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I have been increasingly intrigued with Anthony Joshua.
I will admit, I didn't pay much attention to him, even though he won a Gold Medal, and ran through his opponents like they were children.
I recently took a more serious interest, and studied the tape.
From all appearances, I felt like we were looking at the next great heavyweight.
A 6 foot 6 Mike Tyson.
He has hand speed, superior technique, and excellent movement in his hips.
He is flexible, he can contort his body to deliver power while also avoiding it.
He is a brutal finisher, I cannot remember a fighter since Iron Mike that puts his punches together like that.
This guys hits people, and they turn into dust.
Lennon Lewis didn't have this type of hand speed, its the hand speed that sets this athlete apart.
Joshua is more like Manny in that regard, although he does not seem that athletic in his legs.
He plods sometimes, he does not have footwork, he does not bounce on his toes.
He fights flat footed, and that will leave him susceptible to boxers, and makes him ready to order for counter punchers.
I am not sure about his physical appearance, I have seen posters on here make reference to PED's, but until I see a smoking gun, I am going to take him for what he is, an awesome physical specimen, clearly the strongest boxer on the planet.
Wilder has power, but he is not groomed to be a champion, he does not have the pedigree, or the long term schooling Joshua has.
Tyson Fury?
Yeah right, AJ eats him inside of 3 rounds, Fury won't be able to run from this kid.
I was super high on Joshua going into Saturday night.
Now?
Not so much, lets face it, the 2nd round was shaky, it was bad, and he didn't even really get tested in my opinion, his opponent couldn't put his shots together. I also saw some holes in that defense, which was the result of being to aggressive.
If he is that careless against DW, he is getting knocked out.
DW stops him on Saturday.
AJ took to many clean shots, and was visibly hurt several times.
AJ failed the chin check, he is destined to be knocked out by a lesser opponent if he does not go back to school, and get out of this club fighter mode.
It's not going to work.
I will admit, I didn't pay much attention to him, even though he won a Gold Medal, and ran through his opponents like they were children.
I recently took a more serious interest, and studied the tape.
From all appearances, I felt like we were looking at the next great heavyweight.
A 6 foot 6 Mike Tyson.
He has hand speed, superior technique, and excellent movement in his hips.
He is flexible, he can contort his body to deliver power while also avoiding it.
He is a brutal finisher, I cannot remember a fighter since Iron Mike that puts his punches together like that.
This guys hits people, and they turn into dust.
Lennon Lewis didn't have this type of hand speed, its the hand speed that sets this athlete apart.
Joshua is more like Manny in that regard, although he does not seem that athletic in his legs.
He plods sometimes, he does not have footwork, he does not bounce on his toes.
He fights flat footed, and that will leave him susceptible to boxers, and makes him ready to order for counter punchers.
I am not sure about his physical appearance, I have seen posters on here make reference to PED's, but until I see a smoking gun, I am going to take him for what he is, an awesome physical specimen, clearly the strongest boxer on the planet.
Wilder has power, but he is not groomed to be a champion, he does not have the pedigree, or the long term schooling Joshua has.
Tyson Fury?
Yeah right, AJ eats him inside of 3 rounds, Fury won't be able to run from this kid.
I was super high on Joshua going into Saturday night.
Now?
Not so much, lets face it, the 2nd round was shaky, it was bad, and he didn't even really get tested in my opinion, his opponent couldn't put his shots together. I also saw some holes in that defense, which was the result of being to aggressive.
If he is that careless against DW, he is getting knocked out.
DW stops him on Saturday.
AJ took to many clean shots, and was visibly hurt several times.
AJ failed the chin check, he is destined to be knocked out by a lesser opponent if he does not go back to school, and get out of this club fighter mode.
It's not going to work.
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