Is Anthony Joshua a potential contender or champion

[therealpugilist]

Im about to hit youtube and check him out



I haven't had time to do much research on him but I know he is a gold medalist

[Larry the boss]

To early to tell...

[LacedUp]

Yes both of those.

It's not too early in my opinion. In fact, id back him to beat half of the top ten guys already.

[therealpugilist]

He is pretty good

Just checked him out....he has pretty good size and athleticism for a heavyweight

He kinda keeps his hands a lil low but he makes up for it with good head movement

He sort of lifts his head when he punches like Mayweather does and if he isn't careful he will be getting clocked once his opposition improves

His power seems decent but not a one punch power guy

I love it when a heavyweight punches in bunches though

[D-MiZe]

I think it's a safe assumption that he could potentially contend for a championship.

[KO'er]

Joshua looked awesome tonight. Bakhtov didn't get KO'd since 2005 and went 12 rounds with Ustinov and Juan Carlos Gomez. He also went the full 8 rounds with Glazkov.

Joshua taking him out in 4 minutes; THAT is impressive. Plus Joshua was only 8-0 going in.

[Machinist_X]

hes pretty much edging on fighting world contenders now, i think hes going to easily eat to anyone who isnt a contender for a title

the guy is only 24 but theres no need to rush him, if they feed him bums though the public is going to start pushing pressure on him to fight someone world level but he could just do a wilder for at least 3 more years in my opinion, i honestly think AJ is going to retire chisora at somepoint, id put money on it, because where can chisora go after fury beats him

i am surprised by how fast and sharp his combos was, it wasnt power punches but it was very effective he looked like he could throw about 10-15 punches

[Crazylegs77]

He has a few years of fighting abysmal class competition given 2 days notice, then maybe we find out. Remember guys like Jameel Mccline were huge too and showed promise early..you just cant tell till the competition is stepped up.

[Sweet Pea 50]

I don't have a doubt he'll win a world alphabet title. None.

Only question is will he be considered The Man?

I like what I see so far.

[LacedUp]

I don't have a doubt he'll win a world alphabet title. None.

Only question is will he be considered The Man?

I like what I see so far.

It's hard to, in this day and age.

Question is, who's rivaling him at the moment? Say Wlad retires. Stiverne is already mid 30s.

Fury, Wilder are really the only other guys that contest it at the moment.