Anthony Joshua gets stopped by Mihai Nistor

[SlimTrae]

This isn't a huge deal...I mean losing in the amateurs CAN be telling, but it can also be kind of pointless. Tyson got beat by Tillman as was noted before and Miguel Cotto was beaten by Abdullaev, both those losses were avenged in one sided fights, but every so often there's an amateur fight where it shows a flaw in a fighter's strategy or style. For example, Shane Mosley vs Vernon Forest. Forest beat him in the amateurs and owned him as a pro....sometimes that is the case but hell look at David Haye who lost to Odlanier Solis in the amateurs, now I HATE David Haye, but would anyone consider him an underdog vs Solis as a pro? I know I wouldn't!

I think Anthony Joshua has a very bright future ahead of him especially if he can quit being so stiff and loosen up a bit...I think his first loss will either come from him being outboxed because he's too stiff and loading up on punches or he'll just tire out from keeping himself that stiff. When you're always tight, and loading up like an Earnie Shavers or Gerry Cooney, or Frank Bruno, your punches get slower and you tire out faster because you're never resting between punches.

Well said- as for me - Watching one fight I admit/submit isn't enough to qualify/disqualify a fighter from progressing. But sometimes it is a tell-tale sign if they get starched. He got stopped on his feet, so he wasn't starched.

[Memphis]

He also finished the Dillian Whyte fight on his feet after being clumped and dropped hard when he was hanging out of his arshole. Another one that gets chucked about like Joshua got sparked out.


You take from these clips what you will, it depends on your obligation. Just to pick up on what Lyle said, Joshua for me is a far more fluid fighter than Bruno but he did go a bit Frank after that second bomb, a bit rabbit in the headlights. Like Frank he is enormously muscled so the stamina question remains.


What we do know is that Anthony Joshua can be hurt when he's chinned by a big lump of a bloke, hardly a revelation is it.

[El Kabong]

It's not that Joshua is musclebound that would worry me about his stamina, it's that he fights with his shoulders and back kind of tense as he wants to land with power on every single one of his punches. And that is what reminds me of Bruno about him, that tension eats up energy and will sap you real quick if you're in there with a guy who is pouring on the pressure. Anthony Joshua needs to loosen up and relax and also learn to tie up. I think his talent is much better than Tyson Fury.