I'm not ashamed to say that I thought Ngannou would fair better than he ultimately did. I'd been more optimistic than most in the build up to the Fury fight too.
I fancied Francis to go after AJ in this fight and at least take something out of him, while admittedly gambling on his own conditioning level for a boxing match. In the end he pretty much gave Joshua the most inviting, gift wrapped target he possibly could have.
Ngannou for the upset.
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jamesmcdonnell
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Re: Ngannou for the upset.
Ngannou to be fair, did go right after him, and even landed a few shots, but he was just so wide open.Kilburn wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024, 16:35 I'm not ashamed to say that I thought Ngannou would fair better than he ultimately did. I'd been more optimistic than most in the build up to the Fury fight too.
I fancied Francis to go after AJ in this fight and at least take something out of him, while admittedly gambling on his own conditioning level for a boxing match. In the end he pretty much gave Joshua the most inviting, gift wrapped target he possibly could have.
Re: Ngannou for the upset.
Yeah but the going after I'm talking about is De La Hoya v Quartey 12th round sort of level, go absolutely bezerk.jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024, 16:38Ngannou to be fair, did go right after him, and even landed a few shots, but he was just so wide open.Kilburn wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024, 16:35 I'm not ashamed to say that I thought Ngannou would fair better than he ultimately did. I'd been more optimistic than most in the build up to the Fury fight too.
I fancied Francis to go after AJ in this fight and at least take something out of him, while admittedly gambling on his own conditioning level for a boxing match. In the end he pretty much gave Joshua the most inviting, gift wrapped target he possibly could have.
Actually that might not have worked out too well.
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jamesmcdonnell
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Re: Ngannou for the upset.
I don't really think there's anything Frank could have done, it's about levels, and also styles. I said somewhere before the fight, that Joshua's a good long to midrange puncher, and that he could hurt him early, which he did.Kilburn wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024, 17:02Yeah but the going after I'm talking about is De La Hoya v Quartey 12th round sort of level, go absolutely bezerk.jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024, 16:38Ngannou to be fair, did go right after him, and even landed a few shots, but he was just so wide open.Kilburn wrote: ↑13 Mar 2024, 16:35 I'm not ashamed to say that I thought Ngannou would fair better than he ultimately did. I'd been more optimistic than most in the build up to the Fury fight too.
I fancied Francis to go after AJ in this fight and at least take something out of him, while admittedly gambling on his own conditioning level for a boxing match. In the end he pretty much gave Joshua the most inviting, gift wrapped target he possibly could have.
Actually that might not have worked out too well.![]()