Round-By-Round - Anthony Joshua vs. Eric Molina - December 10th 2016

[DannyMCR]

So far 4 people haven't voted Joshua wins by KO. Good one guys

I love an underdog

[Wales]

Amazing how Hearn made books balance even when paying Martin (reported ) £5m. Yet can't find couple million to entice a decent HW Challenger

Yeah don't forget they were having to try entice a champion to essentially come over and give his belt away (that's what he essentially did). Bigger picture indeed. Now Joshua is the one with the belt, so surely the belt on offer is acting as a bit of an equaliser.

Oh I understand why they paid Martin silly money to get him here and lose his belt. What baffles me is Hearn then only being prepared to pay peanuts and thus delivering crap challengers. Molina probably getting, what, 250k? If you can splash out £5m on Martin at least pay couple million for his second defence. Fair enough a cheap gimmie for first defence but don't take piss

[Rob3_142]

Amazing how Hearn made books balance even when paying Martin (reported ) £5m. Yet can't find couple million to entice a decent HW Challenger

Yeah don't forget they were having to try entice a champion to essentially come over and give his belt away (that's what he essentially did). Bigger picture indeed. Now Joshua is the one with the belt, so surely the belt on offer is acting as a bit of an equaliser.

Oh I understand why they paid Martin silly money to get him here and lose his belt. What baffles me is Hearn then only being prepared to pay peanuts and thus delivering crap challengers. Molina probably getting, what, 250k? If you can splash out £5m on Martin at least pay couple million for his second defence. Fair enough a cheap gimmie for first defence but don't take piss

Well I think each fighter has to be realistic of their earning potential. You think Joshua is going to give his opponent half the purse, or even quarter when it's already double their earning potential? When Joshua fights Klitchko, I would suspect that the shoe could well be on the other foot. I mean if the Joshua camp offers Pulev and Chisora more than double than they'd earn fighting each other, why are they fighting each other?

[wesshaw1985]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhZ5wQDDAFk

[Rob3_142]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhZ5wQDDAFk

I hate these things, they're completely pointless.

[handsofstone]

I keep getting a sneaky feeling that Molina is gonna KO Joshua,not enough to sway me from siding with AJ but I always felt Joshua would deal with Whyte and Martin but this time I can envision Molina tagging him,maybe I should have a little flutter,maybe its the whole planned Klitschko fight got me feeling he might get derailed?

Still my head says Joshua will win comfortably inside the distance,Molina stood up to some heavy shots from Wilder and rocked him badly but he can be stooped early,Joshua might want to get rid of him early to avoid the risk of Molina warming into the fight, or AJ might try and box as he did against Breazeale and break Molina down,I think Molina might last around the 6/7 mark

[BitPlayer]

I keep getting a sneaky feeling that Molina is gonna KO Joshua,not enough to sway me from siding with AJ but I always felt Joshua would deal with Whyte and Martin but this time I can envision Molina tagging him,maybe I should have a little flutter,maybe its the whole planned Klitschko fight got me feeling he might get derailed?

Still my head says Joshua will win comfortably inside the distance,Molina stood up to some heavy shots from Wilder and rocked him badly but he can be stooped early,Joshua might want to get rid of him early to avoid the risk of Molina warming into the fight, or AJ might try and box as he did against Breazeale and break Molina down,I think Molina might last around the 6/7 mark

Just bet a tiny bit on it, you'd still get a decent bit back if he won.

[boxingknockout]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhZ5wQDDAFk

I hate these things, they're completely pointless.

Sky keeping on trying to mimic US TV but with the worst presenters ever gathered in sport.

Peanut head Nelson is awful

[Rob3_142]

I keep getting a sneaky feeling that Molina is gonna KO Joshua,not enough to sway me from siding with AJ but I always felt Joshua would deal with Whyte and Martin but this time I can envision Molina tagging him,maybe I should have a little flutter,maybe its the whole planned Klitschko fight got me feeling he might get derailed?

Still my head says Joshua will win comfortably inside the distance,Molina stood up to some heavy shots from Wilder and rocked him badly but he can be stooped early,Joshua might want to get rid of him early to avoid the risk of Molina warming into the fight, or AJ might try and box as he did against Breazeale and break Molina down,I think Molina might last around the 6/7 mark

Nah, I see this going similar to Breazeale too. Maybe quicker though. Not sure Molina would hold up too well against the beating that Breazeale got.

