[Other Sport] AJ v Povetkin

[pishhead]

Really? How so? AJ had this all day long as I predicted at the start of the thread. Povetkin is 39, way past his prime and has always struggled against very big men. Even Price nearly knocked him out ffs. If I were an AJ fan the thing that would worry me was how bad he actually looked until the KO.

Wasn't it you who also stated that it was common knowledge that Joshua was on PEDs?

 

[Albion Dan]

Wasn't it you who also stated that it was common knowledge that Joshua was on PEDs?

I said it is widely touted across the sport that he uses peds. Which it is. In fact it is widely touted that most boxers do.

 

[Half Time Pies]

Really? How so? AJ had this all day long as I predicted at the start of the thread. Povetkin is 39, way past his prime and has always struggled against very big men. Even Price nearly knocked him out ffs. If I were an AJ fan the thing that would worry me was how bad he actually looked until the KO.

Povetkin is no mug, he's ranked 3 in the world, came in there clearly wanting to take Joshua's head off from the 1st bell. Joshua could have been drawn in to a slug fest but instead kept to the game plan, kept working the jab, found his distancing and rhythm and finished a fighter with a decent record who had never been stopped with some good combinations.

Not sure what you are expecting from Joshua exactly? You name me a heavyweight boxer who hasn't lost a few rounds and struggled against a game opponent? The best fighters are those that always find a way to win.

 

[StonehamPark]

On to the next one then. Fury - Wilder.

 

[Weststander]

On to the next one then. Fury - Wilder.

Do you give Fury a good chance?

 

[StonehamPark]

Do you give Fury a good chance?

Not really. He's been out too long, still fat/unfit, not had any good level opponents.
50/50 on whether the fight actually happens.

 

[Withdean11]

Gifted a very easy path to the titles. Avoiding Wilder.

 

[jackanada]

Fight should have been stopped after that first big knock down. You saw one of Povetkins corner men try to grab him when he started getting up on autopilot.
Like boxing but hate seeing a man who just received such a major head trauma get hit again.

 

[BevBHA]

Not really. He's been out too long, still fat/unfit, not had any good level opponents.
50/50 on whether the fight actually happens.

Wilder is perfect fight for Fury, he has next to no boxing ability, but he can punch. Fury too good at boxing and moving like the Klitchko fight for me, I think he wins comfortably on points.

 

[BensGrandad]

Did I read that Hearn wants the winner of the Wilder Fury dance signed up to fight AJ at Wembley in April before they actually meet each other in the ring.

 

[BensGrandad]

Just find him incredibly boring. Gifted a very easy path to the titles. Avoiding Wilder.

Did Wilder hold any of the titles that AJ sought when he beat Klitschko?

 

[TomandJerry]

Well what a fight, Povetkin came to win, no question about that. A very live danger, who was actually up on the rounds to an unbiased judge.

But Joshua caught him with soild punches and got the job done.

Fair play to the ref giving him the 10 count, Povetkin got up like the warrior he is but his corner and the ref had every right to get the fight stopped after that.

Amazing, well done by Joshua.

 

[the right footed denilson]

Really? How so? AJ had this all day long as I predicted at the start of the thread. Povetkin is 39, way past his prime and has always struggled against very big men. Even Price nearly knocked him out ffs. If I were an AJ fan the thing that would worry me was how bad he actually looked until the KO.

Hey? Nobody had knocked him out. Nearly smearly.
Povetkin threw some ****ing tasty punches early- I doubt AJ has been hit much harder than that. He settled, stayed calm and flattened him.
He lost the first 2 or 3 rounds, true, but hardly looked particularly troubled.
He'll beat Wilder.

 

[Geestar]

Do you give Fury a good chance?

No problems at all!

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[Albion Dan]

Like I said I fully expected him to beat Povetkin. Personally I thought Povetkin was up on the cards and a scan of boxing forums vast majority agree but as I said I expected that then AJ to blast him.

 

[Weststander]

Not really. He's been out too long, still fat/unfit, not had any good level opponents.
50/50 on whether the fight actually happens.

Same here. I think Fury's ballooning to be vastly obese and some addictions, with too few fights since, may well be his undoing. But he will still be an incredibly awkward opponent.

 

[BensGrandad]

Didnt the experts on Sky not have AJ just ahead on points at the time of the tko, having won the last 3 rounds, and appearing to get stronger and last the pace better.

 

[GT49er]

Hey? Nobody had knocked him out. Nearly smearly.
Povetkin threw some ****ing tasty punches early- I doubt AJ has been hit much harder than that. He settled, stayed calm and flattened him.
He lost the first 2 or 3 rounds, true, but hardly looked particularly troubled.
He'll beat Wilder.

Not if Wilder keeps on sniping from the other side of the Atlantic, 3000+ miles away, and avoiding AJ.

 

[Albion Dan]

Not if Wilder keeps on sniping from the other side of the Atlantic, 3000+ miles away, and avoiding AJ.

AJs team are avoiding Wilder as Eddie Hearn wants a few more pay days before a high risk fight. Carl Froch admitted it in an interview last week and Rob McCracken is his old trainer so he should know.

 

[Albion Dan]

Didnt the experts on Sky not have AJ just ahead on points at the time of the tko, having won the last 3 rounds, and appearing to get stronger and last the pace better.

The experts are paid by sky and commentating on Sky’s biggest sport asset on a Sky PPV card. They are always biased toward Hearn fighters.