Heavyweight Division

[Infern0]

Tyson fury offering to step in.

We can dream

[diehard]

Out of left field, I bet Izu would take that fight with Bellew. And beat him.

[Infern0]

Izu isnt dico or kb anymore so we dont care about him now

[African Monkey]

(11-21-2017, 05:41 PM)Infern0 Wrote: Izu isnt dico or kb anymore so we dont care about him now

I thought he was still with Kevin Barry?

[diehard]

I care about him alot. Don't think he's still with KB. I know he hasn't been training with him. I heard he had an injury, and asked "people in the know" to find out for me. The "people in the know" don't know unfortunately.

I think he's a mini AJ.

[diehard]

David Price: I Felt Joshua Would Wipe Wilder Out - Not Anymore

Olympic bronze medal winner David Price (21-4, 18 KOs) had long predicted that IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua would demolish WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
But, that is no longer his opinion on the fight.
After watching their most recent performances, Price admits that his entire perception of what would happen in that fight has completely changed.  

Not only does Price no longer view the contest as a one-sided wipeout - he believes Wilder is more than capable of beating Joshua.
Earlier this month, Wilder (39-0, 38 KOs) destroyed former champion Bermane Stiverne in the first round. Stiverne, who was the only boxer to go the full distance with Wilder in 2015, went down three times before the fight was waved off.
Late last month, Joshua (20-0, 20 KOs) had his share of issues in securing what some felt was a controversial stoppage of mandatory challenger Carlos Takam in the tenth round.
The stage is now set for a huge unification between the two punchers - but nobody knows when or if it will happen.
“For what it’s worth, before I watched Joshua against Takam, I fancied Joshua to wipe the floor with Wilder. But now I think Wilder at long range would beat Joshua to the punch. Joshua’s mid range and close range work is brilliant. But at length he doesn’t seem to get his shots off as quickly and I think Wilder would be in with a good chance of knocking him out,” Price said to Boxing News.
“Not only that, Anthony Joshua is a textbook boxer and conventional textbook fighters are easier to read unlike Deontay Wilder, who will do things out of the ordinary that you’re not expecting. He does things bit unorthodox. If you’ve been fighting decent level fighters who do everything as textbook, it’s quite easy to read. You throw a jab, then you throw a right hand. You see it coming. You read it a bit quicker then what Deontay Wilder does with them mad swings especially. Interesting all the same. I think Wilder could beat him. That’s just my opinion.”
Price was actually in the running to fight Joshua. They had the back story set, with Price dropping and seriously hurting Joshua during a sparring session several years ago when the unified champ was still an amateur.
Those plans were shelved when Price was knocked out in February by Christian Hammer. Price is scheduled to make his return on December 2 in Brentwood.

[mippy]

Price makes some very good points, the only thing with Wilder is we don't know how he will go against someone who won't just fall over

[bopman]

If you look at Wilders Past and i dont mean fights, i actually mean past in life experiences, it shows a tough up bringing. This man truly fights for his family. He also has been undermined from the public for along time and constantly is trying to prove himself. I truly beleive Wilder is strong mentally just from his life experiences. He is not a guy to give up and that has been proven after each comeback from injury. We havent seen the best of him yet.

[African Monkey]

It would be nice if he started to step up and fight some top 5 contenders. I still think AJ beats him easily. Him and Parker should fight but we know that both of them aren't interested and are just waiting for their big AJ payday.

[bart]

As stated by someone (maybe in Prices bit) AJ is very orthodox whereas Wilder can bring power shots from all directions. If u watch the 1st Stiverne fight Wilder jabbed very well and fought disciplined but against AJ this could be suicide. I reckon if he brings something diff he could confuse AJ, and if he gets hime wobbly he won't let AJ recover like Klit