yemaldo:
Martin really fvcked up,I was expecting a tough fight but am happy for Joshua,that man is a threat to any boxer

AntiWailer:


Martin was too over confident.

Throwing Jabbs without protecting himself properly.

I saw the defeat coming honestly.

yemaldo:

Am looking forward to Tyson fury vs Joshua,seeing what happened tonight,any boxer'll be scared of that guy

bomasek:
Haye is steadily building his way up there. It's a gradual process.

As for Martins,he was given a gift decision as his previous bout should v been ruled a No Contest as a result of the injury suffered by his opponent.

I still stand on my word that AJ isn't the real deal not until he laces 'em up against the big boys in the division.

He should fight the hayemaker next rather than take on another cab driver.

Nihilist:
I don't really rate Anthony Joshua. Tyson Fury came out the other day to dismiss AJ as a just a body builder and I have to say I agree.

Charles Martin is not the typical kind ofbum that AJ has been figthing thus far. This is the first true test if his abilities as a pro...defeat Martin, and then I know that AJ is ready for the big time.

50calibre:
Disappointing fight, wasn't worth the hype. Charles Martin is a bum... All the talk of unpredictable southpaw turned out to be bullshit, Joshua completely outclassed him in such a very short time.. After that first shot that sent him to the canvass, he knew it was over, he purposely didn't want to make the second count..

Another American bum after a payday. After all the cockiness & trash talk, I thought he was going to come out slugging & sharp instead he just stood there, no head movement, nothing!

I think this would go down as one of the most disappointing performances from a defending champion, he wasn't worth the hype at all and I think his purse for this fight should be heavily slashed, he doesn't deserve to earn more than £100k for that nonsense...

This fight is somewhat reminiscent of Mike Tyson blowing out his opponents in the first round however AJ is no Tyson, their styles are different... He has power and decent speed for his size but he hasn't been properly tested.

It would be nice to see how AJ fares defensively against top level boxers like David Haye, Wilder, Fury or even Klitschko

In the meantime, heavyweight boxing is back and Britain seems to be the centre of this excitement.. Better days ahead

50calibre:
Disappointing fight, wasn't worth the hype. Charles Martin is a bum... All the talk of unpredictable southpaw turned out to be bullshit, Joshua completely outclassed him in such a very short time.. After that first shot that sent him to the canvass, he knew it was over, he purposely didn't want to make the second count..

Another American bum after a payday. After all the cockiness & trash talk, I thought he was going to come out slugging & sharp instead he just stood there, no head movement, nothing!

I think this would go down as one of the most disappointing performances from a defending champion, he wasn't worth the hype at all and I think his purse for this fight should be heavily slashed, he doesn't deserve to earn more than £100k for that nonsense...

This fight is somewhat reminiscent of Mike Tyson blowing out his opponents in the first round however AJ is no Tyson, their styles are different... He has power and decent speed for his size but he hasn't been properly tested.

It would be nice to see how AJ fares defensively against top level boxers like David Haye, Wilder, Fury or even Klitschko

In the meantime, heavyweight boxing is back and Britain seems to be the centre of this excitement.. Better days ahead

50calibre:
Disappointing fight, wasn't worth the hype. Charles Martin is a bum... All the talk of unpredictable southpaw turned out to be bullshit, Joshua completely outclassed him in such a very short time.. After that first shot that sent him to the canvass, he knew it was over, he purposely didn't want to make the second count..

Another American bum after a payday. After all the cockiness & trash talk, I thought he was going to come out slugging & sharp instead he just stood there, no head movement, nothing!

I think this would go down as one of the most disappointing performances from a defending champion, he wasn't worth the hype at all and I think his purse for this fight should be heavily slashed, he doesn't deserve to earn more than £100k for that nonsense...

This fight is somewhat reminiscent of Mike Tyson blowing out his opponents in the first round however AJ is no Tyson, their styles are different... He has power and decent speed for his size but he hasn't been properly tested.

It would be nice to see how AJ fares defensively against top level boxers like David Haye, Wilder, Fury or even Klitschko

In the meantime, heavyweight boxing is back and Britain seems to be the centre of this excitement.. Better days ahead

SirShymexx:


Lmao @ he's no Tyson. But AJ has better opponents in his resume than Tyson had when he was blowing people out and he's more skilled at this stage than Tyson ever was, hence he was able to win an olympic gold medal. Tyson lost the first time he got tested by a bum in Buster Douglas. And he never won all the boxing wars he was involved in.

