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sparrow_1 wrote: ↑04 Dec 2018, 20:15

skanksta wrote: ↑04 Dec 2018, 19:19 Two Brits as the No 1 and 2 in the world, - check.
(almost all) the belts - check.
Lineal "people's champ" vs Unified Champ and No1 - check.
At heavyweight !!

Of course it is - It's the biggest fight since Ali vs Frazier 1.
It's one of the biggest HW fights in history - easily the biggest in the UK.

I disagree. I'm a British fight fan and have been for a few years but the guys like Frazier and Ali.... they took hard competitive fights against talented operators, regularly - in a more competitive era. There's no comparison whatsoever to be made between those guys, Joshua and a man that ballooned up 10 stone and came back against, essentially, a gawky banger.

Look at Frazier and Ali. Did these guys have all that many utter stiffs on their records as their modern day counterparts?

orbtastic wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 08:41 Biggest in what respect? What metric are you going to use to measure "big"?

Some of the pre-war White City fights had bigger attendances than some of the fights used recently with the breathless tag "biggest ever".

Verdi wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 04:08 I think Fury would wind Joshua up something rotten in the build-up.

Avitar wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 08:14 Wouldn't say it would be the biggest British fight ever I think that goes to Benn vs Eubank 2 supposedly half a billion watched that fight

lillywhite14 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 05:40

sparrow_1 wrote: ↑04 Dec 2018, 20:08

deadpan wrote: ↑04 Dec 2018, 18:47 AJ v Fury feels bigger AJ v Wilder. Deontay saw his stock fall and Furys rise in abundance when Tyson got up in the 12th. He is now the man who cant be stopped (though he probably can be). Plus Fury's recent story and conduct after the final bell makes him a lot more marketable. And his inevitable drubbing of Joshua in the pressers would generate massive publicity.

Not that it matters much if you got clobbered off either, but.......who is considered to hit harder, Wilder or AJ?

I thought Wilder was considered as the hardest one-puncher out there (notwithstanding the many, many contenders on his record for whom the word 'tomato can' might be considered a promotion)...but as you say, the Bronze Bomber's stock fell slightly when the Morcambe man pulled off his Lazarus impression.....

So who hits harder, Wilder or AJ?

One punch power it’s probably Wilder. Joshua hits you more often though and has more variation. Wilder put Fury down with a brace of shots. Joshua will be unloading everything if he tags Fury at any point. He also has the advantage of strength and physicality over Fury so no walking him back etc

Fury is a very hard nights work for Joshua without doubt but let’s not pretend it doesn’t work the other way. I think Joshua is considerably better than Wilder and Wilder gave Fury hell.

People chatting about Fury taking Joshua to school are off their head imo.

SAPFO wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 17:35 Biggest grossing by a country mile for sure. Ive just popped a twitter poll up, have a look. I'd like to see how people see Fury's value now he has gained a lot of fans.