Anthony Joshua vs. Mariusz Wach

[SalimShady1212]

Johnson is completely done. But Wach is roughly Molina level in terms of skills but very tough and big. Definitely a true HW that can make AJ work..

I'm sorry but Wach does not have the same skill level as a full time teacher.

[RED REP]

Now this is a step up for my boy!

The world will believe if AJ stops him!

BUZZING!

[BodiesInFlight]

That's a really good fight for AJ, only seen Wach a little but he seemed pretty capable, strong chin strong punch, just what AJ needs.

Any word from matchroom on this?

[Tom Cruise]

Outside of a b.s British stoppage I see Wach going the distance he has a great chin and recuperative abilities if the Wladimir fights anything to go by. Wladimir hit that guy with some serious thunder and he remained upright.

He's also a big guy with a sneaky right hand and good power himself.
Very good step up and one I think will answer a lot of questions about Joshua.

I feel like if Klitschko had really started to put some combinations together they would have been forced to stop the fight. If Joshua gets comfortable enough I can see him stopping Wach just because the fight is non competitive and Wach is taking too many shots consecutively.

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As far as i know this was the last tall opponent that Joshua fought. Dychko was 6'9 and was a pretty good mover compared to Wach though. Joshua shows a pretty good understanding of range against a taller longer opponent even when he was raw in the Olympics, he did get caught with some right hands during the bout

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[MDPopescu]

... Joshua stepping up, really...
... Joshua by KO/TKO!.............................................. ..

[RED REP]

Brilliant match up, it Joshua stops Wach the world will know we have something very special on our hands. Absolutely buzzing for this if its true. So excited to see AJ fight someone taller than himself!

This fight will tell us a lot.

[MDPopescu]

British stoppage?

The fight will be in Britain. If Ian John-Lewis is the ref, he won't hesitate to favor the British boxer and wave his arms.

There were time in the Klitschko-Wach fight where some referees would have stopped it, Wach took a horrendous beating in some of the rounds.

... 'British stoppage?'

... Why not? We just got used to it............................

[mlac]

wow nice fight, i thought they would at least feed chisora/price/a few more tin cans before they made the step up..

could be too soon though ? we still havent seen joshua's chin tested!

[SN!PER]

They better have an ambulance ready for Wach if this goes 12.

[LacedUp]

wow nice fight, i thought they would at least feed chisora/price/a few more tin cans before they made the step up..

could be too soon though ? we still havent seen joshua's chin tested!

Wach is like a slower, more robotic and way more basic version of David Price with 10 times the chin.

It's not really a step-up from him or Chisora imo.