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Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 17:47
by joshj909
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 17:51
by joshj909
Wrong decision for Joshua's legacy for me. A fight against Hrgovic could've made him a three time would champ and put him in a good position to unify or pick up other vacant belts. Hrgovic also a top heavyweight. The best fight for the fans would have been Joshua vs Zhang.
Ngannou will make him more money, give him bragging rights over Fury and should be the easier fight.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 17:55
by gregregegg
Smart from AJ, should dominate and stop nganu which gives him a great comparison to fury and puts AJ in good light with mma fans. I do think nganu was much better than I expected, but also fury was very very poor that night.
If (big if) usyk beats fury and AJ bashes nganu that would be the biggest drop in a boxers stock in a 6 month period ever… (ok that’s exaggerating)
World title fights will be there after for AJ no doubt. I think ibf will stall (hrg will let them for AJ money) and put AJ vs hrg in augustish. But I hope IBF go Parker vs hrg, I like that fight.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 18:25
by quickeyg
Anthony Joshua does NOT care about the IBF belt nor Filip Hrgovic, that's just BS talk by Ed and co. A lot of you guys fell for the narrative AGAIN LOL.
I personally think Hrgovic and Zhang can both KO Joshua (Eddie knows it)
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 18:32
by The Gratest
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 18:59
by quickeyg
Dev is a star (Facts)
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 19:09
by The Gratest
Dev's a rodent
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 19:15
by gregregegg
fornicate this must feel good for nganu. Pretty huge balls to walk away from UFC, and to get 2 mega fights in boxing strait away is crazy.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 19:57
by joshj909
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 20:11
by The Gratest
Oof!! Night of the big hitters!
Fwank might be having to get something set up in case there's another night of the big shitter and a repeat substitute card needed for Feb 17th.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 20:39
by gregregegg
Fuk that would be unreal. Although it feels weird for wilder to get such an epic opportunity off that shit performance.
Probably should be parker vs Zhang. But wilder Zhang is probably more enticing.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 05 Jan 2024, 22:06
by Contendeh
Really like the activity from AJ. Its great to see a contender who has a fight every three months.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 02:22
by gilgamesh
This'll boost Joshua's reputation when it makes it look as easy as Fury should've.
Wilder vs Zhang is a very intriguing bout.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 02:36
by Sendo Takeshi
Good for Ngannou. His gamble paid off, twice now.
The Hrgovic fight could still happen. I wouldn't be surprised if AJ and Ngannou fought in late february/early in march.
I don't know how likely Wilder vs Zhang is, but I'd definitely take it. Saudi could make anything possible
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 07:10
by omalley
Sendo Takeshi wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 02:36
Saudi could make anything possible
And it scares... We don't need
anything possible, we need good fights, the best vs the best.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 07:25
by funso banjo baby
joshj909 wrote: ↑05 Jan 2024, 17:51
Wrong decision for Joshua's legacy for me. A fight against Hrgovic could've made him a three time would champ and put him in a good position to unify or pick up other vacant belts. Hrgovic also a top heavyweight. The best fight for the fans would have been Joshua vs Zhang.
Ngannou will make him more money, give him bragging rights over Fury and should be the easier fight.
Don't recall Joshua ever beating the world champion?
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 08:20
by Noxy
gregregegg wrote: ↑05 Jan 2024, 19:15
fornicate this must feel good for nganu. Pretty huge balls to walk away from UFC, and to get 2 mega fights in boxing strait away is crazy.
This! Fair play to the guy.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 08:48
by joshj909
funso banjo baby wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 07:25
joshj909 wrote: ↑05 Jan 2024, 17:51
Wrong decision for Joshua's legacy for me. A fight against Hrgovic could've made him a three time would champ and put him in a good position to unify or pick up other vacant belts. Hrgovic also a top heavyweight. The best fight for the fans would have been Joshua vs Zhang.
Ngannou will make him more money, give him bragging rights over Fury and should be the easier fight.
Don't recall Joshua ever beating the world champion?
Done it three times against Martin, Parker and Ruiz.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 13:44
by KiwiRider
gregregegg wrote: ↑05 Jan 2024, 20:39
Fuk that would be unreal. Although it feels weird for wilder to get such an epic opportunity off that shit performance.
