Comments Thread For: Arum: Looking Forward to Fury-Pulev, Once Pulev Knocks Joshua Out

[Boxviewer]

It won't happen. AJ has only fought that style once with a specific reason. He'll battle toe to toe with Pulev and knock him out.

If you've paid any attention to AJ you will know that he likes to ****. He knocks people out and takes a good punch. One temple punch from a short fat Mexican doesn't change that.

If you remember the first Ruiz fight AJ was beating him up and knocked Ruiz down for the first time in his career. He then got buzzed by a temple shot and never recovered.

The rematch was designed to be foolproof and it was, but the fact that he developed a new style for that fight doesn't mean that is his fighting style now, it just shows how flexible he is.

AJ is a lot better than the casual fans seem to think he is.

On top of that, AJ is a kind of a fighter who improves his game fight after fight.

[PBR Streetgang]

I get why Bob is always touting Pulev but it's kinda embarrassing. What has Pulev done? He was blown out by Klitschko and has a win against a rather uninspired and lackluster Del Boy. Other than that there are wins over the likes of Tony Thompson, Bogdan Dinu, Hughie and Rydell Booker. Out of those the only one he stopped was Dinu and he was hurt in that fight.

Pulev could pull an upset but he'd have to show me something he's never put on display before or AJ will have to have another Ruiz moment. I don't see either happening.

[Aussiebox2019]

Dreamer

Arum is lying again, what a pest he is

[Corelone]

If Ruiz can beat up the weight lifter surely Pulev has a shot. What are the odds? If it’s 25-1 or 20-1 Pulev but some coin on Kubrat lol AJ has show that he can be beat by anybody

The odds are tempting, but Pulev only has a hail Mary chance. The glass, and he might get caught reaching for that. He's slower than Andy and more busted up. You can tell, no disrespect, by his face, that people have a hard time missing.

[markther]

Off the Ruiz Jr 1st fight, has Joshua really become this generation’s Lennox Lewis. Meaning, his career is due for a few surprising knockout losses that we don’t see coming. No one thought Rahman or McCall would knock out Lewis but it happened.

[Oshio]

Using Ruiz benchmark to assess Joshua is dangerous and may work in favor of Joshua on the long run... If every fighter looks at Joshua-Ruiz I and dream it may end up being a disaster for them.

[BodyBagz]

Arum will be waiting a long time

[pollywog]

If pillow fisted Baby Hughie Fury can keep Pulev at distance with a jab and rock him with the odd looping right, just imagine what Joshua will do to him with straight rights on the end of a jab with some real sting and the odd uppercut.

Can't see it going the distance cos even with the giant robots glass jaw I doubt Pulev has the game to connect or the grunt to put him away.

Fair play that Arum still talks a good game though.

[theface07]

Joshua can run, box, jab his way to a decision, and likely will employ that strategy. He knows the money on the line and would rather keep the money train rolling than fight aggressively. Can’t blame him.

Maybe but I don't see it that way. Ruiz and Pulev are much different and the same tactics don't always work for different fighters. Ruiz is much shorter, with short arms and fast hands and is more dangerous on the inside, thus using the jab and keeping range was the right tactic to beat him. Pulev is bigger, slower and stiffer. I wouldn't be surprised if Joshua uses a bit of movement and the jab to get proper range early on but by mid rounds, he should be lining him up with the 1-2 to step in for hooks and uppercuts to do major damage. At the same time, the right straight or cross could do the job if thrown right.

[theface07]

You're dreaming if you think for someone who likes to ****, AJ fought Ruiz the second time backing up from a short fat guy, jabbing all night, boring the fans to sleep all due to one temple shot in the first fight....If AJ wouldn't **** it with an out of shape Ruiz in the second fight, he'll never **** with a stronger, better conditioned Pulev...no doubt about it, Pulev will find AJ's chin early, it'll be lights out for AJ as he dances away jabbing @ Pulev...

That sounds like a fantasy to me. I just can't see it, although stranger things have happened in boxing.