Comments Thread For: Joshua vs. Parker Eyed To Land on March 24, March 31 or April 7

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

I meant overall. Stiverne hadn't beaten an opponent in the top 10 by ratings boards like TBRB and Premier Boxing Organisation.

Touche.
Boxing's sanctioning bodies rarely agree completely on rankings, which can make debates like this unnecessarily frustrating. lol

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

A HOF that was done already. Wlad coming off the worst performance of his life looking like the best performance after a year and a half off. Don’t get me wrong it was a good fight but Joshua’s performance wasn’t great at all. That fight was more about what Wlad didn’t do. Even the early rounds that Joshua won were because of Wlads inactivity. He was letting Wlad back him up and looked very uncomfortable. But Joshua was able to stop Wlad so he deserves credit for that.

Testify.
Some people seem to have over-estimated Joshua because of the excitement generated by the back & forth action during his fight against Klitschko. They point to Joshua's resilience, neglecting to acknowledge Klitschko's decrepitude. Joshua did stop Klitschko eventually, but he probably had an even harder time doing so than Lamon Brewster did 13-years earlier. And he definitely didn't do it as easily as Corrie Sanders did in 2003. But don't focus on that. Just focus on his body-builder's physique and his winning smile. lol