Anthony Joshua promises to bring back aggressive style against Alexander Povetkin

[Batman]

Little Tony Joshua the squared up stiff mannequin in a department store so rigid and so stiff and so mechanical quite like a Frank Bruno or Michael Grant.

little Tony thinks it's good to fight a 38 year-old hahaha this is really funny little Tony

Brock...
Fuck off with your Anti Joshua posting and stop posting the same shit as you've done in other AJ threads.
We get you don't rate him but your becoming boring now yeah.

Yup wouldn't be so bad but every post he makes tends to be in Brocklish, it wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't just obsessively trolling.

[Primo Carnera]

Little Tony Joshua the squared up stiff mannequin in a department store so rigid and so stiff and so mechanical quite like a Frank Bruno or Michael Grant.

little Tony thinks it's good to fight a 38 year-old hahaha this is really funny little Tony

Brock...
Fuck off with your Anti Joshua posting and stop posting the same shit as you've done in other AJ threads.
We get you don't rate him but your becoming boring now yeah.

Yup wouldn't be so bad but every post he makes tends to be in Brocklish, it wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't just obsessively trolling.

You do both realise that you’re biting on a guy who thinks Tyson Fury is a big KO Merchant ?

[Alpha]

I'd say Povetkin at this stage still KOs Wilder. I think this is AJ's toughest fight since Wlad.

Brick just bringing down the main board with his usual bs, contradicting himself left, right and centre.

Maybe we should treat him like the WBA and all ignore him.

[Gandalf]

I think Joshua is robotic too. Put him in there with someone awkward and can punch and keep punching and he is in deep waters. He is fine when it is measured and orthodox, it makes him look in control.

Boxers say a lot of things. Thing is if he can just turn on and off this 'aggressive' style then why turn it off for an entire year? He will do what he can to try and win the fight and I can't blame him. You get reckless and you will likely get caught, so I get it. I think he fights the way he does for a reason. He is hardly Joe Calzaghe.

[Alpha]

I think Joshua is robotic too. Put him in there with someone awkward and can punch and keep punching and he is in deep waters. He is fine when it is measured and orthodox, it makes him look in control.

Boxers say a lot of things. Thing is if he can just turn on and off this 'aggressive' style then why turn it off for an entire year? He will do what he can to try and win the fight and I can't blame him. You get reckless and you will likely get caught, so I get it. I think he fights the way he does for a reason. He is hardly Joe Calzaghe.

I don't think anyone is comparing AJ to a young Cassius. He is fighting solid opposition and winning.

Sure we want to see big fights but he often do they come off when fans want them to?

I hope we get to see them all fight each other.

Anyone brave enough to say where they rate Povetkin heading into this fight?

I have him at #3.

[Gandalf]

True, few can be like Calzaghe or Ali or Tyson. This is where I consider Joshua just a solid professional in a very weak division. He is very steady, but I was actually not impressed with his performance against Wlad. Nobody should be struggling with a 41 year old coming back off a long lay off and a performance where he couldn't land anything. The spin is that Wlad was somehow inspired, but I think it more showed that Joshua is limited. Fury, though boring, did it with far less bother.

[Alpha]

True, few can be like Calzaghe or Ali or Tyson. This is where I consider Joshua just a solid professional in a very weak division. He is very steady, but I was actually not impressed with his performance against Wlad. Nobody should be struggling with a 41 year old coming back off a long lay off and a performance where he couldn't land anything. The spin is that Wlad was somehow inspired, but I think it more showed that Joshua is limited. Fury, though boring, did it with far less bother.

I think most fans accept that AJ is flawed/ limited (outside of AJ fan boys obviously).

Personally I think the Wlad the fought AJ, beats the Fury he fought. And if he came back now, I'd pick him to beat both Fury and Wilder. I would have picked Wlad in a rematch with AJ if he had enforced it at the time. But right now I think AJ is the only one that would beat a come-backing Wlad right now. So I disagree that no one should be struggling with a 41 year old coming back off a long layoff, as Wlad is now 42 and everyone in the top 10 would still struggle with him.

[ono]

I think Joshua is robotic too. Put him in there with someone awkward and can punch and keep punching and he is in deep waters. He is fine when it is measured and orthodox, it makes him look in control.

Boxers say a lot of things. Thing is if he can just turn on and off this 'aggressive' style then why turn it off for an entire year? He will do what he can to try and win the fight and I can't blame him. You get reckless and you will likely get caught, so I get it. I think he fights the way he does for a reason. He is hardly Joe Calzaghe.

Turn it off for a year? He was aggressive against Takam. He just didn't offer much of a target to hit. Uses his jab for one fight and he's suddenly become cautious

[smashup]

I reckon AJ stops him around midway, maybe sooner.
I think his best form of defence is attack against a smaller guy and expect him to come out very aggressively from the off.
If he can land the huge right uppercut early I think he'll shake Povetkin to his boots then finish him as the ref waves it all off.
I think the fact he's been getting a fair bit of stick after the Takam and Parker fights will be in the back of his mind.
Add to that Whyte putting Parker down when AJ couldn't and Wembley still not fully sold out we should see him seriously looking to put on a big show on Saturday.

[Batman]