Anthony Joshua vs Pulev

[jrgbfc]

Has to be in Britain if they do get it on. If they end up going to somewhere like China or Saudi for the cash it would detract a bit from it for me. Imagine the atmosphere at a packed Wembley or Cardiff.

[Burnley1989]

Joshua takes nine rounds to beat a 39 year old Bulgarian journeyman yet Tyson Fury is hiding from him?

Alright then.

Journey man? He’d lost once in 2014 to klitchko

[Untinted Glasses]

The racist Joshua wouldn't be top 10 in any other era of boxing. As for people saying he beats Fury, well he has a punchers chance, thats all, perhaps 2 x out of 10 fights he might get lucky. Tyson is so much of a better boxer.

[Burnley1989]

Never been troubled? He was 1 second away from being knocked out from Wilder. He is a class above Wilder no doubt, but Wilder himself had fought no one except Ortiz. If you're going to compare resumes, there's absolutely no comparison especially given Fury has had 7 more fights. Which matters because AJ has done what he's done in an impressive timeframe.

AJ:
Pulev
Ruiz
Povetkin
Parker
Takam
Klitschko
Molina
Breazeale
Martin
Whyte

Fury:
Wilder
Wallin
Schwartz
Pianeta
Seferi
Klitschko
Hammer
Chisora
Abell
Cunninghan


If you think Furys better that's totally fine, but don't try and tell me Joshua's rubbish. You don't achieve what he's achieved in heavyweight boxing without class. Fury may well win, but there's no doubt he'll face the best opponent he's faced so far in Joshua. Don't buy Fury's trash talk, he knows he's in a fight.

I wouldn’t waste my time mate.

[BurnleyFC]

Journey man? He’d lost once in 2014 to klitchko

The heavyweight division is made up of journeymen to be fair. All bar Fury, Joshua and Wilder probably wouldn’t be in the top twenty in previous years.

[BurnleyFC]

I wouldn’t waste my time mate.

Annnnnnd again...

Where have I insinuated that Joshua is rubbish? Far from it - he’ll go down in history as a very, very good heavyweight.

As alluded to above, though, Fury is technically a far better boxer and rightly would be the favourite to win.

[Untinted Glasses]

Neither of them are shy of fighting each other, or hiding. Boxing is just full of politics and these things take far too much time.

And don't be an idiot, Pulev was a mandatory challenger to the world champion after winning 8 on the bounce.

Which shows how **** the current era is. Who has Joshua beat who you would consider good in any other era, like compared to lennox lewis, evander holyfield, mike tyson, george foreman, ali, riddick bowe, bonecrusher smith. NOT ONE. Before you cling on and say Klitchko he was way past his best and had fought bums for most of his career as well.

Usyk, Fury, and Wilder would beat Joshua as would a fit Ruiz. He was paid to go a party inbetween fights to save Joshuas career. I still think Dillian Whyte who wouldnt be top 20 in past eras would beat Joshua if they fought again.

Hes the biggest fake around, so false and fake in everything

[tim_noone]

Annnnnnd again...

Where have I insinuated that Joshua is rubbish? Far from it - he’ll go down in history as a very, very good heavyweight.

As alluded to above, though, Fury is technically a far better boxer and rightly would be the favourite to win.

I think technically both are very good.But Tyson has the bigger heart...and was Born a fighter and a big puncher.

[Boban]

Well the only thing I got from last nights fight was it seems to me Joshuas mask is slipping. No problem with that but shouldn’t of tried to be something he wasn’t. Pulev was one tough guy albeit a near 40 year old one. Fury to win on points if they ever do agree on a fight.

[tim_noone]

Well the only thing I got from last nights fight was it seems to me Joshuas mask is slipping. No problem with that but shouldn’t of tried to be something he wasn’t. Pulev was one tough guy albeit a near 40 year old one. Fury to win on points if they ever do agree on a fight.

No knock out??

[Boban]

No knock out??

Not for me, Joshua to his credit is learning to become more than a one trick pony. Fury will make him look almost wooden with his jab and movement then get in close and smother him with his weight. Joshua will know he’s been in a fight and my gut feeling is just about make it to the end.

[yTib]

Which shows how **** the current era is. Who has Joshua beat who you would consider good in any other era

same could be said about mike tyson. he never beat anybody good.

and bonecrusher smith????

[Quickenthetempo]

Not for me, Joshua to his credit is learning to become more than a one trick pony. Fury will make him look almost wooden with his jab and movement then get in close and smother him with his weight. Joshua will know he’s been in a fight and my gut feeling is just about make it to the end.

They have both changed styles from early career.

AJ is more cautious and bides his time a lot more whereas Fury used to be very hard to hit but only had the option of a points victory against anyone half decent. But he has become more aggressive in his approach recently and far easier to hit.

50/50 for me.

[IanMcL]

Both world champions.

Good on them both.