Very valid point from Holmes

[hurlock]

Larry mentioned Joshua burning out & for his handlers to allow him to rest develop & grow.

I think larry is bang on the money, I think AJ has joined hearns ship & is sailing it!

I think Joshua could fight all the heavyweights in pf tonight apart from leg & little who will bring his game down.Joshua has to learn professional boxing ain't an amateur tournament that you enter win inside a couple of weeks & your there

[winkveron]

Agreed. Last night's fight was utterly pointless. He will have learnt nothing. How was that any different from his first pro fight? I know you've got to move him along steadily but still...I've been saying for weeks now that match ups with some of the guys from last nights Prizefighter would be ideal. They'd be easy to make and the guys have a little profile now after the exposure. I think a Minto or a Gavern would be a good test at this stage. Good "club" fighters that are durable, come forward, and have good experience. What do you think? And would Sprott be too much at this stage?

[fasteddie]

i think joshua beats price now,if i was his handlers i wouldnt hesitate in putting him in now,the thing with this is he will be british and commonwealth champ and then there would be no moving backwards and after knocking price out it would be too much too soon.

[rm1]

This is what is happening to Hughie Fury glad to see Larry Holmes thinks the same way I do.

[rhino222]

Agreed. Last night's fight was utterly pointless. He will have learnt nothing. How was that any different from his first pro fight? I know you've got to move him along steadily but still...I've been saying for weeks now that match ups with some of the guys from last nights Prizefighter would be ideal. They'd be easy to make and the guys have a little profile now after the exposure. I think a Minto or a Gavern would be a good test at this stage. Good "club" fighters that are durable, come forward, and have good experience. What do you think? And would Sprott be too much at this stage?

I disagree, gavern and minto, although joshua could potentially 'blast' them out if he landed early, may know just a little too much and be a bit too ring savvy for Joshua to fight right now, they are fight 8-13 kind of guys, for an aspiring world champion. if for instance joshua fought minto next week over 8x3, joshua had his eye cut quite badly in the second, joshua might not have the ring experience to work behind his jab for 6 rounds and keep mintos lunges at bay. its all about learning at this early stage, yes KO's look good on a record, but does deontay Wilder look better than Joshua does technically already?... of course not, because he was fed tomato cans for his first 20 odd fights. Joshua should 'see off' perhaps 5 or 6 cans, then ply his trade for 5 - 8 relatively durable journeymen who are incapable of causing an upset, then, about 13 fights in start looking for english, british and commonwealth level fights.

[Finn]

I agree with him, they should be shipping joshua off to every top hw as a sparring partner not putting him in 3 fights within a month and a half against pointless journeymen Hughie Fury didnt ko that guy because he was burnt out.