AJ-Cornish/Whyte-Minto/Ryan-Hibbert - London/Sat/SKY. Fact.

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Apples and Oranges though. Even if you discount both fights from Saturday, Joshua is tidier, more efficient and seems to have the solid fundamentals down pat, then on top of that he has big stopping power. Really never thought Whyte has displayed anything much but scrappy basics and a string of KO's.

He is sharp but is he tough? We wont find that out u til he faces someone like Whyte who will come with belief and a desire to hurt Joshua. I mean, how good is Cornish? Never faced anyone decent.

Boxing is where only the strongest survive. You can have a good jab, big power etc but you need to be able to take someone giving it out, fight back, have stamina over the distance etc. Look at Bruno, had everything, a nice ramrod jab but just faded because he cared too much what he looked like in the mirror. I still think Joshuas infatuation with bodybuilding is going to be a major downfall.

Even if he does make Whyte look like an amateur novice in the first few rounds what happens when Whyte hangs in there and just takes it and keeps punching back? Once it gets past 4 rounds and Joshua has shot his bolt trying to finish Whyte off that extra 20lb of muscle (I guarantee he will be heavier still for Whyte) is going to be a massive burden on his energy and he will become a sitting duck as the fight progresses.

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I think Whyte is going to pick up where Chisora has left off. He'll give a few decent people a row but I don't see him making it to the top.


The build up should be decent. Whyte can barely control himself when Joshua is around. He's going to go full postal at some point.