Could Joshua’s next two mandatories be better than Wilder?

[ShaneMosleySr]

Kubrat Pulev has a classical amateur boxing background and his only professional loss was to Wladimir Klitschko. He has also looked pretty dominant against a lower class of fighter.

Oleksander Usyk is a top pound for pound boxer.

Is there a chance that these two mandatories are forcing Joshua to take a tougher road to undisputed than Deontay Wilder would have been?

[Zelda]

Not really.

Mark my words...Pulev will be an easy fight for Joshua. He wins by early KO.

Usyk is having problems at the HW division. I don't rate him high in HW at all. He will NOT be the next Holyfield, just an average fighter. We already saw a glimpse against Witherspoon and his successive injuries since then. I give him some time and advantage to prove himself at the HW division but I am afraid his hype will come crashing down sooner rather than later.

[Boxing_1013]

With AJ, as with all super A-sides...you have to take into account the likelihood that deserved or not, he will get the decision if it goes 12.

Wilder had and will likely always have a better chance to beat AJ as he can end the fight early, and AJ-Wilder would very very likely end before 12 rounds...and Wilder is at least 50% likely to end it in his favor.

Usyk could outbox AJ 8-4 and not win...same with Pulev.