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if the fight were made today, who wins?

Pretty conclusive so far.

Rexob wrote:Pretty conclusive so far.

the AJ fanboys have arrived...

wesshaw1985 wrote:

Rexob wrote:Pretty conclusive so far.

the AJ fanboys have arrived...

I am a Fury fan ? What you going on about seesaw? It was 5 votes to 0 for Fury to win, before which was pretty conclusive at the time of putting my post up.

Fury has so much Joshua has had to deal with, Joshua has comparatively little Fury hasn't dealt with before. Fury is just so hard to beat now, with his size, speed, and versatility.

Boxingtruth wrote:Right now and for the foreseeable future.. Fury.. Too tricky, too smart.. Too much heart if he even needs it that is..

This ^

Fury I could see tying AJ up and roughing him up and finishing a frustrated AJ off in 5 rounds. Not because Fury is fantastic but because he's so huge and a bully. Just like Wlad has been all these years until somebody bigger came along

Rexob wrote:

wesshaw1985 wrote:

Rexob wrote:Pretty conclusive so far.

the AJ fanboys have arrived...

I am a Fury fan ? What you going on about seesaw? It was 5 votes to 0 for Fury to win, before which was pretty conclusive at the time of putting my post up.

I replied as the voting hit 5-3, obviously the AJ fanboys had hit the thread...

Thats ok then I don't dislike joshua though and he could quite easily knock Fury out given the chance but Fury won't let him, Fury is just to clued up combined with great tactics and that leaning back style he has developed I think it will be an easy night for him.

Rexob wrote:Thats ok then I don't dislike joshua though and he could quite easily knock Fury out given the chance but Fury won't let him, Fury is just to clued up combined with great tactics and that leaning back style he has developed I think it will be an easy night for him.

agreed. Easy nights work for Fury in my opinion...

At the moment Fury uses his reach and height, gets on the Backfoot and wins on points.

May be a different story in 18 months if Joshua has had a couple of decent wins. Don't forget in McCracken he's probably got the best coach in the country.

Agree with most of the guys, at this moment in time you have to favour Fury heavily. AJ would have a punchers chance but Tyson knows a little too much for him just now. If I was in charge of AJs career I'd stay well away from Tyson for the foreseeable future but as a fan I want to see it ASAP.

Joshua's opposition has been rubbish, apart from Dillian who, despite being a fan, I suspect probably isn't that good anyway. Breazeale as a first defence tells you all you need to know. Maybe after he's been carefully moved through the right opponents this would seem more competitive, but right now you'd have to say Fury, and quite easily to be honest with you.

Wladamir would beat Joshua right now. King Kong would beat Joshua right now. I used to think Wilder was a joke, but I think he's going to beat Povetkin and maybe I'd pick him too against Anthony. Anybody inside the top 10 would give Anthony bother.

I'm a fan, but you have to be realistic. He's still quite unproven really.

Joshua by straightforward KO.

Agree with most, Fury easily outboxes AJ.

Why can't the bookies agree with this poll

It's really hard to predict, Joshua is fast and Fury has a glass chin, but Fury has such a massive reach advantage, that he can probably quite easely focus on winning most rounds. If Joshua manages to hit him somehow it can all of a sudden be over.

Now let's get real, even Klitschko managed to hit him a few times, when Joshua does that it will hurt Fury a lot harder.

TBH I think Joshua got the odds, but it will be his hardest fight. Remarkebly I think Whyte got a bigger chance of winning because of his style, Whyte takes the beat and hits back, Joshua regularly tests his opponends first since Whyte.

asdfjkl wrote:It's really hard to predict, Joshua is fast and Fury has a glass chin, but Fury has such a massive reach advantage, that he can probably quite easely focus on winning most rounds. If Joshua manages to hit him somehow it can all of a sudden be over.

Now let's get real, even Klitschko managed to hit him a few times, when Joshua does that it will hurt Fury a lot harder.

