Comments Thread For: Klitschko vs. Joshua Getting Close as Both Sides Wait For Rulings

[Sun_Tzu]

Ill take Joshua in this one. Wlad is shot.

[The plunger man]

I'm not saying he doesn't put his guys on tough fights, he does if there is a good money involved.. We are talking about his cash cow here - AJ.. You know AJ & Wlad is a stadium fight & can do great numbers right.. Hearn is on record for saying its too early for Joshua & also he expects Wlad to win the WBA title so they would promote this as a unification..

Joshua's quick, i'll give you that.. But does he have a good chin - ???? (Feel free to fill in because nobody knows)
Wlad is not your average Whyte & I don't need to say much about his power as it speaks for itself.. Wlad has more tricks up his sleeve than AJ..

Yeah but you can't say wlad has a chin....he's been knocked out 3 times in his career and has hit the deck over 9 times since he was a pro......Joshua will be the quickest, biggest and most physically strongest opponent wlad has ever faced and that's with wlad being 41 as well...think logically man there's been no heavyweight in history that has ever retained there prime beyond 40.....foremen was the exception but that's only because he was inactive for years and landed a one a million shot against chinny michael moorer......I don't think u realise just how much of a beast Joshua really is....not many heavyweights will be able to take Joshua's power and certainly i think if Joshua lands on klitchcko it's lights out.....41 is way beyond the prime of any heavyweight in history

[-Freddy-]

Hearn has been cautious with AJ his whole career not taking any risks and now all of a sudden he is going to throw him in the deep end.

Shocking, but I think he saw what happened with Brook that even though he lost it raised his profile.

I hope it does happen we need a big fight this year in the HW division.

[HughJass]

Wlad vs. Joshua is a good fight. Either Joshua hype machine will come to a screeching halt or the baton will be passed.

The baton was passed in Dusseldorf on the 28th of November 2015 m8,until someone beats him he'll be the best heavyweight on the planet!

[BoxingFan85]

Yeah but you can't say wlad has a chin....he's been knocked out 3 times in his career and has hit the deck over 9 times since he was a pro......Joshua will be the quickest, biggest and most physically strongest opponent wlad has ever faced and that's with wlad being 41 as well...think logically man there's been no heavyweight in history that has ever retained there prime beyond 40.....foremen was the exception but that's only because he was inactive for years and landed a one a million shot against chinny michael moorer......I don't think u realise just how much of a beast Joshua really is....not many heavyweights will be able to take Joshua's power and certainly i think if Joshua lands on klitchcko it's lights out.....41 is way beyond the prime of any heavyweight in history

Well I would love to tell you that Wlad overcame his mental setback of being punched & he took some good shots from a lot of heavy handed guys like Haye, Pulev, Tony Thompson(Prime version), Ibragimov but again you have only his KO to consider so i'll not waste time explaining more..
AJ is good now & not great which he can be.. So you ride that train whilst i'll stay grounded until he proves it with the elite level.. A 40yr old Wlad can still win against AJ but a prime Wlad would have decimated him.. Its not always the age mate, Experience can't be bought in a store & you'll see why exactly he had a decade long dominance..

[PittyPat]

The HW landscape is a crazy one right now. If Fury gets stripped of some – or all – of his alphabet belts, he'll still hold the lineal title. So even if Wladimir and Joshua fight, Fury can still claim to be "the man that beat the man" and essentially the best HW on the planet.

One thing he won't be able to claim anymore, though, is sympathy from Haye stiffing him twice in 2013 – he's now done exactly the same, the gobby eediyat. :eyeroll: Then again, Wladimir is just as guilty of doing that over the years.

[Chollo Vista]

If it happens, it'll be awesome!!! I got Klitschko by stoppage.

I think Wlad stops him as well

[Sun_Tzu]

Hearn has been cautious with AJ his whole career not taking any risks and now all of a sudden he is going to throw him in the deep end.

Shocking, but I think he saw what happened with Brook that even though he lost it raised his profile.

I hope it does happen we need a big fight this year in the HW division.

Hearn has been cautious? Joshua fought for and won a world championship in his 16th fight while most prospects are fighting journeymen in their 16th fight. I dont think cautious is the word I would use to describe his career trajectory thus far. He will beat Wlad if they fight also, prime wlad would have trouble with him. Old Wlad gets Sandered just like he would if he fought Ortiz.

[Chollo Vista]

Ill take Joshua in this one. Wlad is shot.

Why?

Fury simply outboxed him and Wlad had an off night. The first in over 10 years. Fury and Joshua are nothing alike stylistically though.

Wlad wasn't damaged in that fight the least bit.

I didn't see anything in that fight that told me he's shot

[King Jaffe Joffer]

Wlad by 12 Round Unanimous Huggage