Fury v Joshua - May 2021

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Very possibly Kirkland - Joshua is so used to controlling the centre of the ring, stalking and pressing his opponent and therefore controlling the distance in which the fight takes place. I have absolutely no idea how well Joshua can fight on the back foot.

Its how Fury surprised Wilder, and itbwas genius to be honest. However, having seen that fight, I bet Joshua will be prepared for it?

[Kirkland Laing]

Very possibly Kirkland - Joshua is so used to controlling the centre of the ring, stalking and pressing his opponent and therefore controlling the distance in which the fight takes place. I have absolutely no idea how well Joshua can fight on the back foot.

Its how Fury surprised Wilder, and itbwas genius to be honest. However, having seen that fight, I bet Joshua will be prepared for it?

You can prepare for it but when you've got a six foot nine inch pikey in front of you that you can't land cleanly on and he's bashing you with a jab you can't get out of the way of, body shots, you name it, it's a different matter.

[TitoFan]

Fair question though... and I'll be the only one to probably ask it. Memories of Fury-Wlad are still fresh on my mind. Worst HW title fight in boxing history, in which Fury used head games to completely psyche out Wlad and in the fight itself I've seen elementary school dustups with more punches thrown than that fight. Wlad was scared of Fury... and it seemed like viceversa. Fury's resume isn't all that long and impressive, and we're making a hell of a lot of assumptions off of two fights with someone that everyone spent a hell of a lot of time dissing as to his lack of boxing ability. Joshua is presumably quite a bit the better boxer between himself and Wilder so.....

You see my point. Is Fury really going to press the issue? Is he going to move Joshua back and engage? Wilder was fairly simple to outbox. He has a huge right hand, but the rest of the toolbox is rather empty. Joshua isn't Otto, or Pianeta, or Schwartz... or any of those other bums Fury has faced in between his fights with Wilder and back when he fought Wlad. Joshua can box AND he can punch.

Question is: Which Fury will show up for Joshua? "Wilder" Fury? Or "Wlad" Fury?

[nuggetdotcom]

Fair question though... and I'll be the only one to probably ask it. Memories of Fury-Wlad are still fresh on my mind. Worst HW title fight in boxing history, in which Fury used head games to completely psyche out Wlad and in the fight itself I've seen elementary school dustups with more punches thrown than that fight. Wlad was scared of Fury... and it seemed like viceversa. Fury's resume isn't all that long and impressive, and we're making a hell of a lot of assumptions off of two fights with someone that everyone spent a hell of a lot of time dissing as to his lack of boxing ability. Joshua is presumably quite a bit the better boxer between himself and Wilder so.....

You see my point. Is Fury really going to press the issue? Is he going to move Joshua back and engage? Wilder was fairly simple to outbox. He has a huge right hand, but the rest of the toolbox is rather empty. Joshua isn't Otto, or Pianeta, or Schwartz... or any of those other bums Fury has faced in between his fights with Wilder and back when he fought Wlad. Joshua can box AND he can punch.

Question is: Which Fury will show up for Joshua? "Wilder" Fury? Or "Wlad" Fury?

And Joshua can lose against a taller, faster, heavier better fighter, easy money for Fury, just has to negotiate the right mix so he gets one wilder and two joshuas before retiring and saying fuck U to all the experts.

[imp]

The same Fury that had difficulty with Otto?

AJ is just as chinny as Fury.

AJ is the best boxer and fighter that Fury has ever fought.

We don’t know what fights Fury legitimately won in his career due to the 2 year ban for PEDS.

Same with Mosley and many other cheaters.

So we can let Fury of the hook but we can’t let Canelo?

[Memphis]

You're only as good as your last performance. That being the case Fury is a God like figure, untouchable by mere mortals it would seem.

Joshua does everything better than Wilder, by a long chalk. OK give the edge in power to Wilder if you want but this biggest puncher in the history of mankind crap is just that, the difference is negligible for me.

It's a no brainer to me that Joshua will be Fury's biggest and best challenge and a million miles from the foregone conclusion some think it to be.

I've picked Joshua from day one and nothings changed my mind.

[Mark TKO]

I’ve thought some more about this. For me it’s a 65-35 fight in Fury’s favour.

A lot for me comes down to mental strength and Fury’s is incredible. That and the Ruiz defeat go against AJ.

This fight will be won and lost in the first round.

[TitoFan]

You're only as good as your last performance. That being the case Fury is a God like figure, untouchable by mere mortals it would seem.

Joshua does everything better than Wilder, by a long chalk. OK give the edge in power to Wilder if you want but this biggest puncher in the history of mankind crap is just that, the difference is negligible for me.

It's a no brainer to me that Joshua will be Fury's biggest and best challenge and a million miles from the foregone conclusion some think it to be.

I've picked Joshua from day one and nothings changed my mind.

Good. I was beginning to feel weirdly alone in my bubble.

The highlighted part of your comment is what I've seen more and more. As I've said... all credit in the world to Fury for having taken on the "lights-out" bogeyman.

But when you sit down for a job interview they usually discuss your whole resume, not just your last job.

My boxing memory is fairly sharp on some fights (and not so much on others ).

So the Fury-Wlad fight is still burned into some portion of my mind as one of the most pitiful fights I have ever had the misfortune of watching.

On the other hand, people seem to have forgotten the Joshua-Wlad fight, which I hailed as the first wonderful, exciting heavyweight title fight in DECADES. Sharp contrast.

Other than the Wlad fiasco and his admittedly awesome destruction of Wilder, Fury has a pretty bleak resume.

He may very well get into AJ's head the same way he got into Wlad's (I hope not).

Or he may very well dazzle the world with his skills and thoroughly outbox AJ.... very possible.

But I'll be rooting for Joshua.