TBH I think Joshua got the odds, but it will be his hardest fight. Remarkebly I think Whyte got a bigger chance of winning because of his style, Whyte takes the beat and hits back, Joshua regularly tests his opponends first since Whyte.

Joshua rarely can do a one punch KO, even Gary Cornish took a few. Wlad is also one of the hardest punches ATM and he didn't make Fury flinch, largely because Fury wasn't clowning around or losing focus. I'm not saying Fury has a granite jaw, but this isn't Canelo Khan.

asdfjkl wrote: If Joshua manages to hit him somehow

the idea that Joshua won’t be able to land on Fury, because a man who threw no punches didn’t, is hilarious.

Riddick Blowe wrote:

asdfjkl wrote: If Joshua manages to hit him somehow

the idea that Joshua won’t be able to land on Fury, because a man who threw no punches didn’t, is hilarious.

the idea that Joshua will walk through Fury, because he managed it on domestic level fighters and bellow, is hilarious.

BitPlayer wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:

asdfjkl wrote: If Joshua manages to hit him somehow

the idea that Joshua won’t be able to land on Fury, because a man who threw no punches didn’t, is hilarious.

the idea that Joshua will walk through Fury, because he managed it on domestic level fighters and bellow, is hilarious.

Not if you have eyes, and you understand that Fury has shown deficiencies that haven't been remedied by fighting Christian Hammer, Joey Abell and the Covent Garden Street Mime.

Riddick Blowe wrote:

BitPlayer wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:
the idea that Joshua won’t be able to land on Fury, because a man who threw no punches didn’t, is hilarious.

the idea that Joshua will walk through Fury, because he managed it on domestic level fighters and bellow, is hilarious.

Not if you have eyes, and you understand that Fury has shown deficiencies that haven't been remedied by fighting Christian Hammer, Joey Abell and the Covent Garden Street Mime.

You can't win against Fury if you try to beat him from distance, like Klitschko tried, Joshua showed exactly that style against Martin recently, so if Joshua doesn't fight aggressive against Fury, there's a good chance Fury will win on points. If Joshua does fight aggressive, then I expect him to win, but he will get hurt himself as well during such a fight. That's why I give Whyte the odds above Joshua for winning this, despite Joshua got better skills in every single way compared to Whyte.

Riddick Blowe wrote:

BitPlayer wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:
the idea that Joshua won’t be able to land on Fury, because a man who threw no punches didn’t, is hilarious.

the idea that Joshua will walk through Fury, because he managed it on domestic level fighters and bellow, is hilarious.

Not if you have eyes, and you understand that Fury has shown deficiencies that haven't been remedied by fighting Christian Hammer, Joey Abell and the Covent Garden Street Mime.

It's not like Joshua hasn't shown vulnerability to body shots, lack of head movement, and stamina issues. No boxer is perfect. His footwork is no where near the level of Fury or Wlad either.

Fury on the jab for me. Jab and size. But not guaranteed.

asdfjkl wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:

BitPlayer wrote: the idea that Joshua will walk through Fury, because he managed it on domestic level fighters and bellow, is hilarious.

Not if you have eyes, and you understand that Fury has shown deficiencies that haven't been remedied by fighting Christian Hammer, Joey Abell and the Covent Garden Street Mime.

You can't win against Fury if you try to beat him from distance, like Klitschko tried, Joshua showed exactly that style against Martin recently, so if Joshua doesn't fight aggressive against Fury, there's a good chance Fury will win on points. If Joshua does fight aggressive, then I expect him to win, but he will get hurt himself as well during such a fight. That's why I give Whyte the odds above Joshua for winning this, despite Joshua got better skills in every single way compared to Whyte.

WTF! Joshua hunted Martin down and annihilated him. You're making it sound like he struggled.

The reach advantage is only 3 inches, I think it's less of an issue that you're making it. Joshua isn't a midget.