Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko

[mothy]

Dont get me wrong i am a great fan of Joshua and so glad he won, is now the golden boy of boxing and will make a fortune. But i do feel sorry for Tyson Fury he beat Klitschko in his own back yard 11 years unbeaten and absolutley schooled him. IMO Tyson Fury (when fit and clean) is the most underated boxer in the world

Ok tyson

 

[Buzzer]

What's better than an English heavyweight champion of the world? A picture of Barry Chuckle ringside with Jay-Z at the fight.

 

[Albion Dan]

Tyson looked two times the boxer that AJ is based on tonight.


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[Megazone]

AJ certainly looked beatable. There's no doubt Tyson Fury is the more skilled boxer. Would be a great fight. I think Fury just edges it.

 

[Easy 10]

Possibly the best fight I have ever seen. That 5th round was epic, with both fighters taking a count. I truly thought Joshua had gone, his legs were LEAD by the end of that 5th and it looked like a matter of time before Klitschko would land and finish him. I'm not sure I've ever seen a recovery like it - it was like Joshua chomped a can of spinach from somewhere. How demoralising for Klitschko to see him back and dancing on his toes in front of him, after he'd looked utterly done for at the end of that 5th, and for much of the 6th.

That uppercut from Joshua in the 11th absolutely shook Wembley. Two true warriors in the ring. Joshua has the power, the speed, the technique, and most importantly as he proved tonight, the heart. That was something else.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Possibly the best fight I have ever seen. That 5th round was epic, with both fighters taking a count. I truly thought Joshua had gone, his legs were LEAD by the end of that 5th and it looked like a matter of time before Klitschko would land and finish him. I'm not sure I've ever seen a recovery like it - it was like Joshua chomped a can of spinach from somewhere. How demoralising for Klitschko to see him back and dancing on his toes in front of him, after he'd looked utterly done for at the end of that 5th, and for much of the 6th.

That uppercut from Joshua in the 11th absolutely shook Wembley. Two true warriors in the ring. Joshua has the power, the speed, the technique, and most importantly as he proved tonight, the heart. That was something else.

The key seemed to be that Joshua smelt blood when he had Klitschko on the ropes and Klitschko didn't. Had Klitschko gone after Joshua in the sixth rather than continuing along his usual strategy, I think he'd have won. Still, until the eleventh, it really was Klitschko's fight, and he doesn't look like he's past it by any stretch.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Possibly the best fight I have ever seen. That 5th round was epic, with both fighters taking a count. I truly thought Joshua had gone, his legs were LEAD by the end of that 5th and it looked like a matter of time before Klitschko would land and finish him. I'm not sure I've ever seen a recovery like it - it was like Joshua chomped a can of spinach from somewhere. How demoralising for Klitschko to see him back and dancing on his toes in front of him, after he'd looked utterly done for at the end of that 5th, and for much of the 6th.

That uppercut from Joshua in the 11th absolutely shook Wembley. Two true warriors in the ring. Joshua has the power, the speed, the technique, and most importantly as he proved tonight, the heart. That was something else.

I'm with you Easy 10, after the disappointment of earlier in the day, the atmosphere surpassed anything I've ever seen before at a boxing match. I genuinely thought as did most of the people around me that Joshua was gone, after he'd gone down it was almost turning into the later rounds of Bruno vs Witherspoon.

Definitely more questions than answers from the night.

Boxing is fought in the present so all this speculation about a 31 rather than a 41 year old Klitschko would have finished AJ off is supposition. Ultimately at the optimum moment Old Father Time rocked up and got Klitschko in a headlock.

Wilder will have looked at 90,000 there, 178 countries showing it, UK PPV records broken and thought, I want some of this, and he's not 41 and can bang.

But perhaps the biggest question is who wins out of a fit AJ and a fit Fury?

 

[DJ NOBO]

I'm a fury fan but Joshua would beat fury. He's got too much power. Fury is not a big puncher .
Wilder v Joshua would be a better fight. Two bangers in there.
Also belles needs to get out of ajs ass

 

[The Clamp]

Best fight I've seen in a long while. My favourite ever fight was Holyfield v Foreman. In terms of "epic", that fight had it all but I thoroughly enjoyed last night's bout. Top drawer fighting.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

What's better than an English heavyweight champion of the world? A picture of Barry Chuckle ringside with Jay-Z at the fight.

Absolutely incredible

 

[Tarpon]

Absolutely incredible

Sadly it is fake.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

That Barry chuckle photo is a fake but this is legit

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Calling [MENTION=1416]Ernest[/MENTION]
That's 2 wrong predictions in a row from you now.

Maybe he should start aftertiming as he isn't very good at this betting lark.

 

[mrhairy]

As the fight was in the middle of Wembley Stadium I wondered what would have happened if it had rained?

 

[Beach Hut]

As the fight was in the middle of Wembley Stadium I wondered what would have happened if it had rained?

Maybe they would have shut the roof ?

 

[Driver8]

Maybe they would have shut the roof ?

It doesn't have a closing roof.

I think the crowd in the posh seats would have got wet.

 

[Ernest]

I have to say I called this wrong for the first time ever but at the EBF HQ this morning the heavyweight ratings were revised to take this into account...

1/ Tyson Fury - Linear Champion
2/ Deontay Wilder
3/ Anthony Joshua

Hearn won't get away with matching Joshua against Eastern European bin men and Yank bums anymore, the only fight that matters and will be the one of the biggest ever is Fury v Joshua

 

[DJ NOBO]

Smart money would be on vlad announcing retirement on his USB stick

 

[BensGrandad]

I have to say I called this wrong for the first time ever but at the EBF HQ this morning the heavyweight ratings were revised to take this into account...

1/ Tyson Fury - Linear Champion
2/ Deontay Wilder
3/ Anthony Joshua

Hearn won't get away with matching Joshua against Eastern European bin men and Yank bums anymore, the only fight that matters and will be the one of the biggest ever is Fury v Joshua

How can that happen Fury is drug cheat without a licence.

 

[DJ NOBO]

I have to say I called this wrong for the first time ever but at the EBF HQ this morning the heavyweight ratings were revised to take this into account...

1/ Tyson Fury - Linear Champion
2/ Deontay Wilder
3/ Anthony Joshua

Hearn won't get away with matching Joshua against Eastern European bin men and Yank bums anymore, the only fight that matters and will be the one of the biggest ever is Fury v Joshua

I think david price might have something to say about that