Dispensing the myth in advance that "nobody picked klitschko to beat joshua"

[NEETzsche]

We all know they're gonna say "Klitschko by Ko" and if he loses "Wlad was shot, lost to Fury".. Nobody can seem to say the best man won anymore.

How can you tell whether he's shot or not before seeing him in the ring? He hasn't won a fight in two years

I'm tentatively picking Wlad to win based on my fairly low opinion of Joshua's skills, but if he's shot he's shot. We'll see on Saturday

[bluepete]

How can you tell whether he's shot or not before seeing him in the ring? He hasn't won a fight in two years

I'm tentatively picking Wlad to win based on my fairly low opinion of Joshua's skills, but if he's shot he's shot. We'll see on Saturday

But if he gets knocked out in two rounds is it fair to say he's shot? After all Wlad was knocked out in two by Sanders. Being shot will be a good excuse to take away credit where it's due don't you think. I mean, you can't win if everyone you beat is shot in retrospect.

[Mr McDowell]

This is comedy gold. OP picked Wlad to win by ko in the AJ v Klitschko poll yet he makes this thread lmao.

[miniq]

Wlad by decision

Big stiff idiots

Fury is the man

[MDPopescu]

Because you know its coming.

The haters will do a huge u turn as always and start with the "i knew klitschko was shot" etc etc.

This thread will be bumped when thst starts happening because its 50/50 on here and LOADS of people are picking klitschko by ko.

I just picked Wlad to KO Joshua, late...

[NEETzsche]

But if he gets knocked out in two rounds is it fair to say he's shot? After all Wlad was knocked out in two by Sanders. Being shot will be a good excuse to take away credit where it's due don't you think. I mean, you can't win if everyone you beat is shot in retrospect.

He's 41 years old, has been out of the ring for a year and a half and looked awful in his last fight. If a fighter ticks those boxes then it's absolutely fair to assume that he may be shot. Context matters

[removed]

Add me for a Wlad KO. When he sparks Joshua out, all the casuals on here are gonna be like

"I knew AJ was a hype job doe"!!!!!!

[bluepete]

He's 41 years old, has been out of the ring for a year and a half and looked awful in his last fight. If a fighter ticks those boxes then it's absolutely fair to assume that he may be shot. Context matters

So therefore if Joshua wins, under any circumstances, to you it's only about Wlad being shot and he deserves no credit. Even though your picking Wlad to win? Sounds like an inbuilt dismissal of any possible credit for Joshua.

[bluepete]

Add me for a Wlad KO. When he sparks Joshua out, all the casuals on here are gonna be like
"I knew AJ was a hype job doe"!!!!!!

And if he doesn't, the haters will be like "but Wlad is 41doe".

[asgarth]

i am still not sure how the fight will play out. Both guys are KO-artists and are supposed to be chinny, but hopefully they wont respect each others power too much like in the GGG Vs Lemieux fight.
I would rather see Joshua going for the early kill and countering Klitschkos jab with a full force right straight counter. He did the same counter in his last couple fights, but different kind of caliber.