Comments Thread For: Parker's Coach: Joshua is Quite One-Dimensional, Very Robotic!

[Ray*]

But he is right though!!! This is not about Parker and great win for AJ but he looks too robotic, just look at how Wlad was dancing in there!!! Compare their bodies etc but at the end of the day AJ did what he had to do but a fit Fury would just dance around AJ.

[donjigga111]

Joshua destroys Parker regardless. What people need to understand Joshua had never been in the ring with anyone even close to Wlads level and experience.

Of course flaws were going to show but he is only going to get better.

[mlac]

Joshua didn't go life and death with Andy Ruiz and Carlos Takam though. All of the Tupou's, Haumono's and Cojanu's in the world won't prepare you for Joshua

JP was what...22/23? for those extremely tough fights and had been boxing for ....3 YEARS

You learn infinitely more with those kind of grueling fights agaisnt tanks like takam and underrated pressure fighters like Ruiz than you do fighting Gary the highlander and eric ill quit after the first landed punch molina.

Given the fact Parker had faced no one in the top 50 before those fights, show's he was being rushed with inadequate prior preparation. ( i actually thought he would lose the takam fight)

People are apparently much more impressed with fighting scrubs and KO'ing can's that arnt there to fight back (wilder/AJ< prior wlad) than they are with 50/50 match-ups at a young age like JP.

[Ray*]

This robotic stuff is a bit of a myth. He is huge, many heavyweights are not exactly Mayweather in smoothness. The one thing Joshua does that I thought would help him win even before the fight and that he does better than most heavyweights is he throws combinations. Almost no heavyweight throws combinations anymore. He does.

Kinda agree with you , I saw him throwing difference selection of punches and he was throwing combos for a HW, Especially the one he caught Wlad with in the 11th round. Even though he looked big he also place his foot and caught the ring off and was able to finish Wlad, having said that he really need to get a bit more fluidity into his fighting game.

[juggernaut666]

Parker said he knew Klitchko would win in this video when Joshua went down.......now in these pics hes like damn i still have to defeat Joshua who is a killer getting better "damn im screwed "is the look bc he needed Joshua taking down a notch and dent in his confidence!

[BigZ44]

JP was what...22/23? for those extremely tough fights and had been boxing for ....3 YEARS

You learn infinitely more with those kind of grueling fights agaisnt tanks like takam and underrated pressure fighters like Ruiz than you do fighting Gary the highlander and eric ill quit after the first landed punch molina.

Given the fact Parker had faced no one in the top 50 before those fights, show's he was being rushed with inadequate prior preparation. ( i actually thought he would lose the takam fight)

People are apparently much more impressed with fighting scrubs and KO'ing can's that arnt there to fight back (wilder/AJ< prior wlad) than they are with 50/50 match-ups at a young age like JP.

So you don't think Joshua will learn anything from a back and forth rumble with the long time champ though? I like Parker, top 10, borderline top 5 HW right now. But I think Joshua would be a nightmare for him, would love to see him get a crack at Wilder though

[mlac]

So you don't think Joshua will learn anything from a back and forth rumble with the long time champ though? I like Parker, top 10, borderline top 5 HW right now. But I think Joshua would be a nightmare for him, would love to see him get a crack at Wilder though

I said pre wlad.
Before that he literally was fighting guy's that were there for paydays and not there to fight back, the one guy who did fight back (whyte) rocked him and he's not even euro level.

Parker has had the best learning path.

When AJ was 24/25 he was fighting Matt Legg.
When DW was 25 he was fighting TY Cobb
When JP was 23 he was fighting a top 10/15 killer in Takam...

[BigZ44]

I said pre wlad.
Before that he literally was fighting guy's that were there for paydays and not there to fight back, the one guy who did fight back (whyte) rocked him and he's not even euro level.

Parker has had the best learning path.

When AJ was 24/25 he was fighting Matt Legg.
When DW was 25 he was fighting TY Cobb
When JP was 23 he was fighting a top 10/15 killer in Takam...

Guys broke in at different ages, I think it's more accurate to compare how many fight each were in at in there careers. Takam was Parker's 19th fight, we know who Joshua's 19th fight was, Wilder fought Daniel Cota in his 19th fight. For the most part I really like how Parker has been brought along and how active he's been. I think you're being hard on Joshua's resume. When he got thrown in with Skelton in his 7th fight, there were people that thought he wouldn't be ready and he'd get bullied and drowned by the vet. And then a ton of people said after the Whyte fight that he wasn't anywhere near ready for a title shot and that Martin would be too much for him. There's been a lot of revisionist history around some of this stuff because of how easily Joshua ended up beating a lot of these guys.

I'm curious though as to what guys you consider Euro level if you don't think Whyte is at that level?

[megas30]

First things first, wlad made a fool of AJ and if there's a rematch AJ getting his head ripped off tbh

I know casuals like aj I get it he's the dre beats Instagram era fighter he ticks all the boxes for the Instagram era casual

But I'm telling u he felt th power and he was scared of wlad he's lucky it didn't go to the 12th as we all scene now that aj has no chin and he needs a cup of tea after he's thrown a hard combos

Secondly, if we talking fury why don't we talk about the elephant in the room about how these belts rightfully his? He's been treated appalingly by the boxing community and if aj ever steps in the ring with fury he be leaving it a veg

Casuals? You are on here in 2017 and calling someone casuals? Bro, i am here since 2009, and i have been following boxing since the 80s. Joshua knocked down Vlad first, got knocked down himself, and got back up and destroyed Vlad, and you are here talking about outclassed? As Teddy used to say, Joshua learned somethings about himself in that fight, and it can only get better from here. No chin? These are heavy weights, homie; these are big punchers, and this why heavies used to be the top of the sport, because one punch could easily change a fight. AJ showed championship caliber.

Vlad was a great champ, but it shows when he fights people his size, where he can't lean on them and out jabbed them, he is limited. Vlad, himself, have always be "chinny" if you really followed the sport, hence why the late Steward made him fight at distance and behind the jab more. He, also, has a non-existent inside fight game. So, what if the belt belong to Fury? He fought a lacklustre fight against Vlad, who was scared to throw for some strange reasons. That won't happen with these young heavy weights and Joshua shows they are coming gun blazing and they have the fire power to back it up, so i hope if Fury comes back he is ready.

[megas30]

But he is right though!!! This is not about Parker and great win for AJ but he looks too robotic, just look at how Wlad was dancing in there!!! Compare their bodies etc but at the end of the day AJ did what he had to do but a fit Fury would just dance around AJ.

He did early, but that was due to nerves. I guess he was tight, because it is his first big fight. As the fight progress, he was starting to loosen up. As Floyd used to say, talk is cheap, lets see what happens when they get under the light with thousands of fans watching. Joshua's learning curve will trend upwards. The kid did great.