(04-28-2017, 01:42 PM)shamrock Wrote:(04-28-2017, 01:29 PM)Msreef Wrote: Challenging yourself is one thing, going from fighting top 20 opponents (if we're generous) to an all time great heavyweight could spell disaster.
Never gone 12 rounds, never proven his stamina, never proven his chin or punch resistance, never fought an elite fighter, never fought a fighter with a style like Wlad. So many unanswered questions. Hopefully some of them will be answered this weekend.
If he loses to Wlad the knives will come out from all corners, and his support from the casuals will drop drastically.
Can't agree, he will be known as the man who made boxing exciting again by being prepared to STEP UP after only 18fights albiet all KOes. We criticize the other wannebes who keep fighting at a non threatening levels , AJ backs himself which accounts for a great future win or lose in this one.
AJ definitely has more guts than the likes of Hughie Fury, props to AJ for taking such a dangerous fight. But I still don't think his management should have accepted this fight.
He has said himself he wants to become the first boxing billionaire, much of that relies of having the mystique of being an undefeatable fighter. If he loses to Wlad, it will most likely be via a bad knockout, and if that happens, I don't think he will ever be the mysterious force that he currently is perceived as, ever again.