Comments Thread For: Devastating Anthony Joshua Wipes Out Francis Ngannou in Two Rounds

[IAMTHAT]

I have always believed AJ would crush Wilder
I rest my case

Joshua crushes Fury too in my opinion, and with Ben Davidson on his team and his new found grit I think Usyk 3 can turn the other way

[automaton89]

Top notch reporting here..how the hell do you get a fighter's (Joshua) record wrong when this is what you do for a living? I swear proofreading and attention to detail is gone in this world.

Most people are bad at what they do

[PunchyPotorff]

Fury said he took it seriously before the fight, then after the fight he didnt he didn't. What does that tell you?

Fury is a showman. And besides, there has been a lot of training camp talk posted here and there.
As for what he said before and after, there's a myriad of reasons why, not the least of which is
realizing the wrong training methods were used, he didn't train enough, etc etc.
Not sure what your point is, but I would take a wild guess that a 2nd fight would set the record straight.

[TheWinners]

So Fury fight doesn't count? Styles make fights... Should Frazier havs retired just because Foreman was impossible for him?

It is almost impossible for an MMA fighter with little experience in boxing to crossover and beat the top fighters who've boxed their entire lives. Do you not understand this?

Ngannou wouldn't beat an average level HW boxer who trained a life time. He would lose to lower weight classes as well. Canelo Alvarez would clean his clock. He doesnt focus solely on boxing!

[Combat Talk Radio]

Unfortunately a lot of people were picking Francis based on that fight with Fury. How easy it is to sway people.

Simply could NOT understand that. Completely different styles and Fury fought like an idiot. Joshua fought perfectly given Ngannou's build and style - which is all range and power, not trying get in, not trying to lean and clinch like Fury was doing which made NO damn sense.


Here's that knockout by the way. Francis looked like he was either glazed over or taking a dive. Completely lacking defense leading up to the shot.

[dannnnn]

I think that right hand hurt Fury even more than it did Ngannou. The guy who (in Fury's own words) gave him his hardest fight of the past ten years just got utterly demolished with ease in two rounds. The look on his and Warren's faces as they begrudgingly applauded at ringside was a picture.

It's been a rough few months for Fury and his bullshit. I wonder how he and Warren will spin this.

[hugh grant]

Josh had power to Ko francis, but if it went 12 rounds would there be controversy in the result? Fury said he hit Francis clean, its just Furys not got the power...just like people thought. Even with Kronk Style. So power got Josh out of jail.
A fight between Josh and Fury is still a pick em.

[soul_survivor]

Davison taking AJ back to his basics is all thats happened here. This is the guy who smiled when he took a hellacious right from Wlad and was on his back, this is the guy who was relentless pressure against Whyte, Parker and Takam.

If AJ can work on his stamina andh is defensive ability he could push Fury very hard. Usyk? Usyk crunches AJ again.

[PRINCEKOOL]

I always stated that this fight, was stylistically a more difficult fight for Francis Ngannou to prepare for and fight than Tyson Fury.

For all of Tyson Fury's abilities and talent 'Anyone who has watched his entire career, know that Fury is innately a extremely clumsy fighter, his boxing fundamentals are not so great and he has the tendency to produce unforce errors at a high frequency at times even when he is not under intense pressure'.

Tyson Fury is similar to Amir Khan 'Were he can be boxing a great technical fight, but then suddenly his technique will just go out the window. In almost all of Tyson Fury's top level fights, there are always moments of complete technical calamity'.

That type of fighter, was always going to present Francis Ngannou 'With a opportunity to land his power'.

And ultimately that is what happened when Fury, just decided to wade forward vs Ngannou 'Square up to him as if he was opening the front door to his house, then BAM Fury was decked'.

Tyson Fury produced almost this exact same move and unforced error vs Deontay Wilder 'In the their fight. And that is what lead to Wilder decking Fury in that fight'.

