Anthony Joshua will take on Matt Legg to kick off the biggest night in British boxing at Wembley on May 31.
The Olympic gold medallist is the first fighter on the card of Froch v Groves II: Unfinished Business, on May 31, live and exclusive on Sky Sports Box Office.
Joshua's fight will also be screened live on Sky Sports 1 early that evening and he is promising to start things off with a stunning knockout, following Legg's confirmation as opponent.
Does anyone remember Frank Bruno knocking over all that opposition and then coming unstuck-and Bruno wasnt "chinny" he just never learned how to cope with difficult situations. He never developed the confidence that goes from beating decent opposition. Why do promoters keep going down this pointless road?
awful awful matchmaking........... i think that a certain mr hughes should have been the opponent, he is big, a bit awkward, can punch a bit, reasonable jab, and just gone 8 with hughie fury.
I imagine they're probably finding it hard to match him. Any half decent opponents will want good money or a title before fighting Joshua I'd have thought. Fair enough considering they're most likely going to get banged out. Only disappointment for me is that he's on first. Hardly anyone will be there!
The DeGale and Mitchell fights are genuinely good match-ups.
At the moment the undercard is:
Degale v Gonzales
Mitchell v Maduma
McDonnell v Rachawat
Joshua v Legg
Does anyone know if there's more people lined up and who?
dsimpson wrote:I imagine they're probably finding it hard to match him. Any half decent opponents will want good money or a title before fighting Joshua I'd have thought. Fair enough considering they're most likely going to get banged out. Only disappointment for me is that he's on first. Hardly anyone will be there!
The DeGale and Mitchell fights are genuinely good match-ups.
At the moment the undercard is:
Degale v Gonzales
Mitchell v Maduma
McDonnell v Rachawat
Joshua v Legg
Does anyone know if there's more people lined up and who?
It's on a PPV show though so they cant really complain too much about the cost of an opponent.
Yeah but he's supposed to this super talent ffs lol. Of course noone expects him to go in with world class fighters now but he's good enough to be fighting the likes of Sexton, etc, now IMO.
columbo wrote:Yeah but he's supposed to this super talent ffs lol. Of course noone expects him to go in with world class fighters now but he's good enough to be fighting the likes of Sexton, etc, now IMO.
Have we got any grasses on the forum. I used to have a good handle on the heavyweight scene but I know nothing now. Who's he been sparring, how's he been getting on, etc..?
columbo wrote:Yeah but he's supposed to this super talent ffs lol. Of course noone expects him to go in with world class fighters now but he's good enough to be fighting the likes of Sexton, etc, now IMO.
Don't be silly he's only in his 6th fight. We need to build him slowly! Super talent or not we can't rush talent, we all know that fighters can't face real threats this early in their career in case they lose!
Not even super talents like Naoya Inoue face world level fighters in their 6th bout...oh wait...
columbo wrote:Yeah but he's supposed to this super talent ffs lol. Of course noone expects him to go in with world class fighters now but he's good enough to be fighting the likes of Sexton, etc, now IMO.
Don't be silly he's only in his 6th fight. We need to build him slowly! Super talent or not we can't rush talent, we all know that fighters can't face real threats this early in their career in case they lose!
Not even super talents like Naoya Inoue face world level fighters in their 6th bout...oh wait...
Lomachenko fighting Gary Russell jnr in his second fight coming off of a loss aswell lol
columbo wrote:Yeah but he's supposed to this super talent ffs lol. Of course noone expects him to go in with world class fighters now but he's good enough to be fighting the likes of Sexton, etc, now IMO.
Don't be silly he's only in his 6th fight. We need to build him slowly! Super talent or not we can't rush talent, we all know that fighters can't face real threats this early in their career in case they lose!
Not even super talents like Naoya Inoue face world level fighters in their 6th bout...oh wait...
Lomachenko fighting Gary Russell jnr in his second fight coming off of a loss aswell lol
Kosei Tanaka in his first 2 fights has faced 2 world ranked fighters, Takume Inoue fought a fighter ranked by all 4 bodies in his second fight.
Oh what do the likes of Ohashi gym know about bringing through super talents!
