Is Deontay more or less confident of beating Joshua after the AJ v Klitschko fight?

[candyslim]

I ask the question because the Wembley fight taught us quite a lot about Anthony's strengths and weaknesses. He showed he can take a good shot from a quality puncher and has guts and decent recovery. We learned that his technique is a little wanting at the very highest level and it is possible to nullify his punching prowess if you have excellent defensive skills allied to good stamina and concentration.

On top of that Joshua can only use afterburners very sparingly or he is going to be gasping for air.

I feel he has passed a pretty stringent examination yet has lost a lot of that aura of invincibility at the same time.

[asdfjkl]

He had no confidence, never had, never will have, but for money, he does everything, even fake doping scandals against an innocent person.
He gladly accept a punishment and a very small punchers chance against Joshua. As long as hoe doesn't have to fight top contenders like Klitschko, Povetkin, Takam, Fury, Ortiz, Parker, name them. .

[Ossyrules]

He should be more confident id have thought. Very little weakness shown prior to this fight, now Joshua's rivals will have seen some flaws to go after

[RScarf1]

The fact that he wants to fight Bellew tells me that he has no interest in fighting Joshua even though he says he wants to unify the belts.

[Blodhemn]

Probably the same. But I'd give him a better chance at stopping Joshua now.

[crusader]

If I had to guess, I would say slightly more confident given that old Wlad managed to drop AJ heavily with a straight right, which is Wilder's money punch. I can see Wilder thinking that he would've finished AJ in the same situation.

Of course AJ battled back, but he had never shown that type of vulnerability before

[Bard of Boxrec]

He should be less confident. That was the best Wlad has fought for years, if ever. actually throwing punches, sharp, fearless, and good movement, without even resorting to holding. Said a lot about Joshua that he could beat a Wlad in that form without a wealth of experience behind him. Of course, Wilder could catch Joshua, but AJ has shown great powers of recovery and the evidence suggests Joshua would get to him first in any case as he throws the straighter, more orthodox shots and has better volume.

[Horse]

He should be more confident id have thought. Very little weakness shown prior to this fight, now Joshua's rivals will have seen some flaws to go after

He showed more of the same weaknesses against Whyte.

Is everyone blind or something?

[punchoutsb]

It appears he went to the fight to try and pick a fight with a 35 year old man who was run out the Light Heavyweight division. That should tell you all you need to know.

[Ossyrules]

He should be more confident id have thought. Very little weakness shown prior to this fight, now Joshua's rivals will have seen some flaws to go after

He showed more of the same weaknesses against Whyte.

Is everyone blind or something?

Whyte threw a desperate left hook when he was in dire straights, but credit where it's due it properly buzzed Joshua and caused him a round and a half to recover.

Wlad also landed a nice left hook in 5 that contribute to Joshua being in all sorts at the end of that round, but I'd hardly say Whyte exposed flaws like this fight did.

Are you blind?

[KiwiRider]

I thought you lot would find this amusing;

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/arti ... d=11847802

Parker finds holes in AJ's fight, probably use those same holes to hide from him in.

[Bard of Boxrec]

I thought you lot would find this amusing;

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/arti ... d=11847802

Parker finds holes in AJ's fight, probably use those same holes to hide from him in.

Hide from him? You think anyone at heavyweight is hiding from that payday?