How would you rate Anthony Joshua's boxing skills?

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  • VatoMulatto
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    How would you rate Anthony Joshua's boxing skills?

    In your opinion, how good is he?
  • sunny31
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    Pretty good, getting better. He has great punch variety, pretty fast hands, he has some moves too. The right hand counters on Charles Martin were nice. He also showed some nice defensive moves when he was recovering in rounds 7, and 8 against Wlad. I was impressed with his slipping when his back was on the ropes, a lot of people focused on the heart and grit, which were impressive for sure, but if you go back and watch those rounds Josh did some things defensively that I didn't know he had in his locker. Stuff like that when you are under pressure is much more impressive to me than knocking out a bunch of journeymen.

    He needs to keep working and improving - which I think he will because he has a great attitude. He can definitely improve his transition between attack and defence, and you can always learn more skills, especially when you are still fairly inexperienced like him, he still has a big scope to improve.

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    • Scary
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      He should lay off the weightlifting, to make sure, that if he gets hurt, he don't completely gas too. I say he is a 7-8 / 10 right now. Definitely the best HW has to offer right now, I believe. Fury could be a problem.

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      • MoneyKing
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        #4
        AJ is proper **** - he will get found out sooner rather then later.

        LOL that Wlad stoppage was funny.

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        • NEETzsche
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          #5
          He does the basics well but lacks any real slickness or creativity. The only move of his that I particularly like is that nice uppercut that he floored Whyte and Wlad with

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          • SplitSecond
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            #6
            Seems like nothing special to me, just overwhelmingly powerful.

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            • Earl-Hickey
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              Better than he gets credit for.

              There arent many 6'6" 250lb power punchers with slick skills.

              Joshua has a good jab, punch variety, can mix it on the inside a little bit, slip and counter.

              He's not bad, and his explosive offence is the best in the division by far.

              His main liabilities are his conditioning, his tank empties but he's able to get a second wind, which is good, and lacking experience which can be improved obviously.

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              • DinoCop
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                He is beyond the ***ing best, a technical miracle packed with power and intelligence. His genious of boxing is beyond our understanding of the sport, does put in practice unnamed techniques yet to be introduced to the audience of boxing.
                A damn fitness bum yo be honest, only the lowest common fanboys get caught in his hype.

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                • boliodogs
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                  I think he has good boxing skills and certainly better boxing skills than Wilder. He moves well and is fast for a boxer as huge as he is. This along with his great punching power is what makes him the best heavyweight in my opinion. His chin is OK but not outstanding.

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                  • soul_survivor
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                    #10
                    Better than Ward.

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