Comments Thread For: Hearn: Arum, Absolutely No One Wants To Give Anthony Joshua Any Credit

[Jkp]

Let's not pretend for a second that Fury was the #1 guy when Wilder chose to fight him. He was a circus act. A circus act with a record which could finally lend Wilder's resume a smattering of credibility. Unfortunately it all went horribly wrong.

Disagree, he's always been top 3 and lineal champ and undefeated.

[Tecnoworld]

AJ has defended his titles 8 times . If you claim he consists of B level fighters and won’t be recognized ,what’s the point having belts and titles ? Why not just give the best fighter to who talks the most ?

The only good fighters imo were parker (who wasn't laloeed to fight by the referee) ruiz (who destroyed aj before getting a meatball) and povetkin/Klitschko, both way past their prime.

I'm not saying aj is bad. He's simply not fighting the best around. Fury, Joyce, Yoka, Ajagba, Hrgovic, Parker again...even Wilder...fight and win vs these and he'll be recognized.

[Redgloveman]

Disagree, he's always been top 3 and lineal champ and undefeated.

First you said he was #1. Now he's top 3? Which is it?

A top 3 guy doesn't fight Seferi and Pianeta, do they? They also generally won't be considered top 3 if they look like they're about to keel over from a heart attack.

Fury looks great since his win over Wilder. Before Wilder v Fury I was agreed let's be honest with ourselves and admit that Fury looked like he should be nowhere near a championship title fight.

[Redgloveman]

The only good fighters imo were parker (who wasn't laloeed to fight by the referee) ruiz (who destroyed aj before getting a meatball) and povetkin/Klitschko, both way past their prime.

I'm not saying aj is bad. He's simply not fighting the best around. Fury, Joyce, Yoka, Ajagba, Hrgovic, Parker again...even Wilder...fight and win vs these and he'll be recognized.

The Fury fight they are evidently trying to make. The Wilder fight (apparently) they tried to make before. Parker he has already fought, so I don't know what he's doing on your list. Joyce had no real name before beating Dubois and people would have complained about him being slow as molasses. Ajagba, Yoka and Hrgovic are good prospects but completely untested. If Joshua had beaten them in years gone by he would have got no credit.

If you compare his resume to the other top current heavyweights it stacks up very well. He needs to fight Fury to really get the credibility that he wants though, I'll agree with you on that count; but evidently they are trying to make it happen.

[Tecnoworld]

Yes Parker was defeated by ud, but in a strange match where every attack was halted by the referee. I'd like to see another match where aj defeats him more convincingly. Parker is very good imo, simply not huge like others hw.

The untested boxers are so at the pro level, but they had great amateurs careers.

[Froch_uppercut]

It’s because Joshua is an absolute nib I tried to like him initially because I thought he would be exciting to watch because of some of the early in fights when he would stick his tongue out and be ****y but I have seen that he only does that to people he knows he can beat which we’re just the cab drivers early on so you can see for the most part it’s actually all an act it’s easy to see that he’s so scared of the big dogs he doesn’t want to even talk about the big dogs only talks about people he knows will beat him easily he doesn’t even have a style he fights some style that someone else came up with and it looks terrible

It's Dec 30 and we have a late contender for wrongest post of the year lmao.

[REDEEMER]

The only good fighters imo were parker (who wasn't laloeed to fight by the referee) ruiz (who destroyed aj before getting a meatball) and povetkin/Klitschko, both way past their prime.

I'm not saying aj is bad. He's simply not fighting the best around. Fury, Joyce, Yoka, Ajagba, Hrgovic, Parker again...even Wilder...fight and win vs these and he'll be recognized.

Most posters are calling Ajagba , Yoka Hrgovic overrated right now we know Joshua doesn’t get credit with those wins . Ha

Not long ago Joyce was a robotic bum .

Wilder and Fury declined AJ .

As the thread title states AJ won’t get credit no matter who he defeats so why pretend ? You just did it yourself with stating his wins were against past prime guys ,guys who posters favored over Joyce .