Not a great fight at all.

I'm not sure if Joshua holds back but he is ponderous and looks afraid of getting hit. Povetkin was past his best but looked a skillful boxer until got caught.

Tyson Fury looks half the fighter he was and I'm sure he is taking the Wilder fight for money only, knowing full well that only a knockout will see him victorious. After being out of the ring for so long, I can't see that happening.

To compensate for another average display, I recommend watching Mike Tyson's knockouts followed by Larry Holmes V Ken Norton and then Ali V Frasier 3.

sounds like you don't know a great deal about boxing

Firstly Povetkin was a worthy opponent and was never going to be a pushover, he was the WBA's No.1 challenger. He had a good inside attack and his gameplan was to try and get inside Joshua and connect. Joshua's plan was to not get too open and allow Povetkin in, work the jab and wear him down in the later rounds when he faded and that is exactly what happened. It was good defensive boxing - He is the champion so he doesn't have to go looking for the KO

Watching early Tyson fights isn't good boxing, he was just a destroyer who steamrollered everyone. In his later career when he lost his edge he was cruelly exposed as someone who couldn't box and even lost to some total bums

I am not sure about that assessment Joshua is not yet at his peak so I think it is too early to make that comparison. Considering the number of fights he has had most future world champions are still learning their trade at this stage and haven't fought for the belt.

Edited by Badger11 (23 Sep 2018 4.36pm)

Is that so?
Mike Tyson would have destroyed Joshua inside 2 rounds at his peak. Forget the later messed up Tyson. He was not fit to be in a ring at that point.
Despite your claims about gameplans, the fight was not much of a spectacle and Joshua looked decidedly average until his power won the day. He won so fair play to him but Povetkin is an old fighter and ran out of steam.
Joshua needs to do a lot more to impress me. He's not fit to carry Lennox Lewis' jock strap to borrow a phrase from Larry Holmes.

Add Lewis V Tyson to my list. Now that is a good fight, even with Mike on the downward.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (23 Sep 2018 4.12pm)

Absolutely !

Boxing has evolved so much in the last 30 odd years. Todays boxers are alot more intricate and clever, it's alot more to do with technical side, scoring points and good defence.

Tyson was one of a kind, a slugger from a different era in the 80's heavyweight division where most of those opponents were just punchers and not skilful boxers, hence, he banged them all out and mopped up all the belts.

Whether he would do the same in this era is debatable, unless he took his opponent out early he would run out of ideas, run out of steam and he didn't have a great chin either. Just as flawed as he was brilliant, which was cruelly exposed in his latter career

I remember watching the likes of Henry Cooper,Brian London, Jack Bodell, Joe Bugner,Richard Dunn, Floyd Paterson and Billy Walker.
These were much smaller than the heavyweights of today.