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Yes assuming there are rematch clauses in the Fury vs Usyk fights, those two will not be fighting anyone apart from each other in 2024.
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He's fought Helenius and Wallin in his last two fights. How about someone that is actually considered a danger man now. Zhang or Hrgovic should be next. Dubois would be a cop out
I reckon that's Wilder done with boxing now, absolutely no passion compared to what he's been like in the past, he didn't even seem bothered that he lost. AJ was pretty impressive to be fair to him. Agree about the atmosphere, it was absolutely dire, just like it was at the Fury Ngannou fight.
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Styles make fights, Joshua clearly can’t beat Usyk, but that doesn’t really detract from his ability overall.
The version of Joshua from last night, probably beats the current Fury and Zhang, in my opinion.
He looked very very good,
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I’d agree with that, the key part being the version AJ we saw last night.
Really enjoyed last nights boxing, would have been even better with some sort of crowd.
Aren't those sentences contradictory?
Each boxer has a different style and skillset therefore performance in one fight isn't an indicator of how well another fight will go.
Is Wallin anywhere near the level of Fury and Zhang? Will AJ let loose against Zhang who could probably knock out AJ with a jab? Fury's defence etc.
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No, because I think the styles of Fury and Zhang will mesh much better with AJs style.
With Usyk he was just too quick, AJ will likely never be able to land any of his artillery and Usyk will forever just outbox him and outwork him.
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Wallin gave Fury a real tough time of it so I would say yes, AJ made Wallin look average.
Joshua would be scared of being hit by Fury which would make him fight differently. If all the current heavyweights fought to their peak ability, Joshua would be around 6th 7th best in the world
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Joshua was hit with a huge right hand by klitschko and got back up when not many would.I know he's been gunshy since the Ruiz loss,but prime for prime he's easily top 3
Klitschko then eased off though, he didn't finish it off. Hrgovic or Zhang won't be so kind (unless Hearn pays them off, I guess). Fury could just dance all around the ring and make AJ miss.
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I think Zhang is being overrated because he beat a static Joyce,and although I think Fury wins,Wilder was able to land on Fury so Joshua certainly would
If anyone is **** scared it's Fury, he's ducked just about every possible dangerous opponent going, instead playfighting with Chisora and stuff.
AJ has fought everyone who's been put in front of him, straight up, he's always gone for the dangerous opponents (Usyk, etc) because he's a proper fighter, and not just a trash talking moron.
Olympian and also beat Hrgovic, has serious power and can take a hit too.
Does Fury still have the movement that helped him beat Kiltschko? He lost to an MMA guy! Got knocked down as well.
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I'd definitley like to see Zhang fight more, he seems solid as hell - I think he loses to AJ and Usyk, not so sure with Fury.
Fury seems to be all over the place at the moment, he balloons in weight between fights, and he hasn't been very active - and he looked like a bag of **** against Ngannou.
Fury seems to be all over the place at the moment, he balloons in weight between fights, and he hasn't been very active - and he looked like a bag of **** against Ngannou.
You do feel Fury has lost his desire, but then I felt that before and he came back and destroyed Wilder in the process. Wilder isn’t the same man after suffering those defeats from Tyson.
I just hope Tyson gets his head in the right place before the Usyk fight, his dad should give him space too, he is a very bad influence for him at the moment
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This is one hell of a fight.