F--- boxing

I'm not sure.

But when you join a DAZN program 'in progress,' they often start you from the (recorded) beginning of the program.

Might be a way to prevent slowdowns as more viewers log on.

 

Exactly.

The Fury gene pool must be shallow in the orbital ridge parts.

 

It just crashed on me just as Pulvel got hurt and it made me log in again. It would not accept my password. Fuck DAZN.

 

Pulev in real trouble in Rd 3.

But somehow we're through Rd 4.

 

We're into the 7th.

Joshua winning on points for sure, but has somehow let Pulev back into the fight.

 

Pulev is one tough motherfucker.

 

Very chippy fight so far. Lots of punches after the bell.

Joshua's failure to put Pulev away is going to be my takeaway from this fight.

 

Rd 9.

Finally.

Joshua KOs Pulev, a 39-year-old one-dimensional heavyweight.

 

Pulev is tough and underrated by boxing media. White Europeans tend to be underrated by the mainstream media, even the great Klitschkos were. Yes Pulev is a tough nut and a solid contender still even at 40 and in his prime he probably would have beaten the likes of Frazier, Norton, Patterson, Holyfield, Morrison, Marciano, post jail Tyson.

Joshua did not look sensational but this was a mediocre fight for him, everyone expected him to win. Kind of like Holyfield vs Czyz which was right before Holyfield vs Tyson 1. Holy looked flat and average vs Czyz. Remember the old saying by Dundee: "Great fighters have trouble getting up for mediocre fights." Joshua will be electrifying vs Fury, like he was vs Wladimir. Everyone is tipping Fury to beat Joshua but be very careful about betting on that. And remember how great Joshua can be. Go back and watch the AJ vs Klitschko fight.

Most of the great fighters show their best against the best.

 

Another frustrating Joshua performance. He had Pulev dead to rights in the third. No reason that fight should have went more than 90 seconds into the fourth round. It did and then Joshua went back to being more concerned about getting caught than finishing the guy until he was assured that Pulev had absolutely nothing left.

Joshua is still a dynamic puncher and a super athletic heavyweight, but if he's worried more about being hurt than hurting his opponent Tyson Fury is going to walk right through him.

 

Agree.

This was intended as, and needed to be, a statement fight for Joshua.

The statement was

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

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