Comments Thread For: The Anthony Joshua Divide

[sotgoda]

i do not mean to insult u brov, but u do sound like a woman. U do not hate him, bt ur writting is all abt hate for a person who has gone through enough just to bcom a better person and a source of inspiration to all kids and peeps who have no hope of living a better live. And why is his lifestyle hurting u so badly, did he take any thing from u?

First off, I repeat once again. I don't have any hatred for AJ. Hatred requires me to wish him bad and hope that negative things happen to him. I don't have that kind of feeling about him.

The problem folks like you have is with the truth. While AJ does quite a lot of good, he pretends and lies. That does not make him a bad person. It makes him fake on some level. That's all. Remember his conversation with Eddie Chambers? How about saying they reached out Wilder in December when they did not?

Character is important in life. The world enjoys and promotes fakes, pretenders -many of whom are on this site. It seems more important to create good perceptions even when they are so far from what people really are. This is what I don't like about him. Happy for his success - however he got it.

[sotgoda]

Wilder couldn't put on a performance like that - he's not capable of it as he cannot box. Whatever Joshua's flaws and limitations, he's a much better boxer than Wilder could ever dream of being.

Guess we will agree to disagree then. Not sure if that is what I can call a good performance. But to each his own.

[sotgoda]

I agree with you that the word "hate" is used to blatantly here. I wouldn't say it was a really bad performance though. Just an incredibly uninspired boring fight.
Kinda reminds how boring Klitschko's fights were.

He fought safe with a ref in his pocket against a not very great of a opponent. But then again who's great in the HW division these days?

In the end the likes of Hearn are selling us this excitement about how great the HW is nowadays when in fact it is not. Just a handful of average to good boxers.

It was like Wlad fighting - actually Joshua has been consulting with him. What I was calling out is the double standard. If Wilder fought like that, all hell would break lose. AJ was afraid to throw the right hand and struggled with Parker's stopper jab.

He used his physical advantages (height and reach) to win the fight but was unwilling to take any risk. Good on him to win another belt - but it was not a great performance in my opinion. Folks on here want everyone to worship AJ. No, I wont.
I still think his best performance to date was against Breazeale - not the one against Wlad or Parker.

[Ham Porter]

Guess we will agree to disagree then. Not sure if that is what I can call a good performance. But to each his own.

I didn't say whether it was a good performance or a bad performance, just that Wilder wasn't capable of it.

[Tobi.G]

I chosed AJs picture of this article to create my new, verry funny Avatar!

[Curtis2]

Wilder should come to Wembley, fight AJ for his expense coverage only, box 2 rounds, head hunt for 1 round, go home to US with ALL THE BELTS....easy vacation weekend vs AJ for BOMB SQUAD!! AJ fights scared, one shot to the chin, lights out!

[doom_specialist]

I don't dislike Joshua, but I do think that Wilder is going to knock him out.

[sotgoda]

I didn't say whether it was a good performance or a bad performance, just that Wilder wasn't capable of it.

That too. Seen Wilder box the entire time against opponents. But hey maybe we are seeing different things. It's all about the eye of the beholder.

[DrKillJoy]

AJ was firing punches after the ref had called them to stop ya moron.

I'd put money on parker coming off better if they were allowed to fight. Shorter arms, faster, better combos etc

Lol did you not see how AJ would run off when Jo was trying to scrap? IT was hilarious. Aj tried to hold a stiff arm out and Jo would push forward until Jo was in a chokehold against the ropes.

[Hmabshir]

It was an awful performance by both. Parker refused to stand and fight Joshua most of the fight, looked to counter punch and react more than take the initiative. Never going to succeed in life by being passive and waiting for things to come to you. You need to take the win, Parker was not and even though the ref was a paid off piece of **** (Hearn had a recent interview where he said the ref did a good job) Parker refused to take the risk. Joshua on the other hand was just as bad in a different way, he refused to hunt down Parker and beat him into submission, basically he was scared of getting hurt by Parker, and thats what makes AJ different from Tyson, Marciano, Ali and Louis, those guys never tried to win a safety first decision, it was inflicted on them by their competitors. in this fight though, AJ refused to hunt down Parker, take some risks and beat him into submission, he was happy cruising and so was Parker. thats what makes them different from old champions and a lot of it is due to boxing in its current state, losing badly ends your career or severely and a lot of it is fighters just not willing to take the risk because the reward isnt the same, that i can understand.

however when you say Joshua is next in line to the heir, i just want to you remind you that is true in the sense that he is the next in line for superstardom and fame, but he definitely lags behind the previous ones in terms. doesnt have the viciousness of tyson, the personality of ali, the burden of louis. he didnt earn his fame, he isnt on the same level of those guys in terms of skill and character. dude has been given this.