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Boxing Thread 11/12 (Joshua-Pulev, McKenna Brothers, Top Rank/PBC Cards in US)

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  • #92
    ASOT
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    walshb wrote: »
    These DAZN commentators haven’t a clue!!

    Terrible they are


  • #93
    gypsy79
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    Just as well the judges dont see the highlights

    68-65 after 7


  • #94
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    lawrencesummers wrote: »
    Vulnerable?

    No.

    Yes.
    He looks vulnerable and nervous, both of his chin and gas tank.


  • #95
    eagle eye
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    I think it's over in this round.


  • #96
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Pulev should have gambled on a 4 round fight. Try to finish it and be out of steam in 4. He can't win over distance against Joshua


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  • #97
    Blanco100
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    You know when sky are praising the opponent they are just building Joshua's profile.

    He's making hard work of this in fairness.


  • #98
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,448 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    After the third the temptation for Joshua must have been to go for it in the fourth but he didn’t and stuck to the plan. Reckon we will see him up the pace soon and try and finish it now that pulev is fading.


  • #99
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,448 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    normanoffside wrote: »
    Yes.
    He looks vulnerable and nervous, both of his chin and gas tank.

    I don’t see any indication of either tbh.


  • #100
    normanoffside
    Registered Users Posts: 9,922 ✭✭✭normanoffside


    Not impressed by AJ here at all, plus he looks nervous of Pulev who has little power.


  • #101
    Goose81
    Registered Users Posts: 4,166 ✭✭✭Goose81


    normanoffside wrote: »
    Not impressed by AJ here at all, plus he looks nervous of Pulev who has little power.

    Do you watch boxing? What exactly did you expect


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  • #102
    Morrison J
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    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Pulev should have gambled on a 4 round fight. Try to finish it and be out of steam in 4. He can't win over distance against Joshua
    He wouldn't win an early firefight with Joshua though. Best tactic is taking it to deep waters and testing Joshua's dodgy gas tank which he's doing imo.


  • #103
    carltonleon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭carltonleon


    Looks like AJ has dipped into the Klitchkho school in that he knows he is up on points so is not taking any chances and is just keeping Pulev at distance and jabbing him away


  • #104
    BorneTobyWilde
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    KO


  • #105
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,568 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    fINSIHED HIM WELL


  • #106
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,568 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Great KO punch


  • #107
    titan18
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    Floyd with no mask then there :(


  • #108
    walshb
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    Vicious finishing..

    I was quite impressed with AJ everywhere tonight.

    Boxed, defended, took shots and unloaded...

    He delivers such lovely technical straight shots..

    Pulev a lot more robust and resilient than I expected..


  • #109
    [Deleted User]
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    AJ against either Wilder or Fury wouldn't last 9 rounds. If he fights like that against either of those he will look like an amateur, especially against Fury.


  • #110
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,482 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Good finish, he looks a far better boxer to me since Ruiz caught him.


  • #111
    Big Ears
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    OmegaGene wrote: »
    I didn’t think that was anything special from Aj tbh
    He kept Pulev at bay with his jab but could have finished him off much earlier but he seemed hesitant

    He could have finished him in the 4th without taking too much of a risk.
    I reckon his fear of gassing, was as much the reason he didn't, as a fear of being clipped.

    I wasn't overly impressed by that, Pulev is different from Fury and Wilder, but that's not the sort of performance that would give you belief he's beat either of them.


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  • #112
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,448 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    I think Joshua fought the fight they planned to fight.

    Jab worked all day, up and down, he controlled the range and a stayed away from Pulevs shots and got the finish after some tasty uppercuts.


  • #113
    simongurnick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭simongurnick


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Good finish, he looks a far better boxer to me since Ruiz caught him.

    That one was a learning experience. Would love to see a bout with tyson with fans later next year.
    Tyson schools him, by the way


  • #114
    eagle eye
    Registered Users Posts: 37,482 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Celtic Husky wrote:
    AJ against either Wilder or Fury wouldn't last 9 rounds. If he fights like that against either of those he will look like an amateur, especially against Fury.
    Explain why you say this. What did you see in this fight that gives you that opinion?


  • #115
    titan18
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    I think Fury would be happy enough looking at that tbh. Nothing there that would scare him imo (assuming he turns up in shape)


  • #116
    BorneTobyWilde
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    Good to see him up, as that was a vicious KO punch


  • #117
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,549 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Deleted User wrote: »
    AJ against either Wilder or Fury wouldn't last 9 rounds. If he fights like that against either of those he will look like an amateur, especially against Fury.

    Style wise Pulev is nothing like Fury..

    One thing is certain: Fury won’t take AJs power..

    So, he either avoids it or he loses via KO!


  • #118
    darced
    Registered Users Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    Fury will box the ears off joshua easily, too robotic. Wilder will take his head off and beat him even easier.


  • #119
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    This fight kinda showed Joshua up despite the narrative.


  • #120
    generalgerry
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    Was the Mayweather thing pre-organised? Hard to think that he heard Mayweather shouting at him and decided to leave the ring and speak to him.

    AJ did well to get the job done, but god he looks so vulnerable and scared of getting hit. Hate the cheerleading by the commentary on both stations.


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  • #121
    titan18
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    eagle eye wrote: »
    Explain why you say this. What did you see in this fight that gives you that opinion?

    I'm not sure on the Wilder one but imo an in shape Fury jabs Joshua to death over 12 rounds. Joshua won't be able to work behind his jab like he did there, he takes a punch quite well and his movement is very awkward.


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