AJ is Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis in one and he's still growing, not there yet. He's only 26 and has only been in 16 fights as a pro. So there's room for improvements and he also acknowledged that he isn't even a quarter where he wants to be. But right now, even at the early stage of his career, he's the most exciting heavyweight boxer boxing has seen in a long time and if he can remain focused/dedicated/grounded - he'd rule the sport for a long time.

I believe he can beat Fury, Wilder, and even Haye. Fury is a bum that got lucky but very difficult to deal with. And Wilder can't really box, apart from power - just another yank hype job. Only Haye is skilled and has power but he's too short and Haye is just in it for the paycheck. The only person I think will give him a tough time is Joseph Parker cos they're both very similar. That will be a war.

50calibre:

The highlighted statement not only discredits everything you've said, it shows bias.

You cannot realistically stand in the presence of any knowledgeable boxing fan and say this type of stuff, it's ridiculous.

First of all, the notion that Joshua has faced better opponents than Tyson did at this stage in his career is pure fallacy and those who say that are purely looking at records without taking other factors into account.

At this stage, Tyson faced the likes of Trevor berbick, Larry Holmes, Jose Ribalta, Michael Spinks, Marvis Frazer, Henry Tillman and not only did he beat them, he annihilated them. And if you tell me all these guys were bums, then you know nothing about boxing.

The usual excuse most critics give is that Tyson faced these guys when they were past their prime but even at that these were far more dangerous and skilled opponents than anyone Joshua has faced so far and 95% of heavyweight boxers of this era.

Go and look at Joshua's opponents, they look fat, out of shape, they stood no chance.

Winning an Olympic medal doesn't mean much, Audley Harrison was an Olympic champion, that didn't make him a great pro. Lennox Lewis was an Olympic champion as well, that didn't stop him getting knocked out by journey men earlier in his career.



In terms of style, Joshua has never walked into a ring with a physical disadvantage, he's always fought smaller fighters so how do you compare him to a dwarf like Tyson who took on bigger opponents and wore them down? Do you think Anthony Joshua could have beaten a Frank Bruno?

AJ is no where near Tyson, not even close. Go watch Tyson's old fights and be the judge for yourself. The Tyson of that era was simply an animal, he was hard to hit, elusive, great chin, solid stamina, fast and threw more vicious combinations than Joshua has ever thrown. Joshua relys so much on his power, he just keep his head still and we saw what happened when dillian (The only credible fighter on his resume so far) connected with a weak punch... If Joshua ever steps into the ring with Haye or fury, he get beaten.

Joseph Parker fights like Joshua indeed, relies on power, throws wild punches when fighting bums who can't fight back. They day he comes across a credible fighter, he will stopped

SirShymexx:


Lol. You just listed bums, an average boxer in the heavyweight division, Spinks (Spinks was a great light heavyweight fighter not a proper heavyweight and he was undersized), who never fought again after Tyson, and a 40 year old Larry Holmes who was already past his prime and had lost twice to Spinks before facing Tyson.

1). Tilla was a bum in the cruiserweight division, not to talk about the heavyweight class and he had a weak chin.

2). Trevor Berbick was a bum with four losses before he fought Tyson. His only achievement was beating a sick and aged Muhammed Ali cos he was the last person Ali fought.

3). Jose Ribalta is a cab driver with a lot of losses before he fought Tyson and I don't even need to go into details about him.

4). Marvis Frazier was more of a journeyman than a boxer and he never won anything in boxing.

The first ever decent boxer Tyson ever faced was Buster Douglas and he got knocked out in three rounds . Then he faced Holyfield twice and lost both. Moved to Lennox Lewis who he dodged for years and got knocked out. Even the bum, Danny Williams, knocked him out. Tyson was more about excitement than actual boxing skills and he never won against any quality opponent. I was going to call him the Ricky Hatton of the heavyweight division, but Hatton actually beat one or two quality opponents - something Tyson never did in his career.

You don't know anything about boxing - you just hear the hype and run with with it.

Okay, would you put Tyson in ya top-6 greatest heavyweight boxers ever? Your answer would determine if you know boxing or not.

SirShymexx:
50calibre

You also mentioned Tyson Fury. But who has Fury fought apart from getting lucky cos Wladimir Klitschko refused to throw any punches? The same Fury who almost got knocked out by the cab driver, John McDermott, who's also 6 inches shorter than him, a few years ago? And the same one Chisora almost beat during their first fight? Fury is a bum.

Joshua will knock Tyson Fury out in 4 or 5 rounds.

50calibre:

You still said that after I predicted you were going to. Lol you couldn't come up with another excuse?

