Barry Hearn : " NO heavyweight can go three rounds with Joshua"

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I would have believed you if I hadn't seen that scar on Klitschko's left bicep after he rescheduled his fight with Pulev.

That came from him crashing down on the canvas and falling on his arm.

[Tom Cruise]

Apart from Klitschko, Joshua and their respective teams, I believe Kugan Cassius and a few journalists are the only human beings that must be knowing that...

Maybe Tyson Fury...

Having a friend who knows the whole team of a great football club ( that I won't mention) I know that there are lots of insider stories that the general public doesn't know about... I guess it must be the samed with boxing...

[boliodogs]

So far he has never fought anybody who boxrec ranks higher than 60th among the world's best heavyweights. Let me see how he does when he fights top 50 or 40 or 30 or 20 or, god forbid, top 10 world rated heavyweights. If he is still knocking them all out in less than 3 rounds then he's got my vote.

[kafkod]

If Barry Hearn said it, it must be correct. They don't call him "Barry the Bible of Boxing" for nothing.

In fact, they don't call him "Barry the Bible of Boxing" at all. They call him Eddie Hearn's dad.

[SN!PER]

I think what Malik is saying is the truth.

He's an American boxer who has no reason to praise a British boxer, but he's saying that Anthony Joshua was very competitive with Klitschko in sparring.

He's finishing his opponents faster than anyone has finished them before. And he's still getting better.

[SN!PER]

[Ham Porter]

Would almost certainly beat Wilder right now.

Joshua is the peoples champion.

[The Hammer]

Joshua is the real deal.

I can't imagine either Wilder or Fury lasting three rounds against him, and he'd likely knock out the current older version of Wlad.

It would be better if Joshua fought bona fide top 15 HWs from now on. He's too good to be fighting journeymen.

[elfag]

lol 14 fights

hasnt even fought a real pro fighter, a fighter who makes his living off of boxing. he fought a bunch of guys who train part time after their day jobs.


hes beat a collection of bin men, forklift operators and cab drivers

[Spacey1991]

Too early to tell yet, he has a lot of potential and is progressing very nicely but he hasn't been fully tested yet, we will see when he starts to face guys that are more capable of catching him, see how he takes a punch, etc.

As of right now he looks like he has a bright future and needs to keep his feet on the ground like he is at the moment, just keep constantly improving... he needs another 18 months at least IMO before he'll start to look ready for a title shot. I honestly hope he can take over as the man in the HW division, whether that's from beating Wlad or him retiring before he gets there, he seems to be good for boxing to me.