elite athlete should have 'This is boxing, every single fight contains career altering jeopardy'.

Or do you think, Joshua should phone up Tyson Fury and ask him for advice on how to prepare for a fight?

Joshua became a Olympic Champion in unprecedent time, and he is a two time World Heavyweight Champion.

Note: Joshua has not achieved those feats, by being passive and dismissive towards any challenge that is put in front of him.

This is precisely the type of attitude, any boxing coach would want to see in their fighter 'At amateur or professional level'.

'This is it, right now. Joshua has to win this fight'. Joshua has many feats of achievement in the sport, but? Francis Ngannou does not care about those achievements.

Francis Ngannou is the challenge in-front of Anthony Joshua 'Therefore Joshua has to approach
this fight, with this attitude' etc.

I don’t agree that an mma fighter , not a boxer , with a 1-1 record will be fighting for the heavyweight championship
Not sure why your getting your panties in a bunch but that is my point
You don’t have to agree with it or anything else
I won’t lose any sleep whatsoever

[Willow The Wisp]

I've seen the face-off where Joshua said this.

The fact is, Ngannou is NOT some MMA BJJ blackbelt/Grappler/kickboxer who invaded boxing.
He a Boxer who learned to stuff a takedown, check a kick who used MMA as his "Amateur career", and the guy CAN box.

Box a bit, anyway.

But on paper at least, Joshua SHOULD smash him easily.
Fury should've as well, and would've too one suspects, if he'd hit the bag and done a few situps in the months prior to the fight.

Now.....

There is very little to gain if Joshua wins because that is what's EXPECTED of him, as HE, unlike Fury, is in great shape.

NOT LOOSING to this upstart "interloper" (boxing base or not), is ABSOLUTELY The Biggest Challenge Of His Life

Because if he doesn't DESTROY the 0 - 1 weightlifter; and absolutely rips him apart; his reputation turns to DUST.

His past resume is not going to save him, should he fail in this assignment.

A.J. knows what he's talking about here.

[Monty Fisto]

I've seen the face-off where Joshua said this.

The fact is, Ngannou is NOT some MMA BJJ blackbelt/Grappler/kickboxer who invaded boxing.
He a Boxer who learned to stuff a takedown, check a kick who used MMA as his "Amateur career", and the guy CAN box.

Box a bit, anyway.

But on paper at least, Joshua SHOULD smash him easily.
Fury should've as well, and would've too one suspects, if he'd hit the bag and done a few situps in the months prior to the fight.

Now.....

There is very little to gain if Joshua wins because that is what's EXPECTED of him, as HE, unlike Fury, is in great shape.

NOT LOOSING to this upstart "interloper" (boxing base or not), is ABSOLUTELY The Biggest Challenge Of His Life

Because if he doesn't DESTROY the 0 - 1 weightlifter; and absolutely rips him apart; his reputation turns to DUST.

His past resume is not going to save him, should he fail in this assignment.

A.J. knows what he's talking about here.

I agree that if Joshua loses, his rep turns to dust. It's semantics, but I'd describe it as the biggest risk to his career, but not the biggest challenge. Fighting Wlad or rematching Usyk were probably the biggest challenges -- facing them was a bigger ask in terms of difficulty (in other words, a bigger challenge) than facing Ngannou, though Ngannou presents a bigger downside.

[Willow The Wisp]

I agree that if Joshua loses, his rep turns to dust. It's semantics, but I'd describe it as the biggest risk to his career, but not the biggest challenge. Fighting Wlad or rematching Usyk were probably the biggest challenges -- facing them was a bigger ask in terms of difficulty (in other words, a bigger challenge) than facing Ngannou, though Ngannou presents a bigger downside.

I agree 100% with all of that. In fact; there's no other way to see it. You can loose to a Fury, a Usyk, a Wilder, and even a comebacking and old Klitschko and come back from that.

You cannot loose to a Francis Ngannou, his gift to boxing being that he helped to put boxing as the dominant piece of the four legged table in MMA notwithstanding; and return from that.

For Anthony Joshua, it's ALL on the line here.

Beat Ngannou up, Sweep the Rounds and Knock him flat on his back......Or Boxing will spit you out forever.

Its very simple.