12-11-2015, 02:56 PM
I see this fight as the boxing equivalent of All Blacks vs France RWC 2015, where Joshua vs Whyte's amateur fight is like Abs vs France RWC 1999 & RWC 2007, with Joshua being the ABs because of his favouritism and Whyte being France.
You would expect AJ to win based on talent alone, and the more you discount Whyte the more likely he is to cause an upset. If AJ comes in expecting to win, that's when he'll be tipped up. But I don't think AJ thinks he'll win easily at all, and it feels like (and I'm only judging from media and forums as I don't have any inside information on the 2 camps) that AJ's camp aren't being complacent and my pick would be another AJ win via KO within the first few rounds.
I wouldn't be surprised if Whyte does win, but that's my pick.
You would expect AJ to win based on talent alone, and the more you discount Whyte the more likely he is to cause an upset. If AJ comes in expecting to win, that's when he'll be tipped up. But I don't think AJ thinks he'll win easily at all, and it feels like (and I'm only judging from media and forums as I don't have any inside information on the 2 camps) that AJ's camp aren't being complacent and my pick would be another AJ win via KO within the first few rounds.
I wouldn't be surprised if Whyte does win, but that's my pick.