Usually gives pretty dull interviews, but thought he came across well here and almost uplifting to hear him talk about ignoring negative people. Can kind of tell it bothers him but doesn't get to him that people doubt his ability. Not sure if i rate him yet myself, have my doubts but do think hes a good face for boxing and comes across a very nice guy.
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I like him.
I don't believe the hype.
Thats all.
Nothing "Here we go....." about it OTW. We all know you do what they tell you.
I don't fall for this shit. If you know boxing you wouldn't either.
The most overhype I have seen possibly ever. Any sport.
The only thing that is going for Joshua is being in the right division at the right time. They couldn't of timed it any better.
But once he starts fighting live opponents, I think he is gonna come under serious trouble. We haven't seen him tested properly yet.
I hope they do the Tyson Fury fight soon.
I believe he will be a world champion. But thats more to do with the division he will be in at that time.
The heavyweight division has been on life support for 15-20 years. Its dying. Once the robots have gone, it will become open again. Which will make it an exciting division to watch, for sure. But quality wise it will be awful.
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You say don't believe the hype and then say you think he will be world champion.
What a joke.
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Are you pissed, or retarded or both?
Read it again, WHY did I say that?
Him winning it will be hardly amazing. At the time he is challenging for shit, anyone could become world champion in that division.
I believe he will do it, Bruno-esk.
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That's bullshit,to become a world champion is an immense achievement,something you probaly could never dream of achieving.
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Is every single division full of world class, GOAT talent then?
Once the Klinchko's have gone. The heavyweight division will effectively become a royal rumble. In that case I believe Joshua will be a champion. That OTW is nothing to do with me believing the hype what so ever. More so the division being in such a state that he will do it, as will many other bang average fighters. Titles will change hands so many times you will lose count.
Well, as you know Im old enough to be your Dad and I hundred percent go along with that. Off hand,I can't think of a better prospect in my lifetime. I just can't understand the people who discount his amateur achievements. The people who doubt him as far as I can see have got something against him they're not telling us about. England will probably get to the quarter finals,thats hype. Anthony Joshua will be a top 10 heavyweight in todays division. To me,thats not. Its absolutely nailed on.
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Yeah totally agree.I am always cautious about people going overboard with a talent but I really think with Joshua it will be just nice to step on and enjoy the ride.
I rate Callum smith highly,but for me it's open to debate whether he will go and become a world champion,whereas with Joshua I just think the sky's the limit.
Yep,hes as much chance as any. I thought Callum looked good last night,as usual. He doesn't have the advantage of Joshs amateur achievements. I know its off topic,but I was quite amused by Joe Gallagher jumping in when they asked Callum about Rocky. As though to say Im the man steering this ship. You could fair sense Eddie having been stopped in his tracks.
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Gallagher was embarrassing last night.he is a good trainer but it's a concern he has such a big input into the direction of so many of matchrooms stable.
He never wanted Anthony crolla to fight John Murray,and stopped Stephen smith getting the rematch he wanted against lee selby.
I said last night that as it stands I think Callum- fielding is 50/ 50 and got mocked but I think it is.
Smith of course appears to have the higher ceiling,great combinations,plenty of pop,works so varied,his footwork is fantastic and underrated and he is a relative novice,but rocky fielding is a bit of a sleeper in my opinion, last night he did very well,Gonzalez was a real live body and if the fight between the 2 can't be made again then get him back for Callum.
Fielding has an excellent trainer, for me one of the best we have,rocky has a fast boxing brain.the 2 would come up with a gameplan to try to avoid sitting on the ropes for long periods like all smiths opponents to date have done,what's important here is smith wouldn't have a big reach advantage like normal and so wouldn't find it so easy to push Rocky back.fielding showed a good chin last night,his own power and as he has before that he is a good counter puncher.
I rate them both and think its a hell of a fight.
Of course Callum is great to watch,but I wouldn't be too suprised to see rocky go to the next level as well, he really does impress me.
Yes they're both good prospects,but Id like to see them go on parallel lines until the fight means a bit more than it does now. I agree that on results alone they're about on a par,but I see Smith as the better prospect. As an aside,I mentioned Fielding as a prospect a couple of years ago when I first started going on forums,on ESB. I was poo pood by quite a few Liverpool posters who said Rocky had no fan base in the city,wasn't very popular. A few of them come on here now. I would say to them either they were wrong or things have changed,as by the sound of things he has plenty of fans on Merseyside.
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I like Joshua but he seemed a bit on his high horse about a couple of things like people tuning in to see Mayweather lose. Mayweather has marketed himself in a way that people will do this, with all this focus on the 0. He's displayed an obnoxious personality on many occasions as well. People are inevitably going to be curios to see how he'd react if he lost. For Joshua to claim he 'doesn't understand' why people would tune and want to see someone beat him just comes across as phoney moral posturing. Bit sanctimonious.
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Nice, two good ste ups for AJ.
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·another thing to consider is that the opponents actually have notice for the fights. when was the last time Sprott had 3 months to prepare for a fight?
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