Who Thought AJ Was Done At Round Six?

[Twinkle Toes]

I thought he was in deep deep trouble, but Wlad was too negative over the next two rounds and let Josh get his second wind. Big mistake

[rd350lc]

He was blowing out of his a*se, he looked clueless for most of it, fair play to Joshua for his win, but to achieve elite level,which I doubt he will, he has so much work to do

Ortiz beats Joshua easy, fury beats him easy, wilder who is sh*t quite possibly KOs him

Do you get any more elite than being the heavyweight champion of the world ffs ?

Wait till Josh fights fury

I think fury comfortably beats him

You have your opinion i have mine and we will see one day

I hope you are right and Fury can get his head straight and get into some sort of shape to become a boxer again , until then he's yesterdays news .

[Oiky]

Do you get any more elite than being the heavyweight champion of the world ffs ?

Wait till Josh fights fury

I think fury comfortably beats him

You have your opinion i have mine and we will see one day

I hope you are right and Fury can get his head straight and get into some sort of shape to become a boxer again , until then he's yesterdays news .

Me to mate

Yes he is yesterday's news atm And fair play to him for his win tonight, he showed grit to get up after that shot

Both men deserve credit

But I believe if fury can get himself right he will beat Joshua

[Oiky]

Wait till Josh fights fury

I think fury comfortably beats him

You have your opinion i have mine and we will see one day

I hope you are right and Fury can get his head straight and get into some sort of shape to become a boxer again , until then he's yesterdays news .

Me to mate

Yes he is yesterday's news atm And fair play to Joshuafor his win tonight, he showed grit to get up after that shot

Both men deserve credit

But I believe if fury can get himself right he will beat Joshua

[rd350lc]

Wait till Josh fights fury

I think fury comfortably beats him

You have your opinion i have mine and we will see one day

I hope you are right and Fury can get his head straight and get into some sort of shape to become a boxer again , until then he's yesterdays news .

Me to mate

Yes he is yesterday's news atm And fair play to him for his win tonight, he showed grit to get up after that shot

Both men deserve credit

But I believe if fury can get himself right he will beat Joshua

Lets hope we get to see it one day .

[Oiky]

I hope you are right and Fury can get his head straight and get into some sort of shape to become a boxer again , until then he's yesterdays news .

Me to mate

Yes he is yesterday's news atm And fair play to him for his win tonight, he showed grit to get up after that shot

Both men deserve credit

But I believe if fury can get himself right he will beat Joshua

Lets hope we get to see it one day .

great shame if we don't

[Emmseegee]

I thought AJ was done but also said at the time that Klitschko was showing too much respect after the knockdown and trying to keep at range too much. When Joshua was gassed Klitschko should have adopted his jab and grab tactics, leaned on him more, clinch and walk him into the ropes, make the tired man work and wrestle on the inside. Joshua has no inside game whatsoever and when his legs were gone Klitschko should have made him work.

Maybe he was still recovering himself at that point.

Regardless, it was the most ive enjoyed a heavyweight contest for quite some time. I wasnt on the AJ hype train but cant criticise a man who gets up off his cheeks to win. Well done to both men, a great event

[crusader]

http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... &start=400

[Ricky_]

Looks like it caught more his cheek. inch lower on the chin i think he would've been out cold.

[Taansend]

Looks like it caught more his cheek. inch lower on the chin i think he would've been out cold.

2.54cm, mate.

[jameswilson]

Have to say looking back at the replay of AJ's uppercut does it remind anyone else of Lewis's uppercut against Vitali all those years back? How in gods name did either stay on their feet?

[handsofstone]

I predicted Joshua to win in 6 but after that 5th round ended I said to the lass it looks like it will be him getting KO'd in 6 and when that right hand put him down I thought it was curtains but he showed incredible bravery and resilience to recover even if it took him 4 rounds to throw another shot, his stamina was a worry his mouth was gaping after he put Klitschko down in the 5th, it was like Price/Thompson 2 all over

I hope Joshua gets his kudos though and people don't get too hung up on his whiskers, that was a crunching right hand

[The Insider]

Genuinely thought it was going to be over it that or the next couple of rounds. Looked like AJ was told by Rob Mc that he needed the KO or it was close so he went out all guns blazing and got the KO. Amazing victory for AJ.

[darkstar81]

I thought AJ was done at the end of round 5! He looked all punched out and Wlad finished the round stronger. Then round 6. Thought Wlad missed his opportunity by letting AJ get his second wind. No idea who was going to win going into the last 2 rounds - ultimately it was 1 punch, that uppercut that did it and AJ kept the pressure on for the finish.

[Boxerbeetle]

Yep...

But I also thought Wlad was done in Round 5 (which was the round I predicted Joshua would win), so what the fvck do I know

[Terminator666]

He looked done when Whyte almost had him as well- youth got him through tonight

[Taansend]

He looked done when Whyte almost had him as well- youth got him through tonight

I disagree, mate. He looked a little stunned v Whyte.

He looked F*CKED tonight.

[crusader]

He looked done when Whyte almost had him as well- youth got him through tonight

I disagree, mate. He looked a little stunned v Whyte.

He looked F*CKED tonight.

This

He had a rough patch against Whyte, and a VERY rough patch against Wlad.

[coneye]

It was a great fight and Well done AJ ,, but he was gone , and Vlads age showed through he just could'nt finish it , and let the younger fella get his second wind .. Is he the real deal , well in this day and age he probably is , but compared to other eras NO .. But you can only beat whats around and up till now he has .. If he gets his act together and comes back , Fury's style may cause him problems but if AJ lands Fury will go

[Taansend]

He looked done when Whyte almost had him as well- youth got him through tonight

I disagree, mate. He looked a little stunned v Whyte.

He looked F*CKED tonight.

This

He had a rough patch against Whyte, and a VERY rough patch against Wlad.

Close to two rounds as opposed to twenty seconds.

[Counter-puncher]

Fury's style may cause him problems but if AJ lands Fury will go

Aye that's about my take on it someone said earlier Joshua wouldn't just carry on getting out boxed, he'd throw the kitchen sink and don't think Fury has the punch to keep him honest for a whole 12 rounds. Though I think he'd make him look a bit silly for some sustained periods

[CaptainSpacerod]

I did.

Fairplay to the lad for such a giant unit he recovered well to get his second wind but if Wlad was 5 years younger he'd surely have finished him off.

[danconnollyeire]

Josh has a hell of a lot of work to do

A hell of a lot

To achieve what excatly ?

He was blowing out of his a*se, he looked clueless for most of it, fair play to Joshua for his win, but to achieve elite level,which I doubt he will, he has so much work to do

Ortiz beats Joshua easy, fury beats him easy, wilder who is sh*t quite possibly KOs him

Eh? Ortiz beats him? You what? Ortiz is a one dimensional puncher who's looked old and terrible of late

[TheGingerBomber]

Credit to Fury & AJ after this fight. And to Wlad I suppose, his chin was better than I expected.

[samwbr]

Am I being harsh in thinking this was more due to klitschko not finishing the fight than Joshua's heart that he came away with the win

You could say that about any fight that went this way.

But I'm not in saying about this one vlad of five years ago would've finished him

Joshua of 3 years time would take his head off again.