Comments Thread For: Tony Yoka not in play for Anthony Joshua, Jake Paul still is, says Matchroom's Frank Smith

[Willow The Wisp]

AJ avoiding Yoka in order to not risk blowing a Jake Paul fight.



Who do you consider the 4 best?

It's my perspective that the top heavyweight 2015 - 2025 rank like this:
1. Oleksandr Usyk
2. Tyson Fury
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Anthony Joshua
5. Agit Kabayel
6. Joseph Parker
7. Zhilei Zhang
8. Daniel Dubois
9. Andy Ruiz Jr
10.Wladimir Klitschko (old ver, post 2014)
11.Dillian Whyte
12.Luis Ortiz
13.Joe Joyce
14.Moses Itauma
15.Jarrell Miller
16.Alexander Povetkin (old ver, post 2014)
17.Derrick Chisora
18.Fabio Wardley
19.Filip Hrgovic
20.Kubrat Pulev (old ver, post 2014)



UK Heavyweights since 1975 - Last Half Century:

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Tyson Fury
3. Anthony Joshua
4. Frank Bruno
5. Joe Bugner
6. Dillian Whyte
7. Joe Joyce
8. Daniel Dubois
9. Derrick Chisora
10.Moses Itauma
11.Fabio Wardley
12.Hughie Fury
13.David Price
14.Herbie Hide
15.Danny Williams
16.Gary Mason
17.Richard Dunn
18.Audley Harrison
19.John L. Gardner
29.Horace Notice

[Willow The Wisp]

Also, I think Joshua vs. Yoka is a great fight.
Josh needs a decent opponent who's near his current level, and Yoka just beat the best Russian heavyweight with ease.

[ShoulderRoll]

It's my perspective that the top heavyweight 2015 - 2025 rank like this:
1. Oleksandr Usyk
2. Tyson Fury
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Anthony Joshua
5. Agit Kabayel
6. Joseph Parker
7. Zhilei Zhang
8. Daniel Dubois
9. Andy Ruiz Jr
10.Wladimir Klitschko (old ver, post 2014)
11.Dillian Whyte
12.Luis Ortiz
13.Joe Joyce
14.Moses Itauma
15.Jarrell Miller
16.Alexander Povetkin (old ver, post 2014)
17.Derrick Chisora
18.Fabio Wardley
19.Filip Hrgovic
20.Kubrat Pulev (old ver, post 2014)



UK Heavyweights since 1975 - Last Half Century:

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Tyson Fury
3. Anthony Joshua
4. Frank Bruno
5. Joe Bugner
6. Dillian Whyte
7. Joe Joyce
8. Daniel Dubois
9. Derrick Chisora
10.Moses Itauma
11.Fabio Wardley
12.Hughie Fury
13.David Price
14.Herbie Hide
15.Danny Williams
16.Gary Mason
17.Richard Dunn
18.Audley Harrison
19.John L. Gardner
29.Horace Notice

It’s hard to justify ranking Joshua above Dubois, isn’t it? Dubois cleaned his clock.

[Willow The Wisp]

It’s hard to justify ranking Joshua above Dubois, isn’t it? Dubois cleaned his clock.

Not really. At least, not by my criteria. Dubois has had 25 fights and Joshua 32. Ranking their comparative bodies of work, you have to analyze 57 fights. Basing a comparison using just one fight doesn't include enough information to accurately compare them against each other.

[HisExcellency]

He should be fighting Fury next...winner gets a trilogy fight against Usyk and KO'd into retirement.

[tyler87432f]

Yes, totally right. AJ begging Jake Paul for a fight is pretty humiliating. And it will all be for nothing After Jake-Tank turns out to be a debacle - Tank will be grossly out of shape but Jake will be cautious about running into a punch kingdom Scans - there won’t be much appetite for AJ-Jake. AJ should just wait for Fury to come back, do 2 fights with him and calll it day.

Yes i see this