jerfey114:
It's too early abeg.
Who go win between this guy and Mayweather

davidif:


Dude, different folks age differently. Stop comparing foreman to Klitschko. They both aged differently. Besides, Foreman retired earlier in his career and did not have as much mileage on him than Klitschko has right now and that's why he was able to come back.

Secondly, Klitschko lost to Deontay Wilder in the previous fight. In fact the fight was so bad that Klitschko could barely even get off punches talkless of landing them. That showed how much his skills have eroded. Like i said earlier, father time has caught to the man and he needs to walk away.

davidif:


Age is everything in sport especially boxing.

jerfey114:
It's too early abeg.
Who go win between this guy and Mayweather

aribisala0:

First you are taking my line. I already said that
Different people age differently
Which you already quoted but earlier you said


So if you can agree to that then there really is nothing left to discuss is there? Make up your mind which is it

STOP CONTRADICTING YOURSELF


Foreman did not have as much mileage? A guy who had 40 professional fights at age 25 and 81 professional fights in total? If he was to have mileage how manyy fights would he have?

BiafranBushBoy:


Bab belle...

Go fight am na...

BiafranBushBoy:


Bab belle...

Go fight am na...

Mrchippychappy:
comparing the late great ali to this over blotted, steroid taking bouncer "boxer" lol, nothing pesin no go hear for this Nairaland. Wladmir has demanded a rematch AJ don enta one chance

argob44:
Boxing fans were proclaiming Anthony Joshua the new Muhammad Ali after a picture of their two most famous knockouts were circulated side by side on social media.

Joshua stopped heavyweight legend Wladimir Klitschko in the eleventh round thanks in part to an explosive uppercut.

It will go down as an iconic moment for the 27-year-old and many believe he could be as good and as big as Muhammad Ali. Boxing fans could not help but notice the resemblance between Ali’s knockout celebration and Joshua’s. See the photo below:

Source: http://www.asbgistng.com/2017/04/boxing-fans-proclaim-joshua-new-muhammad-ali.html

jerfey114:
It's too early abeg.
Who go win between this guy and Mayweather

aribisala0:


Boxing is not matthematics and age is overrated. People said Ali was too old at 32 when he fought Foreman who was even more fearsome than Tyson at 25 years in 1974. At 25 Foreman had fought 40 professional fights only 3 of which went the distance.
Geore foreman came back at over 45 to knock out Michael Moorer.
He fought Holyfield at 42 and even though he lost on points he gave a good account of himself. Certainly one of the hardest heavyweights ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLpLmnPPd8

davidif:


At no point did i contradict myself. What i said is that a fighter is not the same at 41 as he is at 27. He might still beat some bums at age 45 or even 50 but will he be the same fighter that he was in his 20's? The answer is a big emphatic NO!!!!!

sunnyeinstein:


Baba i dey watch dat match now and you have to give foreman credit at 42 mhen! The guy's defence was bam, and he did it without dancing. And holyfield's leg work was damn! See correct punches!
Omo, am tripping for foreman's defence system oo

smogup:
Nigeria's miss is UK's gain. Anyways the forces that be in Nigeria might have stopped him from reaching his full potential

aribisala0:
If people age differently some will get better as they age while others the same age will get worse.
A boxer at 25 is not the same as he was when he was 24 or 23 or will be at 27 28 29 30 40 and so on.

Some heavyweights are better in their 20s while others do their best work in their 30s and a few might in their 40s. So you cannot make any sweeping generalization as if 40 is some magicallyy ordained number from God.

We Have Serena Williams breaking all kinds of age records even winning a slam when pregnant.

Youhave not told us the model of ageing which you are propounding rather you continue to shift the parameters. You saiid age is EVERYTHING . EVERYTHING. No one forcedyou to say that.

I gave you examples ,that of Bernard Hopkins is particularly outstanding as he has beaten men young enough to be his children against all odds for World Titles.

Heavyweight boxing lends itself to this kind of thing because all it takes is one punch. So on the day we have to take it as we see it and stop all this silly speculation of a 30 year old Klitschko. To my mind this one is even better because he has experience. Who did the 30 year old version beat?
What seems clearer these days if a sportsman or woman paces themselves then they can go on for much longer and do their better work well into their 40s

aribisala0:
If people age differently some will get better as they age while others the same age will get worse.
A boxer at 25 is not the same as he was when he was 24 or 23 or will be at 27 28 29 30 40 and so on.

Some heavyweights are better in their 20s while others do their best work in their 30s and a few might in their 40s. So you cannot make any sweeping generalization as if 40 is some magicallyy ordained number from God.

We Have Serena Williams breaking all kinds of age records even winning a slam when pregnant.

Youhave not told us the model of ageing which you are propounding rather you continue to shift the parameters. You saiid age is EVERYTHING . EVERYTHING. No one forcedyou to say that.

I gave you examples ,that of Bernard Hopkins is particularly outstanding as he has beaten men young enough to be his children against all odds for World Titles.

Heavyweight boxing lends itself to this kind of thing because all it takes is one punch. So on the day we have to take it as we see it and stop all this silly speculation of a 30 year old Klitschko. To my mind this one is even better because he has experience. Who did the 30 year old version beat?
What seems clearer these days if a sportsman or woman paces themselves then they can go on for much longer and do their better work well into their 40s

aribisala0:

That was a time when we would stay awake late to watch heavweight boxing. There were so many entertaining fights

Ask how this klitschko would have fared against that Holyfield
from time Foreman no dey dance. He just knocked people out .In his first 40 fights only 3 went the distance and that was why people thought he would literally kill Ali. You need to see what he did to Joe Frazier who was not beans.

