Happy New Year all, hope all is good.
Great to see this is finally coming together, and from what I understand its all a done deal but signed.
This is a very good opportunity for JP to see where he actually is in the Heavyweight division. Yes he's a champion, but as we know some of the fights were closer than what they should have been, and, the awkwardness of the Fury fight didn't do JP any favours.
My concerns on this fight are the following;
* If JP gets tagged early by AJ, will he go into his shell and not commit with his punches? i.e. avoid heavy exchanges and AJ wins a non-eventful 12 rounder unanimously.
* JP is out-sized and out-muscled, and the towel is thrown in by the corner to prevent a serious KO.
*JP comes in too light as they want him to outpunch AJ for speed. And the punches have nil effect which make him look inferior to AJ's power. AJ wins it over 12 rounds unanimously.
Positives for this fight are;
* JP has too much speed for AJ and wears him down. An eventual TKO win to JP.
* AJ runs out of gas and JP lands too many non-answered punches. An eventual TKO or KO to JP.
From the above, I really hope the latter list comes to fruition. JP has a boxes chance, he doesn't have the KO power AJ has, but we do know he wears his opponents down with accuracy and speed.
If JP does lose, as I have always said it wont be a bad thing. JP is a good learner and will come back a better fighter for it. He is young and learning his trade, and got a good future.
Great to see this is finally coming together, and from what I understand its all a done deal but signed.
This is a very good opportunity for JP to see where he actually is in the Heavyweight division. Yes he's a champion, but as we know some of the fights were closer than what they should have been, and, the awkwardness of the Fury fight didn't do JP any favours.
My concerns on this fight are the following;
* If JP gets tagged early by AJ, will he go into his shell and not commit with his punches? i.e. avoid heavy exchanges and AJ wins a non-eventful 12 rounder unanimously.
* JP is out-sized and out-muscled, and the towel is thrown in by the corner to prevent a serious KO.
*JP comes in too light as they want him to outpunch AJ for speed. And the punches have nil effect which make him look inferior to AJ's power. AJ wins it over 12 rounds unanimously.
Positives for this fight are;
* JP has too much speed for AJ and wears him down. An eventual TKO win to JP.
* AJ runs out of gas and JP lands too many non-answered punches. An eventual TKO or KO to JP.
From the above, I really hope the latter list comes to fruition. JP has a boxes chance, he doesn't have the KO power AJ has, but we do know he wears his opponents down with accuracy and speed.
If JP does lose, as I have always said it wont be a bad thing. JP is a good learner and will come back a better fighter for it. He is young and learning his trade, and got a good future.