Comments Thread For: Dubois Backs Fury, But Would Not Be Surprised if Joshua Won

[JakeTheBoxer]

I will be very surprised if Joshua wins, because he looks like Bruno 2.0 for me.

He is still probably the second best heavyweight, but this is not a very good era.

[Rodbox]

Dubois needs to concentrate on himself after quitting against Joyce

[RoadMan94]

You have to compare like with like. ie AJ with other heavyweights. Compared to most heavyweights this century he has great offensive technique and average defensive skills (poor hands for covering and mental freeze under fire)

It's just that Fury's footwork is maybe top ten EVER for a HW - maybe even top five? Fury is maybe the best HW since the nineties - above both Klitschos but he doesn't have the resume yet - but if he beats AJ twice then I guarantee some people on here will be calling him the HW GOAT.

No you don’t have to compare that way. That’s what you think so that it matches YOUR Agenda. If you wanted to compare, then compare HIS REIGN TO OTHER CHAMPS. When you do that, it’s very easy to realise that, he’s not a GREAT champion. Half decent. That’s it. Very easy. Next question.....

[OnlytheTruth]

Can't stand some AJ fanboys who still think Joshua is an unbeaten unbeatable wrecking ball. Will they bring the resume or the Wallin fight after Fury takes him to school?

The same can be said for Fury fans who think that Fury is this god-like, granite fisted, unbeatable boxer. We all know what Fury is and what he isn't, same for AJ.

Not sure what 'fanboys' you think still say that AJ is unbeaten though - unless they have been asleep for 18 months.

IMO, other than Klitschko, Joshua is the only person around that has the all round quality to beat Fury. And it HAS to be by knockout because no way Joshua outboxes Fury.

[OnlytheTruth]

Really hope Dubois comes back and, one day, gets a world title shot.

[KingGilgamesh]

I still (and always will think) Joshua is junk. A highly lauded but, ultimately, average heavyweight champion who has been very well matched. None of his opponents have really gone on to do good things either, other than maybe Povetkin. Parker has turned out to be a dud, Takam's been KOed by Chisora, Breazeale's been starched by Wilder, and Ruiz ate himself to a state. I actually dont place him above the top 4. I think Usyk handles him with relative ease and I think Joyce gives him an awful night (with the winner being a toss up). I think Wilder KOs him and Fury dances around him in a stinker of a fight.

I used to think he was actually somewhat underrated after the last Ruiz fight but now, I see all the same tell tale signs which gassed him up in the first place. Its strange though, its as if his losses have made his fans more delusional. Though I do wonder whether he may be looking better in hindsight considering what a fool Wilder has made of himself in recent times.

Dubois is exactly the same. Another coddled heavyweight who crumbled when he came up to a young live dog with a similar desire and size on his side. And I used to rate Dubois. I now think he's pretty much done in terms of being a serious contender.

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Its strange though, its as if his losses have made his fans more delusional

AJ's fanbase are a cancer because they can't handle any criticism and think that the sun shines out of AJ's arse.

They were fed lies and bought into the hype, they thought AJ was the best thing since sliced bread, some unbeatable terminator who would rule boxing for the next decade.

Then AJ got exposed and they've been hitting out ever since.

Wilder and Fury fans are used to the abuse, i was a Fury fan on here when the entire world regarded him as a joke so I've learned to grow a thick skin.

Say anything slightly negative about AJ in any thread and at least 3 of his fanboys will turn up immediately to defend AJ's honor.

SAD!

[Toffee]

I could see this being a stinker like Fury - Wlad. I expect Fury to be very wary of AJ's power - just as he was of Wlad's. But the thing is, AJ is a tad quicker on his feet than a 39 year old Wlad and more explosive. So Fury will engage even less than against Wlad.

AJ on the other hand is susceptible to fast combos as we saw with Ruiz. He'll want Fury to come into mid range and stay there - but Fury won't do that and also his head movement, lateral movement will make AJ hesitant to throw and miss.

I hope I'm wrong.

I think if Fury goes forward, he gets beaten.

I think if Fury stats at range then he wins plenty of rounds but Joshua gets to him eventually. He's not fighting Wilder in this one - he's facing a guy who can actually box. Wilder caught him twice. Joshua will get to him more.

So I actually see Fury trying to be the boxer/puncher. Stay at range and then actually commit when comes in. That's exactly AJ's style too.

Could actually be a decent fight.

[DaNeutral.]

I tell you it’s going to be a sad tragic day for all the casual Edward Hearn cult of personality nerds when Josh gets touched up by Fury inside 6 rounds....IFL TV social media will be a place of mourning....

Are you joking? I'm a big AJ fan and wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Fury beat him and I don't remember too much crying when Ruiz beat him either.

Unlike you PBC Wilder goons who started crying and blaming everybody when he lost and nearly a year later you still at it.

[DaNeutral.]

Dubois needs to concentrate on himself after quitting against Joyce

What does that even mean?