I don't see Joshua trying to blow Molina out, he's a great counter puncher, and will be looking for Molina to engage. Molina is a clever operator though, but probably doesn't possess the power to take Joshua out, even with a very suspect chin.

But I don't see Joshua going the whole fight not getting tagged at least once.

[wesshaw1985]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwukHAtpzLo

[wesshaw1985]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpAFTZjtLGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv091JM7_ow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnTR1g-V26c

[tony1234]

I keep getting a sneaky feeling that Molina is gonna KO Joshua,not enough to sway me from siding with AJ but I always felt Joshua would deal with Whyte and Martin but this time I can envision Molina tagging him,maybe I should have a little flutter,maybe its the whole planned Klitschko fight got me feeling he might get derailed?

Still my head says Joshua will win comfortably inside the distance,Molina stood up to some heavy shots from Wilder and rocked him badly but he can be stooped early,Joshua might want to get rid of him early to avoid the risk of Molina warming into the fight, or AJ might try and box as he did against Breazeale and break Molina down,I think Molina might last around the 6/7 mark

14/1 for Molina to win inside the distance, got to be worth a couple of quid surely ? He only has to land one and who knows ?

[DSW]

No Chisora or Whyte on Paul Smiths Instagram picture from the press conference?

They been barred?

[DSW]

No Chisora or Whyte on Paul Smiths Instagram picture from the press conference?

They been barred?

Nope there we go, just gone off hahaha

[the_doctor]

No Chisora or Whyte on Paul Smiths Instagram picture from the press conference?

They been barred?

Nope there we go, just gone off hahaha

When it comes to throwing tables, Chisora>>>>Fury

[Syntax Error]

It's quite ironic that the undercard is getting more talk than the main event!

Although I think it will be an ugly fight, I'm actually looking forward moreso to seeing Whyte v Chisora than I am to seeing Joshua v Molina.

It get the feeling that that Whyte/Chisora should have been the main event!

[ILikeBeer]

Eric Molina, by brutal first round KO.

[ILikeBeer]

It's quite ironic that the undercard is getting more talk than the main event!

Although I think it will be an ugly fight, I'm actually looking forward moreso to seeing Whyte v Chisora than I am to seeing Joshua v Molina.

It get the feeling that that Whyte/Chisora should have been the main event!

Neither Chisora or Whyte are humble enough to main event.

[Asterix]

It's quite ironic that the undercard is getting more talk than the main event!

Although I think it will be an ugly fight, I'm actually looking forward moreso to seeing Whyte v Chisora than I am to seeing Joshua v Molina.

It get the feeling that that Whyte/Chisora should have been the main event!

Molina is a very unexciting opponent, and I really think Anthony Joshua should try to stir things up a bit for the fans. He could earn twice as much money quite easily, imo.

[Counter-puncher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnTR1g-V26c

"see this, Koogs, this is my Concerned Face. Not my Larking Around With Josh, We're Just Boys We Are, face, not my Telling an Outright Fucken Lie But Doing It With a Face of Utmost Sincerity, face. my Concerned Face, Koogs. Concerned. I'm Concerned, I am."

[dirk2686]

It's quite ironic that the undercard is getting more talk than the main event!

Although I think it will be an ugly fight, I'm actually looking forward moreso to seeing Whyte v Chisora than I am to seeing Joshua v Molina.

It get the feeling that that Whyte/Chisora should have been the main event!

To be fair that can happen. I remember far more interest in Saunders Eubank than the Fury Chisora rematch.

[wesshaw1985]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCrGOUG9vzE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gkm9IF5NO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llHWbC4jVp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_qYtVOt5k

[BitPlayer]

Molina traing to get a lucky punch says it all really.

Well good luck to him.

[Rob3_142]

I am looking forward to this more and more. I don't doubt the outcome, but we know that Joshua had a problem getting Breazeale out of there early, despite landing at will. The thing is with Molina, is he's a clever operator, and we know he can absorb a punch (as we saw vs. Wilder), so what happens when he does land on Joshua? Cause I think at some point in the match he will.

[crusader]

Molina went down pretty much every time Wilder hit him cleanly, he was dropped by Tony Grano, and he has twice been knocked out in the first; a bit of a stretch to act like his durability is a strong point. It's also a stretch to act like he's some major banger when he's just a guy with respectable but unspectacular power.

I think AJ could've stopped Breazeale more quickly than he did, but he seemed content to take it slow and spend less time than usual initiating, and more time countering.