Comments Thread For: Hearn Admits Concern if Joshua-Klitschko Enters The Late Rounds

[sammybee]

Wlad will certainly move, clinch and tie AJ to push the fight beyond 7 rounds. Eventhough AJ defence is not perfect, Wlad has been knocked out more than once. Immediately Wlad wobbles, from a punch, the end of the fight is near

[sterling]

Joshua has the tendency to throw a right hand and doesn't pull it back immediately.. that's when he is susceptible to left hook.. fight after fight he has done the same.. It's like he is in love with his power and the reaction he gets.. Wlad has one of the best left hooks in the game.. I'd see a left hook hurting Joshua pretty bad..

Exactly, this is the only thing I am worried about.
He got caught by Dillian Whyte with a left hook for this exact same reason.
I think he is a smart fighter though and he will understand this.
I just hope he does not hurt Wlad early then get a bit reckless with leaving his hands down.

[alexjust]

I'm a very big fan of Klitschko, but I'm afraid, this is very likely to be his last fight. Saying that "age is just a number" is nothing more, but an attempt of self-conviction. And if you need to talk yourself up, you probably don't have the inner confidence, which requires no words. Its a wishful thinking to believe that at 41 you are like a 27 year old. Mentally he might feel young, but his physical abilities simply may not catch up with his mind.

I think AJ will win. Apart from age and also solid AJ's abilities, their roots for motivation are very different. For Wlad it is an attempt to redeem himself. He had everything and he lost it. For Joshua it is an attempt to gain everything. Wlad losing - no big deal, really, people will dismiss this as age (Ali also lost at this age, so as many greats in the past). AJ losing will be a different story, however. People will not take kindly to him if it happens and he knows it (which, I think, would be unfair). When you have a ton of money and proven remarkable accomplishments behind you, you are motivated differently than someone for whom a loss would mean so much more. If AJ loses, I think he will recover and will still go on and dominate the division (will definitely win in a re-match), but, in our ****** culture of admiring zero losses, he will have a massive reputational loss, which will forever stain his record.

Wlad is a true legend, even if he loses. He proved everything to everyone at his time, he's got nothing else to prove, except to himself. Which is certainly admirable, but may not be enough. The greatest trick is to know yourself and quit when it is the right time. Barely anyone ever does. Lennox Lewis got that and retired the undisputed, Wlad won't. Maybe he should have picked Parker. He'd still probably walk through him, but credit to Wlad he took on a real challenge (an alternative equally formidable challenger would be Wilder, but he wouldn't have earned even close to what he'd earn with AJ).

[bluemax]

I believe Klitchko will come to fight but at 41 he's to slow and still has that weak chin. Should be an easy night for Joshua as long as he doesn't get glamored into letting the fight go into the later rounds then who knows.

[Jkp]

It's possible.

Imagine if Klitschko is just levels above him even now (he might be). Joshua could go down as literally the biggest hype job ever. We've had hype jobs before but Joshua has sold huge PPV's, made a LOT of money and now selling out a 90,000 stadium and he's only fought the likes of Molina and Breazeale. That's another level.

Not that losing to Wlad makes anyone a hype job but still, Joshua would have done all of that above and then lose to his first real test which highlights just how well he's been marketed to the casual fanbase here in the UK.

Agree. The uk punters are way too gullible. He'll be turn out to be just like Audley harrison and David price... the last 2 hype jobs.

[NahMean]

I had a a dream that Joshua knocks Wlad out in the first round, hits him with a straight and rocks him, Klitschko off balance is hunched over and then he gets caught by another right and goes down, gets up jelly legged and gets demolished with a barrage of punches..

I don't think the fight will happen like that but that's what happened in my dream.. take from that what you will

That’s funny.. I also had a dream about this fight last night. My dream was weird as **** though.

In my dream the bell for the fight went as AJ was on the outside of the ropes and other people were still in the ring. Everyone ran out of the ring and as AJ was making his way into the ring Vlad hit him and knocked him out the ring.

Vlad then carried him into the ring and put him in corner of the ring and punched his face In. AJ didn’t have a mouth guard so he lost most his teeth and blood was pouring out.

Everyone in the stadium was crying including me as AJ looked like he’s been killed. Like I said it was a weird dream but it has me worried that AJ will lose.

[Ray*]

Wlad is a well schooled HW, since his loss to Lamont Brewster he has perfected the art of boxing without fighting, the holding, wrestling, grabbing, clinch and placing his body on AJ would take its toll if the referee doesn't stop it from the first round. Then to top it off he has power in that right hand for later on, when AJ is tired and frustrated after rounds and rounds of the same stuff. AJ should get Matt Skelton as his sparring partner.

[Poppo168]

Wlad is a well schooled HW, since his loss to Lamont Brewster he has perfected the art of boxing without fighting, the holding, wrestling, grabbing, clinch and placing his body on AJ would take its toll if the referee doesn't stop it from the first round. Then to top it off he has power in that right hand for later on, when AJ is tired and frustrated after rounds and rounds of the same stuff. AJ should get Matt Skelton as his sparring partner.

I don't know if Skelton is a good choice, AJ already KO'd him in 2 rounds and just easily pushed him off him when he tried to clinch up.

That’s funny.. I also had a dream about this fight last night. My dream was weird as **** though.

In my dream the bell for the fight went as AJ was on the outside of the ropes and other people were still in the ring. Everyone ran out of the ring and as AJ was making his way into the ring Vlad hit him and knocked him out the ring.

Vlad then carried him into the ring and put him in corner of the ring and punched his face In. AJ didn’t have a mouth guard so he lost most his teeth and blood was pouring out.

Everyone in the stadium was crying including me as AJ looked like he’s been killed. Like I said it was a weird dream but it has me worried that AJ will lose.

Hahahah your dream had me dying, I also had a dream that Liam Smith gets Ko'd In a weird situation

[The plunger man]

My concern is if the ref lets wlad grab and lean all over aj all night

wlads shot to **** though Joshua is gonna blast him eventually

With 90k supporters for joshua and fightng on home soil....no way will the ref let klitchcko spoil and ruin a potential good fight....germany maybe but not london town mate....its ok klitchcko trying to lean on a smaller lighter fighter...but were talking someone the size of joshua here ....klitchko gets knocked out as soon as joshua unloads on him...mark my words

[mlac]

Juicehua will obviously KO the gunshy, shot, 41 year old ex champion BUT i almost want Grabamir to knock him out just to see Eddie 'the Envelopes' face