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RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - shamrock - 04-06-2017
(04-06-2017, 11:41 PM)diehard Wrote: Doesn't Stormy provide free Sky to his friends in crime?
Must contact him. But what about the fish n chips and pot of tea?
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - diehard - 04-07-2017
George Foreman sees Joshua as slight favourite over Klitschko; says the boxing world will “flip out” if Wladimir regains the title!
James Slater - April 6, 2017 15 Comments
Heavyweight living legend “Big” George Foreman is as excited as the rest of us ahead of the big (very big; 90,000 tickets sold for a monstrous Wembley sell-out) Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko heavyweight title fight showdown.
And Foreman – who of course featured in THE biggest ever heavyweight title fight in history, his unforgettable Rumble in The Jungle with Muhammad Ali, in terms of global viewers, pulling in the most numbers – has revealed who he thinks is the ever so slight favourite to win on April 29. Speaking with German newspaper BILD, the former two-time king, perhaps surprisingly, sees unbeaten, 18-0 IBF champ Joshua as the favourite.
“If I were a gambler, I’d see Joshua as a 6-5 favourite,” Foreman said. “So I’d put him just in front. Klitschko knows how to win and how to use his body size. It will be a difficult fight. If he wins the world title again – oh, my God, imagine that! If Klitschko wins the boxing world will flip out.”
Will it really though? At age 41, Klitschko with a win over AJ, would become the second oldest heavyweight champ in history (Foreman, who at age 45 regained the crown with a sledgehammer KO over Michael Moorer in 1994, holds the record as the oldest) – but many people see him doing it. Unlike Foreman, many people have Klitschko as the favourite to win this month.
It would nonetheless be a considerable achievement on Klitschko’s part if he were to reach the very top again, having come back from that bad loss to Tyson Fury. Maybe Foreman is right though, and the younger, less experienced man will emerge victorious in London.
Here’s another thought: how would Foreman – either the 1970s or the 1990s version – have tackled Joshua or Klitschko? If “Big” George was around and fighting these days, would he be leaving a wake of destruction in his wake? Very possibly. Klitschko-Joshua is a big fight, but does it have the sheer excitement some of Foreman’s epic Superfights carried?
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - diehard - 04-13-2017
AJ vs Klit:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/39575186
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - Infern0 - 04-13-2017
Klitschko is talking a lot more than usual in this build up. Take it for what you will
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - shamrock - 04-13-2017
(04-13-2017, 07:52 PM)Infern0 Wrote: Klitschko is talking a lot more than usual in this build up. Take it for what you will
I'm a tinkin its a pretty even match but Klitsco is very confident which makes it so interesting..
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - U.K. Fight Fan - 04-14-2017
See it as false confidence. Trying to build himself as he knows he's got his hands full, not just with Joshua but his age, inactivity and the crowd being against him for the first time in a long time.
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - shamrock - 04-14-2017
I'm still thinking Klitschko will do it, pommyland or not. Other than AJ the irish lad's are cream of British boxing. They still got time to dance a tune especially if Hughie pulls it off down under.
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - U.K. Fight Fan - 04-14-2017
He's got a good chance. He's still a quality fighter and he's by far the best fighter AJ has fought.
Dunno about the Irish being cream of British boxing haha. Carl Frampton's the only one I consider elite level. The Fury's are good and acknowledge their Irish roots but identify as English. Apart from that the Irish are pretty thin in the boxing world.
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - Infern0 - 04-14-2017
I'm not sure at all that Wlad has got enough left in the tank.
Joshua is no joke,he'd have been an interesting opponent for wlad at any stage.
Obviously wlad is an athlete and in great shape but does he still have the reflexes, is he still sharp?
time will tell
RE: AJ vs Klit is ON!!! - U.K. Fight Fan - 04-14-2017
Wlad perfected his whole style on dominating smaller opponents and he mastered 3 punches to do it; jab, straight right and left hook. Against bigger guys who are faster than him, he will struggle whatever age he is, he's just not had to deal with many throughout his career. He never had an inside game and I don't think he has ever gone to the body in his whole career. It's bizarre that he's so good and had such a great career yet he's very limited in a sense.