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The top 10 heavyweights since Wlad Klitschko

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  • #11
    Originally posted by j0zef View Post
    And I would put Fury over Joshua - AJ has looked vulnerable way too many times to be #2.
    I know what you're saying but it stands to reason that if you fight tougher competition you will end up showing more vulnerability. I feel like we as boxing fans should be lauding the guys who are willing to take on all comers - even if that means looking beatable and suffering a few more losses - because otherwise we are basically advocating for careful and selective match-making. If Joshua had to run the gauntlet of Fury's resume, he - like Fury - would only have two losses and would have shown a lot less vulnerability than he has in own career.

    And when you actually look at it, Joshua's been down nine times in his career but eight of those occurred in two fights (Ruiz and Dubois). Fury has been down eight times and while four of those came against Wilder, the other four came against Neven Pajkic, Steve Cunningham, Ngannou and Usyk. Two ex-cruiserweights, a light punching journeyman and an MMA fighter. Fury may have better powers of recovery than Joshua but he's also easier to put down. He too has shown a lot of vulnerability throughout his career and I'd argue he'd have shown a whole lot more had he been forced to fight through Joshua's resume rather than his own.

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