Anthony Joshua v Carlos Takam 28 October 2017

**Hulk** · 10-29-2017 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Wilder is so much better than Joshua it is funny. Joshua has stamina issues, a weak chin and and no jab. Wilder will windmill him out of there. He should never travel to the UK though.

Wilder might well hit harder than Joshua and could KO him if he caught him. But Joshua is a superior fighter in every way. Looked good tonight. At no point did we see a weak chin, or any real weakness aside from perhaps being too bulky. Just a shame it was a BS stoppage to preserve the KO streak.

**Gandalf** · 10-29-2017 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Wilder is so much better than Joshua it is funny. Joshua has stamina issues, a weak chin and and no jab. Wilder will windmill him out of there. He should never travel to the UK though.

Wilder might well hit harder than Joshua and could KO him if he caught him. But Joshua is a superior fighter in every way. Looked good tonight. At no point did we see a weak chin, or any real weakness aside from perhaps being too bulky. Just a shame it was a BS stoppage to preserve the KO streak.

I'm not convinced on Joshua. I think Wilder, though flawed, has all the tools to beat Joshua. I can see him busier, causing problems with how big he is, and on the way gassing Joshua out. He will need to smart an intelligent fight though. I think Joshua so far has shown the better intelligence and poise, but I can see Wilder coming out on top. He has to avoid the UK though as you cannot risk these kinds of stoppages. Unfortunately the UK has become known for its stoppages like Vegas has for its decisions. It makes you wonder what the point of a prediction contest is as the judges and refs end up manipulating all too many outcomes these days.

**powerpuncher** · 10-29-2017 09:11 PM

Joshua seems to have the tools, but he seemed pretty gassed even though he wasn’t that busy. That may get to him eventually. It almost got to him with Wlad. After this fight I see that Joshua is legit but he needs to prove a lot more to become great.

**Batman** · 10-29-2017 11:05 PM

I wasn't overly impressed by AJ last night, he was too bulky and he suffered for it, if he fights Wilder he wants to come in lighter than that.

Before the fight I didn't think Wilder had a chance, now I think it would be a really really interesting fight.

Bullshit stoppage, the ref wanted the quacks to stop it for the cut and in the tenth you could actually see his bum hole twitching when he realised that there was a very real possibility that Takam could survive 12 rounds 'Sorry Takam, not on my watch, I can't be the referee to let AJ go 12' as some one said on here (think it could have been Primo) if the argument was that Takam couldn't win and he was getting beat up then why not stop the fight in the 8th round? or the 7th? If Wilder takes the fight in England then he is a fucking fool, he will need to bludgeon AJ half to death in every single round just to make it competitive on the cards.

absolute massive credit to Takam, 12 days notice and he didn't want to stop for a second.

One final thing, I've said before that there is something about AJ that I just really don't like, that the way he speaks is too scripted, the media training is all too clear, I think that last night he came across as a right big headed bastard. and I still don't like him, it will only get worse as well.

In the ring I don't mind him at all, I enjoy watching his fights and I do support him because its good for the HW division to have a star like him, its just him that I don't like the bloke.