Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024

[joshj909]

Joe is on fire.

There's a reason why Joseph Parker is one of my favourite fighters.

He's a nice bloke, he fights regularly and he doesn't duck anybody.

Credit to Zhang too if this comes off, because it's a dangerous fight for both men.

In terms of quality in depth of opposition over their career, Parker is second to Joshua of the active heavies near the top. Has taken a tough route to get back to being in contention for a title shot again having faced Whyte, Joyce, Wilder and now Zhang but it's paying off in the long run. Others have gone back to crushing cans.

[Sendo Takeshi]

Joe is on fire.

There's a reason why Joseph Parker is one of my favourite fighters.

He's a nice bloke, he fights regularly and he doesn't duck anybody.

Credit to Zhang too if this comes off, because it's a dangerous fight for both men.

I'm also a fan. He is not ducking anyone, builiding up a great resume and only had his 32th birthday the other day.
He still got some fight left in him.

[joshj909]

Joe is on fire.

There's a reason why Joseph Parker is one of my favourite fighters.

He's a nice bloke, he fights regularly and he doesn't duck anybody.

Credit to Zhang too if this comes off, because it's a dangerous fight for both men.

I'm also a fan. He is not ducking anyone, builiding up a great resume and only had his 32th birthday the other day.
He still got some fight left in him.

Joshua, Ruiz, Zhang, Whyte, Joyce, Wilder, Takam, Chisora X2 and Hughie at 32 at heavyweight is impressive.

[gregregegg]

Parker is a fornicating weapon if he takes that in march.

Love Parker’s attitude, truely has never looked like ducking a fight.

[NateJR]

I'm going to predict a clear UD for Joshua against Francis. Joshua will be too fast and too technical and fight a safety first fight much like he did in his rematch vs. Ruiz.

Of course Francis has a punchers chance and Joshua has shown he doesn't have the greatest chin. At the end of the day, I feel Joshua has hit his absolute prime and has finally put everything together, both mentally and technically.

I didn't realize Francis trained in boxing for several years before converting over to MMA. This whole thing about Francis being this novice boxer is a bit of a stretch. Francis has basically been a fighter since he was 22 years. He's a fighter and one bad ass man, but he's not going to have enough to beat this version of Joshua short of landing a monstrous punch.

[Lackeos]

Parker - Zhang would certainly be very good. Both are already kind of supercontenders at this point. Soon, it could be the case that Ruiz, Parker, and maybe Zhang all have better wins on their resume than what Deontay has done.

[joshj909]

Parker - Zhang would certainly be very good. Both are already kind of supercontenders at this point. Soon, it could be the case that Ruiz, Parker, and maybe Zhang all have better wins on their resume than what Deontay has done.

Soon? Don't you mean already? Add Joyce, Hrgovic, and Whyte to that list too.

Ruiz has Joshua
Parker has Wilder + Ruiz
Zhang has Joyce
Joyce has Parker
Htgovic has Zhang
Whyte has Parker + Povetkin

Wilder still clinging onto his win over Ortiz whose best win since 2015 is Charles Martin (where he got dropped twice) and best win overall is Bryant Jennings. Ruiz beat Ortiz too.

[sheedyblue]

Joshua stops him late after out boxing him.

[funso banjo baby]

Joshua should stop him inside 6, a third time in a row fans will pay for a dull main event.

Eddie is drinking toilet water to suggest this was the `biggest` fight going when Zhang is on the same bill.

It's a safe, dick move for money. Your money

[omalley]

Joshua should stop him inside 6, a third time in a row fans will pay for a dull main event.

Eddie is drinking toilet water to suggest this was the `biggest` fight going when Zhang is on the same bill.

It's a safe, dick move for money. Your money

For the Saudis' money. Even if no one fan pays, Joshua and Ngannou will get their millions.

[jwfg]

Joshua should stop him inside 6,

Based on what?

[goose 5]

Once and for all: Is this fight on March 8 or March 9 ?

[funso banjo baby]

Joshua should stop him inside 6,

Based on what?

Watching them fight

[apollo creed]

AJ is basic, stiff, upright and of course gunshy compared with Fury. If the fight is fair, I think Francis has good chances to T/KO AJ.

Parker vs Zhang is the real deal boxing match.

[joshj909]

AJ is basic, stiff, upright and of course gunshy compared with Fury. If the fight is fair, I think Francis has good chances to T/KO AJ.

Parker vs Zhang is the real deal boxing match.

You just described Fury in his fight against Ngannou.

[jwfg]

Joshua should stop him inside 6,

Based on what?

Watching them fight

Ngannou's never been down, so what did you see?

[funso banjo baby]

Based on what?

Watching them fight

Ngannou's never been down, so what did you see?

All the info is there. We`ll just have to see on the night. But lets not forget there was enough info available to team Joshua to ascertain this was the absolutely easiest and risk free fight that punters would shell out for.

[jwfg]

Watching them fight

Ngannou's never been down, so what did you see?

All the info is there.

What info is there that means the fight will end in a stoppage?

[IKSRTFO]

Based on what?

Watching them fight

Ngannou's never been down, so what did you see?

You don't have to have been down in prior fights to get stopped. You could also get stopped from just taking punishment standing up.

[jwfg]

Watching them fight

Ngannou's never been down, so what did you see?

You don't have to have been down in prior fights to get stopped. You could also get stopped from just taking punishment standing up.

I am aware of that.

[IRL25]

The weird thing is I like the look of the fight, if it had been Nnangou's first fight in boxing, I wouldnt be interested in. As for those match up I like it as you have to big punchers who are going to go for it.

[cfang]

It’s an interesting one this. I favour aj by pts or even stoppage. The two guys to give aj trouble both had fast hands and I don’t see ngannou having that.

[Thomastearns]

Just a few days left and we get another Anthony Joshua fight.

I've been impressed with Joshua's recent form, even the 2 losses to Usyk, so it's going to be interesting to see how he deals with Ngannou.

If Ngannou can improve on his debut performance against Fury, and there's no reason to think he won't, this should be a fascinating contest.

[tonyevs]

Just a few days left and we get another Anthony Joshua fight.

I've been impressed with Joshua's recent form, even the 2 losses to Usyk, so it's going to be interesting to see how he deals with Ngannou.

If Ngannou can improve on his debut performance against Fury, and there's no reason to think he won't, this should be a fascinating contest.

The two losses to Usyk, whilst huge set backs, were actually great learning opportunities that will have added to AJs game. He didn`t take a career shortening beating, so aside from his ego AJ will have learnt alot more than knocking over some soft opponent.

This will be Ngannous first real taste of heavyweight boxing. Fury got carried away and believed in his own hype; thinking he would be too big, strong and skilled for a novice ... then finding the locker almost empty when he needed to go to it.

Unlike Fury, AJ will be giving Ngannou, the sport and himself 100% respect. I really don`t see Ngannou being able to avoid and absorb too many big punches for too many rounds regardless how tough and strong he undoubtedly is.

[IRONFIST]

Once and for all: Is this fight on March 8 or March 9 ?

March 8th local time