Also further to what i was saying. I don’t enjoy seeing AJ lose. I actually defended him on here when people said he was a bum when he lost. I said he is a solid heavyweight and a bum wouldn’t beat Parker, Povetkin etc..
The truth is that if you take AJ’s popularity out of it and talk strictly boxing, then the next 10-15 years will probably produce another 5 AJ’s i.e a fighter who picks up a title, has a little run and then loses. It happens in every division across boxing. Popularity aside, AJ’s is just alongside guys like Valuev, Haye etc. In the sense they were a world champ and had a little run but were never great and the run ended.
The next decade will not produce another Fury, i.e a man who can take all the belts from a truly dominant champion and still be proving to this day he’s no1. This is the era of Tyson Fury, make no mistake about that.
Wilder get’s an honourable mention too because he a very rare fighter that can flatten anybody, you won’t see another one of him anytime soon. Also, he doesn’t lose to B level fighters like Ruiz, he flattens them. The only guys Wilder is going to have any problems with is guys on the level of Fury i.e an era defining heavyweight.
Joshua gained mass popularity and that will always be remembered and rightly so, but his actual heavyweight legacy will just be as a champ that was never truly a top fighter, like Valuev or Samuel Peter or something.
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