Frazier had already beaten Alii by the time they met

PataAlhaja:


You sure have a point. His first name is "Oluwafemi" and his close fam and friends call him "Femi" till date. His mum's name is Yeta Odusanya and his favourite food is pounded yam and egusi soup. He actually spent 2 years in a boarding school in Nigeria.

The reason he chose his English name, "Anthony" as his professional name is very obvious. He had to portray his "Britishness" as strong as possible for him to get to where he is today.

As a Yoruba boy, I wish he had stuck to the name "Oluwafemi Joshua", though ...

Proudly Afonja!

Iyalaya anybody!

davidif:


hahaha, did you see Hopkins last fight that forced him into retirement? did you see how sorry he looked?

ednut1:
which one be bad belle na. Too soon for comparison. Mk i go fight am. U wan send me into 50 years coma abi

sunnyeinstein:


Baba i dey watch dat match now and you have to give foreman credit at 42 mhen! The guy's defence was bam, and he did it without dancing. And holyfield's leg work was damn! See correct punches!
Omo, am tripping for foreman's defence system oo

sunnyeinstein:


Bros, if u no sabi use leg switch to evade a punch to fake an attack or launch an attack, u wont last one round in the ring.
The leg work launches d body n hands

ednut1:
Abeg. He has no skill or leg movement. Lame comparison. Showed grit tho. Abeg make una no use mention kill me . D guy is d best presently. D comparison be lik d usual messi/ronaldo vs pele argument

SirShymexx:


Lmao @ he has no skill or leg movement. You just showed you're a casual and exposed the fact that you're a boxing novice.

In as much as it's blasphemous to compare him to the gawd, Ali (Ali was a heavyweight champion who fought like a lightweight - pure greatness)...AJ is the best thing to happen to heavyweight boxing in a long time.

Most people forget that he started boxing at 18 when the average boxer has already fought tens of amateur fights and some are pros. And he just turned pro 4 years ago and he's only 19 fights in. How many boxers not named Ali fought a champion like Wladimir Klitschko after 18 fights? Even Mike Tyson fought a lot of bums and tomato cans...and his first half-decent Larry Holmes who had already lost a step and was looking flabby and sick. And Tyson was already 33 fights in. And Tyson never even beat any real boxing hall of famer, apart from Larry Holmes and a stiff Frank Bruno. But I'm sure a lot of you would talk about how great Mike Tyson was. And don't tell me George Foreman was skilled either.

AJ is still green and inexperienced as a boxer and that's what a lot of people don't understand. And the fact that he took the fight when he's clearly not ready for a fight of this magnitude showed his heart. And he showed a lot of heart, grit, and endurance to come back after what happened in the 6th round. That's a warrior and a true champion. Champions are made based on how they overcome adversity and he passed with flying colours yesterday.

He has no skills and leg movement, yet he won Olympics gold medal and definitely a Cuban legend on his way there...and when he decides to box, he can actually box. The only thing about him that's negative apart from his inexperience is that he carries too much muscles yet throws barrage of punches like a lightweight whenever he thinks he has a chance to knock people out. And you can't do that in the heavyweight division, else you'll always gas yourself out and leave yourself open to attack, especially against fighters with experience and great chin. And he has done that twice now. However, he's going to learn.

And to those claiming Wlad is 41 years old...the German reporters (Wlad is based in Germany - he turned pro there and he fights in the country, so they know him better than everyone else) at the post-match press conference said that was the best fight Wlad fought since he turned pro and in his 29 title defenses. So, a younger Wlad wouldn't have done anything different because AJ was able to hold and weave after he gassed out when coasting from round 6 (after the knock down) - 9. He took some bad shots but he showed he has a good chin. Wlad's also an experienced fighters and he was also cautious. Rushing forward after the knock down in the 6th like AJ did in the 5th would've been disastrous for him as well.

Give props to the new king - that's the best heavyweight boxing match in over a decade. Heavyweight boxing is back!

davidif:


At no point did i contradict myself. What i said is that a fighter is not the same at 41 as he is at 27. He might still beat some bums at age 45 or even 50 but will he be the same fighter that he was in his 20's? The answer is a big emphatic NO!!!!!

Greatigbos:

. Yoruba boy wey no dey proud to use his yoruba name

Oluwasaeon:
The guy try sha but he called out Tyson Fury, so we see. Beating Wlad doesn't mean he's better, UK media can overhype their own, he should be careful

mjbaba:


Sharrap.

No leg movement, no skill but 19 KOs in 19 fights. Who leg movement epp? When e no be Psquare

PataAlhaja:


You sure have a point. His first name is "Oluwafemi" and his close fam and friends call him "Femi" till date. His mum's name is Yeta Odusanya and his favourite food is pounded yam and egusi soup. He actually spent 2 years in a boarding school in Nigeria.

The reason he chose his English name, "Anthony" as his professional name is very obvious. He had to portray his "Britishness" as strong as possible for him to get to where he is today.

As a Yoruba boy, I wish he had stuck to the name "Oluwafemi Joshua", though ...

Proudly Afonja!

Iyalaya anybody!

Mrchippychappy:



19 fights against who? The only respectable fight AJ has had was against WK last night and we all had our hearts in our throat. An ageing 40 something year old knocked down the "new" muhammed ali twice lol. At 22 ALI held the WBA, WBC titles. Guys lets not get caught up in the hype, AJ na body builder and there is a GREAT difference between bodybuilding and boxing. He has no foot work, no athleticism , no body movement. He is very lucky he didn't face the same WK that carried out a facial surgery on Samuel peter 7yrs ago. WK don old finish na.