Re: Sonny Liston vs Anthony Joshua
I think Joshua is stylistically a lot like Ol' Stoneface.
Massive guys (Liston was huge for his time, a giant compressed into 6'2" body. If he had been born in 1990 he would have been a 6'8" behemoth), heavy piston jabs, good chins, heavy heavy hands and a total confidence in their own power.
I think Sonny had a better chin than AJ and he didn't gas out as quickly. Funnily, I thought Joshua really tired against Wlad but his youth baled him out. It was as if he couldn't sustain high anaerobic activity for a sustained period, but his fitness allowed him to recuperate quite fast. Wierd.
Sonny was vastly more experienced at fighting at 27.
You can't really objectively compare guys from different eras, but if AJ knocked over Sonnys pint in a bar, he had better apologise really quickly.
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Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust
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