Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua Embraces 'Intimate' Scenario For Kubrat Pulev Fight

[Rockybigblower]

Haters alert.

No haters here fella....just straight facts.

[Guest]

Pulev is brave & has trouble standing in the middle of the ring & slugging it out. I’m not sure he has the power to do that with Joshua. With that being said will Joshua be more aggressive & be willing to stand in the pocket like he used to?

That's the million-dollar question right there.

Pulev is a lot slower than Ruiz so perhaps Joshua will take more risks.

We will see if it's just Ruiz that affected Joshua or he has adopted a more cautious style for good.

[Boxingfanatic75]

I wouldn’t call getting knocked down “nearly knocked out”

I would. When you get up and are still doing the stanky leg you’re nearly knocked out.

[Laligalaliga]

No haters here fella....just straight facts.

Lol......... Its crazy in here. Many just want AJ to fail but he keeps getting stronger.

[Ant1979]

agree. They picked a 40 year old for a reason.

Not a lot he can do about a mandatory pal, apart from give up the belt and that'll be sure to go down well with the fans.

[Ant1979]

It’s strange because after Joshua nearly got knocked out by Klitschko, he started fighting in a much more cautious style after that fight, which may have been a good thing, but seemed to fight a bit within himself.

And the fight after the Ruiz loss, The only fight he’s had since is the rematch and he didn’t want to engage at all, which may have just been a game plan or maybe because he is afraid of engaging.

So I wonder if getting knocked out or nearly getting knocked out in the past has made him much more cautious each time, and now he might become a very cautious fighter. It might be a pattern. If he becomes too cautious, it will take away from the things he does well.

So it will be interesting to see how willing he is to engage with Pulev, seeing as the only fight he’s had since he got knocked out, he really didn’t want to engage. and the very few times Ruiz got close, he looked very very panicky

Think you raise some good points, ever since Whyte clipped him in the 2nd he's got down to his boxing more. I think his coaching staff had a word as regards the bulk he carried into the Klitschko fight but he was still aggressive.

Maybe he and his team acknowledged Parker's toughness as they said all along they wanted to box him. The Ruiz fight he just wasn't at the races at all and to be fair his rematch was always going to be a case of boxing him at length on the back foot, just too much at stake to be giving a slugger a chance to slug.

Against Pulev I think he'll up the aggression on the front foot but still look to box early on. Hopefully Pulev comes out like he did against Klitschko and makes it an interesting night.

[Ant1979]

Well said sir well said....to challenge such a regal assessment would be nigh possible

Yeah I 2nd that, very well written.

[Akutalee]

Haters... Nothing Good comes out from you

So another "AJ wins by early ref stoppage" after nearly being knocked out.

[Akutalee]

Mandatory you idiot

agree. They picked a 40 year old for a reason.

[Jkp]

Mandatory you idiot

He has at least 4 mandos he could fight, which will take 4 years, and he has a lot of influence with each organisation over who is mandatory, and unification trumps mandatory.

So he could fight almost anyone he wants.