AJ put on a good performance, respect!

[blowblow]

he looks tired.. luckily, pulev is much tired.

[Tatabanya]

It was a good fight but not a dominant performance against a very old, shopworn Pulev.

Joshua is still afraid of getting hit on the chin. What's worse, he seems prone to falling into psychological warfare. Which, with Fury in front of him, would spell disaster.

As of now, I'd pick Fury (provided he's at his very best) to beat Joshua quite easily.

[Noelanthony]

So many haters on this forum because they obviously want a war , but he played a game of not being hit much - and he applied that approach well whilst still getting a lot of hits away. He could quite easily have forced stoppage in round 3, but he still continued and finished him in epic style later in the fight. Joshua looked just as comfortable breathing:fitness wise at round 9 as he did in round 1.

I’m more confident AJ beats fury after that fight, I don’t think he’s favourite overall but for me thats where I’ll be putting my money

Well said, I too will be putting Money on AJ but if the fight goes 12 I feel Fury will be victorious. Fury will not apply the same tactics he did against Wilder as that would be playing into AJ’s hands

[DaNeutral.]

It was good, a solid win. He did look a bit tentative at mid range but if it keeps him focused on defence then thats good.

Looking forward to the big one if it happens.

[just the facts]

Considering he's packing a glass chin, he fought very well.

[deathofaclown]

AJ vs fury wouldn’t be a co show anyway? Why would sky agree to let BT join?

Would be sky + ESPN + dazn (outside America/uk) - everybody wins

Well, Fury has a deal with BT, where if they match anyone’s bid for the rights to his fight, then they get the fight. So I guess it depends how they work the deal out. Maybe they will just do an agreement where nobody can bid for the rights.

It’d make more sense to just do Sky in the UK and ESPN in USA. That takes care of both guys exclusive deals.

It’ll be interesting to see how DAZN feel about AJ not being on their platform in USA, but they could get the rest of the world rights.

Seems a simple solution as you say and the only logical one. Hopefully that’s the plan and we don’t get some tedious affair over Tv rights that makes it hard to sort out.

[Kezzer]

Well, Fury has a deal with BT, where if they match anyone’s bid for the rights to his fight, then they get the fight. So I guess it depends how they work the deal out. Maybe they will just do an agreement where nobody can bid for the rights.

It’d make more sense to just do Sky in the UK and ESPN in USA. That takes care of both guys exclusive deals.

It’ll be interesting to see how DAZN feel about AJ not being on their platform in USA, but they could get the rest of the world rights.

Seems a simple solution as you say and the only logical one. Hopefully that’s the plan and we don’t get some tedious affair over Tv rights that makes it hard to sort out.

Honestly dazn would prefer to have them in the US but if they get him for rest of the world they will still hugely benefit. In addition the big bonus for the fighters would mean dazn would still promote them (even in the US) - dazn had only just launched but all their interviews etc appeared on the uk dazn app

[Toffee]

Joshua is still afraid of getting hit on the chin.

Yeah, ridiculous isn't it?

He should be asking his opponents to hit him, like they do in the movies.

[Tatabanya]

Yeah, ridiculous isn't it?

He should be asking his opponents to hit him, like they do in the movies.

OK, OK... make that "still TOO afraid"