Probably should be parker vs Zhang. But wilder Zhang is probably more enticing.
Zhang is made for Wilder. Out of the options I'd enjoy that more than vs Joshua.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 15:33
by SeanBrennan
Joshua KO for me, then take vacant title vs Hrgovic, then beat winner of Usyk - Fury, with possibly Zhang in between,
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 16:11
by Syntax Error
Ngannou looks like he's on a tour of the top 10 HWs in the world.
I bet by the end of 2025, he'll have boxed half of the top 5 HWs in the world, lost to all of them and still be ranked in the WBC's top 10.
I can even imagine that the WBA would have made him their regular HW champion by then too.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 16:17
by Thomastearns
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 15:33
Joshua KO for me, then take vacant title vs Hrgovic, then beat winner of Usyk - Fury, with possibly Zhang in between,
Yes, this would be the perfect exit strategy for Joshua.
However, it is a little strange that he didn't go for Hrgovic immediately. Perhaps they thought Ngannou was the slightly easier option?
In any case, none of the other fights (Zhang, Usyk/Fury) look easy
Maybe the Fury v Usyk rematch clause also had something to do with it?
At the very least, it gives Joshua an easier timescale to work with, but it's almost inevitable that he will have to face Hrgovic at some point.
This also puts Hrgovic in a tricky situation. He can hardly have another ridiculously soft fight like De Mori whilst he's waiting in line.
Hrgovic v Zhang 2 would probably be too risky for either camps to consider. Not when they're so close to the summit.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 16:21
by SeanBrennan
Thomastearns wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 16:17
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 15:33
Joshua KO for me, then take vacant title vs Hrgovic, then beat winner of Usyk - Fury, with possibly Zhang in between,
Yes, this would be the perfect exit strategy for Joshua.
However, it is a little strange that he didn't go for Hrgovic immediately. Perhaps they thought Ngannou was the slightly easier option?
In any case, none of the other fights (Zhang, Usyk/Fury) look easy
Maybe the Fury v Usyk rematch clause also had something to do with it?
At the very least, it gives Joshua an easier timescale to work with, but it's almost inevitable that he will have to face Hrgovic at some point.
This also puts Hrgovic in a tricky situation. He can hardly have another ridiculously soft fight like De Mori whilst he's waiting in line.
Hrgovic v Zhang 2 would probably be too risky for either camps to consider. Not when they're so close to the summit.
Mate they DEFINITELY knew Ngannou was easier than Hrgovic. So much easier
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 16:34
by gregregegg
It’s probably just that the Saudis wanted this more.
Also it’s a bit awkward organising a vacant title shot befor the title is vacated. So given this is only 2 weeks after fury vs usyk best to save the ibf till it’s organised pre fight.
Imagine usyk vs fury is the fight of the year draw… would the IBF really make them vacate or would they clip there ticket on the rematch and let someone try go undisputed … as I said best to organise vacant shots once it’s vacant.
Re: Joshua vs Ngannou - 9th March 2024
Posted: 06 Jan 2024, 16:35
by joshj909
Thomastearns wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 16:17
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑06 Jan 2024, 15:33
Joshua KO for me, then take vacant title vs Hrgovic, then beat winner of Usyk - Fury, with possibly Zhang in between,
Yes, this would be the perfect exit strategy for Joshua.
However, it is a little strange that he didn't go for Hrgovic immediately. Perhaps they thought Ngannou was the slightly easier option?
In any case, none of the other fights (Zhang, Usyk/Fury) look easy
Maybe the Fury v Usyk rematch clause also had something to do with it?
At the very least, it gives Joshua an easier timescale to work with, but it's almost inevitable that he will have to face Hrgovic at some point.
This also puts Hrgovic in a tricky situation. He can hardly have another ridiculously soft fight like De Mori whilst he's waiting in line.
Hrgovic v Zhang 2 would probably be too risky for either camps to consider. Not when they're so close to the summit.
We know Hrgovic likes the easy route so I wouldn't even be surprised if he doesn't fight in Saudi but the money must be good. There's plenty of much more credible opposition that he could face that he should definitely be demolishing. The likes of Chaney, Tischenko, Arias, Yoka, Cusumano, Goodall, Ljungquist and a hundred more. Most shouldn't stand a chance at causing an upset.
