Thread: Joshuar v Brezeale June 25th

Should be an easy fight for AJ, won't last 4 rounds if AJ has his mind right.

Originally Posted by denilson200

Originally Posted by erics44

Anthony Joshua defends IBF title against Dominic Breazeale | Boxing News | Sky Sports
2 more rounds?

Say what you want Joshua and Eddie Hearn but the fact is, this is Johsua's 4th young (30 and under) undefeated fighter he's gonna face in a row. That's tough match making in my book. As with any undefeated fighter, they could be anything, same applies to Brezeale who was an Olympian for the USA in 2012. For a 1st defence I think Brezeale is more than a respectable opponent.

He was never going to take on anyone like Wilder or Haye for his first defence was he, it is frustrating because we all think he needs to fight the best in order to be tested.
His power alone will take him through the B tier but you can see why they don't want to throw him in with the elite straight away.

Only problem now is that he is holding a world title so people will be demanding the big names sooner rather than later, also Hearn is going to keep putting him in with unknown fighters with a decent paper record and putting it on PPV purely because Joshua is now a 'name' with the general public and the casual fans.

Who says looking like shat over last couple fights doesn't reap rewards Breazele was in the abyss vs Mansour and you can make a case he lost to Kassi as well. Should be a breeze for Joshua if he stays smart though 6'7 with decent pop and having the chips cashed in on you is nothing to take for granted.

Brezeale has arguably had stiffer competition then Joshua and he's got that Cooney body type. He's not ripped. I doubt he folds like Martin did. I'm a little surprised they made this fight. I was thinking it was going to be Chisora or something.

Chisora has got the Pulev fight.

Wankers wanting ppv money for shite.

No wonder they dropped Fury because he embarrasses the crap they are selling to the public.

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Brezeale has arguably had stiffer competition then Joshua and he's got that Cooney body type. He's not ripped. I doubt he folds like Martin did. I'm a little surprised they made this fight. I was thinking it was going to be Chisora or something.

In a round about way it's a little make up payday for Breazele after Wlad losing and Fury stripped saw his fight with Martin cancelled on short notice. Dominic was dropped like a bad habit with shot at top rank gone. Undoubtedly the ibf will magically propel him from #13 to one of its goofy number one and two "not ranked" slots before the bell sounds for this.

Dominic Breazeale is okay as an opponent for Anthony Joshua at this time.

Let's not forget, Joshua just fought on April 9. Nice to see champions remaining active!

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Originally Posted by IamInuit

Brezeale has arguably had stiffer competition then Joshua and he's got that Cooney body type. He's not ripped. I doubt he folds like Martin did. I'm a little surprised they made this fight. I was thinking it was going to be Chisora or something.

In a round about way it's a little make up payday for Breazele after Wlad losing and Fury stripped saw his fight with Martin cancelled on short notice. Dominic was dropped like a bad habit with shot at top rank gone. Undoubtedly the ibf will magically propel him from #13 to one of its goofy number one and two "not ranked" slots before the bell sounds for this.

That is what I'm not sure of. If one does the lineal thing it appears Mr. Brezeale would be a Joshua optional and not a mandatory which would then have to be the highest ranked available. But if it starts at Fury for refusing to fight Glazkov who then fought Martin for the vacant title then Joshua's next fight would have to be an optional because there was not even a mandatory to inherit. The Ibf had to know that Fury was contractually obligated to rematch Wlad when viewing the final agreement. If they didn’t then they should have stripped Wlad for fighting Fury instead of Glazkov and fired their front office. I think it’s a ballsy move because Joshua could have fought someone from the nose bleeds for an optional while the Ibf has a string of eliminators.

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Who says looking like shat over last couple fights doesn't reap rewards Breazele was in the abyss vs Mansour and you can make a case he lost to Kassi as well. Should be a breeze for Joshua if he stays smart though 6'7 with decent pop and having the chips cashed in on you is nothing to take for granted.

I don't think the Kassi fight was that close at all, I was hoping kassi was going to win as he seems like a really interesting guy but I thought that breazeale was a comfortable winner there.. He had a good performance v the cuban fellow who was undfeated at the time but he has since went on to be stopped 3 times in a row :S... He was definently fortunate he cut mansours tongue in half with a punch( I remember him landing a really good one on amir, so there is that at least :S) otherwise he could well have been out of there, he was very nearly ko'd.

I suspect joshua will put him away when mansour just fell a little bit short but to be fair I think that says more about joshua than breazeale, if he blasts him out as we expect then it would be pretty impressive in my opinion.

There is certainly better options out there for joshua to face(maybe even mansour) but they want to get him exposure in america, so a blow out of an undefeated Olympian american with an 88% ko rate will look very good on paper for him.... the truth really isnt important here :S

Originally Posted by Freedom

Dominic Breazeale is okay as an opponent for Anthony Joshua at this time.

Let's not forget, Joshua just fought on April 9. Nice to see champions remaining active!

Agreed.

This is a pretty good opponent considering. Better than Malik Scott. Better than the guys Haye is fighting.

This is the second PBC fighter in a row. Is AJ a Haymon fighter now

Hearn works with all the top American promoters. There's no TV clash for him in the states

I just watched Brezeale Mansour and although it doesn't look like Joshua has much to worry about Mansour is a decent fighter and a good win

I dunno if I saw it right though but didn't Mansour quit and then raise his arms when the result was being read out?

Originally Posted by Freedom

Dominic Breazeale is okay as an opponent for Anthony Joshua at this time.

Let's not forget, Joshua just fought on April 9. Nice to see champions remaining active!

Yep and in fairness all the real competition is tied up, Wilder Povetkin, Fury Wlad, Takam Parker and even Pulev Chisora. Outside the above and Luis Ortiz Breazeale is more or less as good as anyone else.