Comments Thread For: Klitschko's Coach: Joshua Must Be Physical With Fury, Avoid Style Used For Ruiz, Pulev

[F l i c k e r]

Joshua can’t take a punch and we watched Fury literally maul Wilder. Joshua isn’t going to be getting physical when his chin won’t let him.

He can’t even out box Fury like he did Ruiz because Fury prefers to box in the first place. He fancies himself a gypsy Ali and has a much longer reach than Ruiz.

Joshua is just prime out of luck in this one. If he fights Fury, I don’t think he has much of a chance to win.

[Kezzer]

Lol based on what performance do you actually believe this is possible just curious. If Wilder couldn't knock Fury unconscious why do you think a lesser puncher like that stiff Joshua would?

Joshua is a far better boxer so has a better chance of connecting than wilder. We will see what happens but we already know many others have hit fury and done damage, he’s been knocked down several times and Wallin has him badly cut. He’s far from the invincible fighter a number on here portray him to be.

Let’s get the fight confirmed and then we will find out!

[Monty Fisto]

I might be the Lone Ranger but I think AJ can out box him of the lead foot, AJ is tight for a HW quick hands and straight punches.

I'd agree with you. I don't say he will win, but I say AJ can win in this manner. AJ isn't just about power. He has fast hands, as you say, and is capable of landing with accuracy.

[Drigo]

Aj cant outbox Fury and his only chance is KO...

[Drigo]

People are trying to be too technical about this fight. Joshua can literally come out and fight any way he wants and the outcome is gonna be the same....Fury looking up at the lights and his trainers and the doctor attempting to resuscitate him after the fight.

Idiot. Its the otherway around. Fury maul Aj whole fight...

[Drigo]

[QUOTE=Roadblock;21007061]I might be the Lone Ranger but I think AJ can out box him of the lead foot, AJ is tight for a HW quick hands


Fury's jab will change the tune. And Fury's going side to side so it will post problem to Aj lead foot...

[JTfloyd]

Joshua couldn't physically keep a shorter, overweight Ruiz off of him (he outboxed the morbidly obese version), and if Fury plans on manhandling him the way he did Wilder, it's going to get just as brutal.

[Bain01D]

Lmfao I'd say that Joshua is going to get walked down, but I'm not sure the big robot can successfully walk backwards without tripping over his feet and falling out of the ring. Thankfully the guy is so mentally weak it likely won't come to that as he will have another one of his famous panic attacks backstage and the fight will get called off.

You say he’s mentally weak but he has faced the best opposition possible and jumped straight into a rematch after being stopped, that’s not someone who is mentally weak

If he was he would have went on an easy ‘rebuilding run’ or retired after the first Ruiz fight

[Monty Fisto]

Joshua couldn't physically keep a shorter, overweight Ruiz off of him (he outboxed the morbidly obese version), and if Fury plans on manhandling him the way he did Wilder, it's going to get just as brutal.

Three things we definitely know from that first fight:
1. Joshua undertook less preparation for Ruiz than for a normal opponent
2. Joshua had the power to put Ruiz on the canvas
3. Something went wrong for Joshua in the ring that night

We can argue the specifics of 3 but in general that is true.

Part of it, I think, was complacency -- most people expected him to destroy Ruiz and he expected that himself. Part of it is part 1: the lack of specific preparation for that opponent and perhaps sub-standard preparation in general. Ruiz didnˋt fold after the knockdown as Joshua expected and surprised him by coming back with good shots. Joshua never fully recovered from that 3rd round and it was he that ended up folding instead.

There are still very much questions surrounding how Joshua will respond if he comes under similar punishment from Fury. People say he was mentally weak there, but I think he showed heart to get up again and again, and I think he was found more physically wanting than mentally. He stayed groggy despite the passage of several rounds.

That all said, Joshua will definitely prepare more extensively for Fury than he did for Ruiz. He is a more experienced, more rounded fighter now than he was then. He's not perfect, but he has attempted to address flaws discovered that night.

[_Rexy_]

You say he’s mentally weak but he has faced the best opposition possible and jumped straight into a rematch after being stopped, that’s not someone who is mentally weak

If he was he would have went on an easy ‘rebuilding run’ or retired after the first Ruiz fight

He's mentally weak.