People can mock Anthony Joshua, we know all the narratives that the media and certain sections of the boxing community like to endorse.

But regardless of what people like to endorse, Anthony Joshua is the most experience active Heavyweight in the sport at fighting World to Elite level Heavyweights.

Joshua on average when he wins a fight 'Wins 90 to 95% of the rounds'. And historically it has been extremely difficult for his opponents to win rounds against him consistently.

The only fighters who were able to win rounds consistently against him were 'Ruiz Junior I, Kiltschko, and Uysk'. Joshua on his worst night was still competitive vs Ruiz Junior I and he did avenge that loss effectively wining all of the 12 rounds during their rematch. Joshua was competitive vs Uysk in both fights, especially the second fight were his effort was the most improved out of the two fighters. And of course Anthony Joshua beat Wladimir Kiltschko in the greatest Heavyweight title fight of the past 25 years'.

April 29th 2017 'That was the night when the Heavyweight Division was conclusively taken into a new dynasty'.

Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua 'In order to win, Ngannou would have to put more effort into forcing a unforced error from Joshua'.

Joshua is a Olympic Champion, former two time World Heavyweight Champion 'And in retrospect, those 24 rounds of battle vs Oleksandr Uysk have given Anthony Joshua invaluable experience'.

Oleksandr Uysk's entire game, is to force his opponents into making unforce errors 'Out box them, score points and beat them up'.

Anthony Joshua fought Okeksandr Uysk at his own game twice back to back 'Both of those fights were competitive'. Joshua in his career was already a proven pure boxer before then, but for me? Those two fights, were skill for skill the highest level boxing match ups that have occurred during this era.

For me personally, I enjoyed the Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury trilogy more 'The brutality, the passion and competitiveness'. But in terms of pure technical boxing 'Joshua vs Uysk II, is the highest level match up skill for skill that has taken place during this Heavyweight era'.

Joshua was just beaten by the better fighter on that night 'There was nothing wrong with Joshua's game plan, and nobody can watch the fight and say? Joshua was making mistakes, and producing unforced errors'.

Of course Francis Ngannou has power, and I still believe that his boxing is ability is not bad 'People need to also stop making the excuse, that Mixed Martial Arts and boxing are entirely different sports'.

Boxing is apart of Mixed Martial Arts 'Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua, is not the same as Michael Phelps challenging Usain Bolt to a 100m race'.

Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua 'Is more similar to Daley Thompson challenging Carl Lewis, to a 100m race during the 1980's' i.e Daley Thompson was a decathlete, and a Olympic Champion.

I don't really rate mixed martial art fighters on the same level as Olympic Decathlete's, but the analogy I have made 'Is so people understand Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts are not two entirely different sports'.

Note: This is also why I believe Anthony Joshua deserves big credit, and it was a great performance. Ngannou definitively has power 'And still coming into this fight, nobody really understood the level of his ability'.

Francis Ngannou for me also deserves respect, because? His performance vs Tyson Fury 'Did create sparks in the Heavyweight division'. Tyson Fury may not have been in his absolute best condition, but he did train for Ngannnou 'Stylistically Ngannou was just competing in a fighter in Fury, who stylistically was a better match for him'.

To conclude: The battle between the top-4 Heavyweights to see who will be the last man standing of this era continues 'Anthony Joshua has just beaten Francis Ngannou by knock out inside 2 rounds, which is a victory that builds his momentum and charge towards fighting for another Heavyweight title or the Undisputed titles' etc.

[automaton89]

It is almost impossible for an MMA fighter with little experience in boxing to crossover and beat the top fighters who've boxed their entire lives. Do you not understand this?

Ngannou wouldn't beat an average level HW boxer who trained a life time. He would lose to lower weight classes as well. Canelo Alvarez would clean his clock. He doesnt focus solely on boxing!

clearly not impossible since FURY won by stealing rounds with one or two punches. Ngannou could have won that fivht