Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua: side-by-side training comparison

[LacedUp]

Who won between Larry Holmes and Kenny Norton?

Who won between Tim Witherspoon and Frank Bruno?

Does Joshua put in the roadwork like Fury does? I'm not sure.

[Weltschmerz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfWE_8MpjzY

I'd embed the above, but the uploader has disabled that option (can't possibly imagine why.)

looks like something out of a Monty Python or Benny Hill sketch.

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Fury takes Joshua to school. AJ knows it, Hearn knows it. They want nothing to do with Fury and have already come out and said as much. Fury is the fitter boxer of the two, and has a far superior engine, despite not being a muscle bound hulk.


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[Ham Porter]

It should be obvious by now, but boxing has never been a sport where pure athleticism has ever been the dominant paradigm.

Nope, the elite have almost always been the most athletically and physically gifted and dynamic. That doesn't mean the better athlete always wins, but even then the victor (Barrera - Hamed, for example) is still a tremendous athlete in their own right.)

Fury makes a mockery of the notion that boxing training is among some of the most physically demanding in the world.

[Fury4daWIN]

Nope, the elite have almost always been the most athletically and physically gifted and dynamic. That doesn't mean the better athlete always wins, but even then the victor (Barrera - Hamed, for example) is still a tremendous athlete in their own right.)

Fury makes a mockery of the notion that boxing training is among some of the most physically demanding in the world.

Athleticism can definitely give you the edge when all the other elements are in place, but too often boxing fans get seduced by a fighter's body and how well he can perform repetitive or non-boxing-related movements and try to apply them to success in the ring when these two things have only a small correlation.

You're right that champions need to be dynamic, but isn't Fury exactly that? I'd also say that he has a definite advantage in stamina and trains for a hard twelve rounds while AJ is very much a front runner. As for making a mockery of boxing training, he isn't the first nor will he be the last. At least he doesn't smoke during camp or come into fights steaming drunk, though it might be more interesting if he did.

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

Anyone who doesn#t think that Fury is an average/weak boxer should stop watching boxing.

Fury put on a master class vs Klitschko. He outboxed the outboxer and roughed up the wrestler in Klitschko. Klitschko was clueless and the only thing he could avoid was a beatdown because of his tactical abilities and his experience.

I sensed that Fury could very well bring t he same energies to the fight he brought against Johnson. The way he implemented his gameplan was simply impressive.

Now that Klitschko's ego has been badly hurt let's see if he can bring the old spirit that made him once an admirable athlete.Physically, he was in his prime vs Pulev.

Joshua might be strong and he might be quick but he would have to fight a different fight to beat Fury. And I can't see him bringing more than what Klitschko brings from the ouside. But he can counter and time his ounches very well though. That may be the key to beat Fury.

My guess is that Klitschko will either jump on Fury and risk getting beat up ( put apart that there's something he still hasn't shown us) or he fight cautiously and waits for the opportunity to land steelhammers while Fury opens up.

But Fury won't fight Joshua the way he fought Klitschko. Him and his uncle are very good tacticians and seem to understand the psychology of their opponents.