What Percent Of Wlad's Prime Did Joshua Fight?

[hugh grant]

Most fighters must be considered prime after 30 fights or so if they've mixed with the best. Not like nelo padded out record when he fought Floyd.
No fighters who's had 60+ fights is near prime.

[Robbie Barrett]

Wlad still looked in his prime to me even better. He damn near won and was about to win a decision.

Klitschko is reaching the end of his prime. He probably has 1 or 2 good years left.

Klitschko wouldn't habe done anything different at any other point in his career. Probably wouldn't have got off the floor in the 5th. He was fighting for his boxing career and it brought out the best I him.

To me personally he looked better. He was just fighting a young monster. Wlad is still at his peak. Dude stays in tremendous shape all the time and is dedicated to boxing thats why he still is able to perform this well.

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[Larry the boss]

lol...come on man..he was an in shape 41 year old who hadnt fought in 2 years

[Larry the boss]

Wlad still looked in his prime to me even better. He damn near won and was about to win a decision.

I think that speak volumes of Joshua to be honest....

[RussB23]

I think that speak volumes of Joshua to be honest....

I think alot of people just dont want to give full credit to joshua because they viewed him as a hype job. Wlad showed up to fight and looked great, joshua just was the better man and proved hes legit. Now the detractors just want to say wlad is past it when he clearly still a top guy in the HW division capable of beating anyone.

[RussB23]

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I dont get whats funny, did wlad not look great? becuase i thought he did.

[Cutthroat]

Wlad never had high punch output during his so called reign. The only time he had high punch output was during the late 90's and early mid 2000's.........but during those years he was also getting knocked out by Purrity Sanders and Brewster.

If 'Prime Wlad' was the years he cautiously jabbed and grabbed from 09-13? Joshua would have killed him. I actually think the Wlad who fought Joshua was the best Wlad I seen since maybe Ruslan. His timing wasn't off because he was old, his timing was off because Joshua actually managed to move around.

Also his power was still there, don't act like Prime Wlad would have gone in for the kill in the 6th. Young Wlad would still have let Joshua recover. It's what he do.

You are 100% correct.

[Cutthroat]

100%, this was the perfect mix of defense and aggression. I'd actually say Joshua is much farther away from his prime than Wlad. 6 years ago AJ was getting KO'd in the amateurs.

Young Wlad was really aggressive, but far too open getting KO'd by Sanders and the like.

The 07-13 version was way too defensive and would've gotten blown out of the water by AJ.

This version was defensive but not afraid to punish you, the best version. He became a lot more aggressive once Steward passed.

[Motofan]

Years removed from his prime, 41, coming off a shutout loss and had many of us calling him gunshy before the fight based on his last couple of fights. That was the best Wlad that he could muster for the fight but he is years removed from his prime. The fact that so many people are calling for his retirement should tell you how close to his prime he is. Two losses in a row and 41. Not Joshua's fault. He can only fight the Wlad that shows up, but he knocked out a shell. Anyone voting higher than 70% is a Brit lying to yourself or has never watched boxing before. He wasn't even that high. This poll is an embarrassment.

[Jedi Vader]

A 100% Kilt jabs and grabs Joshua all night. How some clowns on this site think he can live with the likes of Lewis, Holyfield and Tyson, is hilarious.