Tyson wasn't oversized either. At that age he was just 5"10 and 205lbs

Same with Muhammad Ali, Joe Louise & Rocky Marciano. Today would all have been classed as a cruiserweights

Henry Tillman was a bum? An Olympic gold medalist who beat Tyson earlier in his amateur career a bum? What's your definition of a bum?

Lol Jose Ribalta a bum? You continue to surprise me. One of the most feared fighters in the 80s a bum? Any of these guys on that list would have floored 98% of today's boxers

I want you to compare those guys to Joshua's opponents. Start with a picture of those guys topless vs Joshua's opponents topless. I want to focus on Joshua's opponents, apart from dillian whyte, what's the resume of the rest? Don't make me go and pull their records for you to see.

Are you for real? Bruno wasn't a decent fighter? Hahahaha 3 rounds yet you proclaim yourself the boxing expert? A fight Tyson actually won if the ref had counted properly after Tyson connected with a devastating uppercut. The fight ended in the 10th round and if there was a rematch, Tyson would have destroyed Douglas but there wasn't a rematch as he wasn't even a decent fighter, he lost the title almost immediately. As for that KO by Lewis and the super bum Danny Williams, I'm not even going to going into that as any unbiased boxing analyst knows those weren't Tyson, they were his shadow

Lol you're the one running with the hype here like casual boxing fan who know nothing about boxing. AJ is just a 16 fight novice with only one real fight on his record yet you proclaim him better than Tyson lol that blasphemy.. It only shows your limited knowledge of boxing or maybe you just wasn't old enough to remember when Tyson was fighting

We've been through this before... It's hard to pick my top six. My choice would depend on what factors I'm taking into account but when it comes to exciting fighters of all time and fighters who had the most impact on the sport, then Tyson would be in my top 6 heavyweights

50calibre:

Hahahaha did you just call the win against klitschko lucky? Did you even watch that fight?

Who's fault was it that klitschko refused to throw any punches, were his hands tied? Or would you say klitschko didn't train enough? Lol same critics including me believed klitschko would annihilate him but after see what he did, I became a believer.

Only true boxing heads understands what Tyson fury did against Klitschko. Klitschko didn't throw any punches because he wasn't allowed to and on the few times he did, he got counted with good shots. A rematch would be a more convincing win for fury. A one-dimensional klitschko more than met his match in Fury, his reach was negated, his jab jab hold was negated and he became lost.

Fury has fought far more decent opponents than Joshua... I would like to see how Joshua fares against a Chisora before comparing mentioning his name close to that of fury.

And whenever they do fight, I would be more than willing to have a bet with you, surely would have no fears putting your money on Joshua

SirShymexx:


Don't bring Ali, Joe Louis, and Rocky into it. Different era when everyone they fought were their size. Spinks was a warrior at light heavyweight and he never fought anyone decent at the proper heavyweight division when he moved up, apart from an aged Larry Holmes who was almost 40. And he retired after the Tyson fight.

Spinks' similar to James Toney, a warrior at cruiserweight but a bum when he moved up to heavyweight division.

Henry Tillaman was a bum. He had 4 losses out of 19 fights before he met Tyson. How's that not a bum?



Jose Ribalta's record: 38-17-1... How's that not a bum? 17 losses in 38 fights, almost 50% loss ratio.

Joshua has beaten three undefeated fighters (Dillian, Martin, and Cornish) - something Tyson never did in his career. He's the only boxer that has ever knocked Kevin Johnson out. Even Vitali Klitschko with all his power couldn't achieve that against Kevin Johnson

Frank Bruno was a bum and a British hype, hence he went into deep depression after the Tyson fight. It took him four attempts to even win a title and he lost it within 5months. Bruno had zero boxing IQ, apart from raw power. He's a farmer lol.

You're the one who isn't old enough to know Tyson fought mostly bums. You're just jumping on the hype train. Discerning minds knew from way back that Mike Tyson fought only bums, they just overlooked it cos of the excitement he brought to the sport. A guy who was never comfortable once a fight goes beyond 6 rounds and got beat by all the decent fighters he faced. Real boxers earn their money in the later rounds, something Tyson was never comfortable with.

You claim you're a boxing buff - so it's only right you choose ya top-6 in the heavyweight division ever based on skill-level and who they fought. Let's see if Tyson will make ya list.

SirShymexx:


Bwahahahahaha

You mean the same Tyson Fury that got knocked out and put on his arse by two feather-fisted fighters in Cunningham and Pajkic, no? The same one that struggled against Chisora and cab driver, John McDermott, no? - hysterical.

Fury looks like a pub brawler with his skinny legs and Anthony Joshua will bang him up, if and when they meet.