Anthony Joshua

[WelshJack]

Surely (and don't call me shirley) you can't make any real judgement on 2 minutes of pro boxing, ridiculous.

That's what most people did with David Price.

[black panther]

Lennox Lewis pro debut:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ufjSiNhE8

For those of you who were not aware, this chap went on to become undisputed Heavyweight champion of the world.

[SNG]

I've never liked big shows for boxers turning over. A fighter like Joshua should be fighting regularly and learning the difference between amateur and professional boxing before he's on big shows like this, the public will just get bored watching what will be essentially training exercsises for the next 18 months. Hopefully he'll fight at least ten/fifteen times in that 18 months, and then you should start talking about British titles, European titles or whatever.

[lillywhite14]

Tyson has delivered his assessment of Joshu's debut:

Tyson Fury (@Tyson_Fury)
07/10/2013 19:15
I think @anthonyfjoshua ,s first fight was poo! He was very stif! Had no combos! Very amateur look about him! Not a gypsy warrior!!!

Yeah because you can lose count trying to tally up gypsy warriors who become world champions...

Won't be long before the Fury's are eyeing Joshua up. That's the reason for Tyson's outburst. It makes no sense otherwise.

I like Hughie, I think he could go further than Tyson. I think Joshua could go further than both Fury's.

[SamWise72]

Lennox Lewis pro debut:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b1ufjSiNhE8

For those of you who were not aware, this chap went on to become undisputed Heavyweight champion of the world.

I don't know who that was, but he'll never make it. No power, went postal on Al Malcolm and couldn't knock him out in the first, no defence, a journeyman was landing on him at will. Wasting his time in the pro ring.

[SamWise72]

Also, here, "he's total shit" is a synonym for "He may not make it to be an all time great". Some of my favourite fighters never made it past European level, but they weren't shit.