And now all of a sudden they're talking about Fury - Joshua. Quick, look over there!
Quote from: Risso on March 28, 2023, 05:54:35 PMAnd now all of a sudden they're talking about Fury - Joshua. Quick, look over there!Unfair distraction for Joshua, considering his career is over if he doesn't win on Saturday.Edit: just saw it was AJ himself who mentioned it. Idiotic.
It's ridiculous and one of the reasons why MMA is so popular. You have multiple world champions yet the two best at their weight won't fight each other. It's like Manchester City saying they're joining the Scottish league because they don't want to lose to Arsenal. The trouble is that both fighters will say the other is at fault but if you strip the belts from them they'll still be the best, they'll still not fight and you'll have another four world champions to make the situation even after.
Quote from: Rory on March 28, 2023, 09:28:27 PMQuote from: Risso on March 28, 2023, 05:54:35 PMAnd now all of a sudden they're talking about Fury - Joshua. Quick, look over there!Unfair distraction for Joshua, considering his career is over if he doesn't win on Saturday.Edit: just saw it was AJ himself who mentioned it. Idiotic.He's desperately trying to stay relevant. It's gone a bit Amir Khan hasn't it? A good fighter with a big punch who will be out-thought by someone with a good boxing brain.
Quote from: Drummond on March 29, 2023, 11:24:56 AMQuote from: Rory on March 28, 2023, 09:28:27 PMQuote from: Risso on March 28, 2023, 05:54:35 PMAnd now all of a sudden they're talking about Fury - Joshua. Quick, look over there!Unfair distraction for Joshua, considering his career is over if he doesn't win on Saturday.Edit: just saw it was AJ himself who mentioned it. Idiotic.He's desperately trying to stay relevant. It's gone a bit Amir Khan hasn't it? A good fighter with a big punch who will be out-thought by someone with a good boxing brain.Khan's an interesting one. If you were to exclude Prescott, which was a shocking loss, and he'd never taken the Brook fight, which just became a last payday circus, there's no shame in any of his other losses and he had some great wins.But there's an inescapable feeling of wasted potential.Joshua has actually done really well with his arguably much more limited talent. It's common for heavyweights to fight into their 40s these days, so he has time, but I don't see where Joshua really goes from here.
Joshua did well against Klitschko, especially when he looked dead on his feet in the middle of the bout after the knockdown in round 6 or 7. But there's no escaping the fact that Klitschko was 41 at the time, and his powers were definitely waning.
Quote from: Risso on March 30, 2023, 12:24:14 PMJoshua did well against Klitschko, especially when he looked dead on his feet in the middle of the bout after the knockdown in round 6 or 7. But there's no escaping the fact that Klitschko was 41 at the time, and his powers were definitely waning.Absolutely, he wouldn't have beaten Klitschko in prime form.