Brook vs. Gavin, Joshua vs. Johnson, Mitchell vs. Linares & Gradovich vs. Selby discussion thread

[Neil Gee]

So did I.

Future heavyweight champion or what? It's only six years since Johnson went the distance with Klitschko and 3 years since he also went the distance with Tyson Fury!

vitali not wlad. neither vk or tf are ko artists.

But it's only a year and a bit since he went the distance with Chisora

Joking aside a fighter like Johnson will never test somebody as hungry and strong as Joshua. He needs to fight Chisora.

[Lenny Cravats]

National anthems are cringeworthy. The bloke who's doing the streaming does too. It just changed to gangster rap.

[Neil Gee]

I'm getting my prediction in early, see if I can get 2 in a row, I give Gavin 5 rounds.

[SNG]

National anthems are cringeworthy. The bloke who's doing the streaming does too. It just changed to gangster rap.

[Boxing Writer]

Who can test Anthony at this stage of his career without being a huge (and very risky) step-up for him? And please, don't bring Manuel Charr in this discussion. Joshua would demolish him in 1-2 rounds.

Thompson, Browne, Jennings or Pulev.

Or perhaps someone less risky like Wach, Ustinov or Chisora.

I think Jennings is too risky now. He is very good and smart boxer with excellent stamina. If joshua can't stop him early, it will be tough fight. Pulev probably too if he will fight smarter than he didi against Wlad, and I think he will. Others guys would be decent and not risky choises, but I think only Wach can last more than 5 rounds. Thompson in his prime would too, but he is 43 and he spent too much time on the ropes against Takam = early stoppage against AJ.

[Lenny Cravats]

Gavin isn't going to surprise anyone here. He's going to get hammered.

[Neil Gee]

It's another mismatch, the difference from the last fight is that the guy on the wrong end of it has some ambition.

[Lenny Cravats]

Gavin always fights negative. Very boring fighter.

[Neil Gee]

I think my prediction might go wrong. Brook is red hot and Gavin is seriously in over his head.

[Lenny Cravats]

I'm going to bed. This is rubbish.

[SNG]

What a pointless fight! The only thing that was achieved was to expose Brook's lack of a threat to Mayweather.

Expose?

[Lenny Cravats]

Good timing.

Kell stops Gavin.

Gavin was hurt and against the ropes. He didn't really want to be there so the ref jumped in pretty quickly.

[Ricky_]

Brrok vs Gavin was a worse PPV headline than Haye vs Harrison.

[Tanzio]

I had Mitchell one round up at the time of the stoppage, which was pretty much in line with two of the judges' scorecards.

What a vain knob.

[Like a Boss]

Who can test Anthony at this stage of his career without being a huge (and very risky) step-up for him? And please, don't bring Manuel Charr in this discussion. Joshua would demolish him in 1-2 rounds.

Good question, and respect to Joshua. For 12 years fighters including Vitali Klitschko have been trying to stop Kingpin and until Joshua none had succeeded.

[Baby Face Finster]

Who can test Anthony at this stage of his career without being a huge (and very risky) step-up for him? And please, don't bring Manuel Charr in this discussion. Joshua would demolish him in 1-2 rounds.

Good question, and respect to Joshua. For 12 years fighters including Vitali Klitschko have been trying to stop Kingpin and until Joshua none had succeeded.

They should award him the..."I Stopped Kevin Johnson" belt.

[Like a Boss]

Who can test Anthony at this stage of his career without being a huge (and very risky) step-up for him? And please, don't bring Manuel Charr in this discussion. Joshua would demolish him in 1-2 rounds.

Good question, and respect to Joshua. For 12 years fighters including Vitali Klitschko have been trying to stop Kingpin and until Joshua none had succeeded.

They should award him the..."I Stopped Kevin Johnson" belt.

It is meritorious whether a belt is part of the spoils or not.

[Tanzio]

I had Mitchell one round up at the time of the stoppage, which was pretty much in line with two of the judges' scorecards.

What a vain knob.

Are you still slightly emotional about the amount of banter I gave you last night? :??

In case you failed to notice, nobody gives a flying fvck what you have to say or how you score a fight.

Khan won, deservedly, anything but impressively.
The difference was Algieri's lack of even nominal pop.

You're far too easy to wind up!

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... o#p4201982
Keep crying kid! Your pain and anguish fills my heart with joy… and your tears taste delicious!

No, I simply meant what I said. You are a vain knob. Nothing more and there's not much less.

[Lackeos]

Joshua has demonstrated himself to be a true monster tonight. No one has been able to stop Johnson, much less as quickly as turn 2. There probably won't be time to match him up with a great fighter in July, but Hearn needs to be scrambling to match him up with better opponents. It's one thing to move-up Joshua's opposition to get him better experience, or maybe it's just to prevent him from regressing from the high caliber of opponents he's fought in the amateurs, but really Hearn is just leaving money on the table if he isn't getting Joshua into big money match-ups right away. Joshua is going to beat whoever you put in with him, and if you match him up with big opponents for big money, that's just free money right there.

[crusader]

Joshua is going to beat whoever you put in with him

Given that hasn't fought one opponent who is a high-level offensive threat I wouldn't say it's a foregone conclusion that he'll beat anyone he faces. Is Denis Bakhtov the most dangerous puncher he's faced?

While he's obviously an offensive force he's yet to show how he'll fare if someone hits him back with hard punches. He can probably mow through most of the division as he's done to his opponents so far, but I suspect that he'll eventually fight someone who nails him and how he reacts to that could be telling; if he's durable and calm under pressure it's hard for me to see how he doesn't become one of the division's elite fighters.

[danamba7]

Povetkin KOs Joshua.

Joshua will brutally destroy Povetkin 1,5-2 years from now.

And Parker destroys Joshua in 10 years from now.

Good one

[Ricky_]

No, I simply meant what I said. You are a vain knob. Nothing more and there's not much less.

What you want to do is click on him then "add foe" so it won't display and of his spam. His spam consist of long winded boring nothingness, and him patting himself on the back.

At least Brut is funny.

[Counter-puncher]

No, I simply meant what I said. You are a vain knob. Nothing more and there's not much less.

What you want to do is click on him then "add foe" so it won't display and of his spam. His spam consist of long winded boring nothingness, and him patting himself on the back.

At least Brut is funny.

yup, done.