Are we underrating the fact that Joshua beat Wladimir in his 19th fight?

[JasonBoxing]

Seriously how many wins for any fighter under 20 fights was more impressive?

I know Leon Spinks beat Ali, but the Wlad that lost to Joshua would have destroyed the Ali that lost to Spinks..... Other than Spinks-Ali, I can't think of ANY wins a Heavyweight have had prior to his 20th fight that is remotely close to the Wlad win Joshua got.

[Earl-Hickey]

Yup it just gets ignored to suit agendas

It is what it is, you know that the AA clan AND the white supremecists both will never give him any props, its just the normal people who will

oh well

[Make U Cry]

I was quite impressed. Also people underestimate how much Joshua would have learned from this fight. This was his first fight over 7 rounds I believe. He's only going to get better and better from now on.

[Sadiqkingofko]

Prior to the Wlad fight I favored Pulev, Ortiz, and Wilder to beat Joshua, now I expect him to easily defeat Ortiz and Pulev, and I'm favoring Joshua over Wilder

[BrometheusBob.]

I would say AJ receives a lot of praise here

[bender2000]

he beat an OLD fighter in wlad and come razor thin close to losing and does anyone really believe he would have beaten a young prime wlad ?

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Yup it just gets ignored to suit agendas

It is what it is, you know that the AA clan AND the white supremecists both will never give him any props, its just the normal people who will

oh well

Isn't he converting to Islam now? There goes the normal people. Damn he's surrounded!

[Joe Beamish]

It's an excellent victory, but Vlad was old and the HW division has ****** for ages. I hope Joshua's win ushers in a new era of more exciting fights. Joshua could shape up to be a great heavyweight.

[Furn]

he beat an OLD fighter in wlad and come razor thin close to losing and does anyone really believe he would have beaten a young prime wlad ?

Thats kinda the point, AJ is just as green as Wlad is past it.

He fought 40 odd pro rounds prior to the Wlad fight. People act like he's in his prime but he's 3-4 year and 10-12 high level fights from reaching his peak.

So while todays AJ doesn't beat a prime Wlad you could also ask whether anyone thinks AJ with 10 more fights and 3 more pro years has any problem with that Wlad ?

[MihaiNistor]

Great win, no doubt