Fights here if anybody wants to watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSUyYfWE18

That other British Olympic kid looked pretty handy last night too. Tremendous hand speed.

Fights here if anybody wants to watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSUyYfWE18

That other British Olympic kid looked pretty handy last night too. Tremendous hand speed.

Was it Campbell who bet JJ Nevin?

Was it Campbell who bet JJ Nevin?

:lol: the guy he "fought" won his last fight against someone with a 3-31 record.

Well, on the plus side it's a first round stoppage in his first fight, which is what Joshua was sent out to do. On the other hand he still looks stiff and has poor defence even against that standard of opposition, so that's a worry.

Are you pissed off because he is not an Anglo Saxon or Celt. Do you consider him to be a "naturalized citizen"

Fights here if anybody wants to watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkSUyYfWE18

That other British Olympic kid looked pretty handy last night too. Tremendous hand speed.

This is why I really think Hearn has to spend good money on getting this guy to learn his trade behind closed doors. He really is not going to get any slack from the public learning his trade in public.

I don't buy into the hype. He would be a nobody if the judges hadn't given him a hometown call last summer.

Anthony Joshua's second professional opponent believes he is 'mad' to have chosen to fight him so early in his career.

Veteran heavyweight Paul Butlin has only won 14 of his 33 bouts but the 37-year-old has faced the likes of Dereck Chisora and Johnathon Banks.

And he has warned Joshua to expect a tough night in Sheffield on Saturday

'I will bring non-stop aggression,' said Butlin. 'It is common sense, I can’t keep it long. I am going to have to put it on him from round one. If I don’t, he will stop me. The reach on him, the speed of him, the power of him, if I don’t put it on him then I will get stopped.

'It doesn’t matter how muscly you are, you can’t change your jaw – you could have the best body in the world but it doesn’t make you the best boxer, it doesn’t mean you have a good jaw. On Saturday that is what I am going to do – test his jaw.

This opponent's record reveals he's accustomed to losing at a low level, can't punch, and can't take a punch.

won 14 (KO 3) + lost 19 (KO 8 )



Probably for the best right now. Joshua has a LOT to work on.

He is a novice so it's not exactly a shock

Absolutely. His first 10 fights will be against utter non-threats whilst he works on the basics and builds his confidence. I was just making the point to add balance to his words in the article you posted of "testing Joshua's jaw". The only thing this guy will be testing is how comfy the ring canvas is to lay on face-first. My mother would slap this fat ass about.


What I am concerned about is Joshua's right hand. Even at this novice stage, he should be able to throw it correctly. Maybe he just can't...

when does it start? anyone got a link?

Lovely straight right

Fighting a bum but great punch to end it

Glen McCrory (sp) just described him as a future world champion

They put him in with a guy who has taken Chisora the distance twice. It was only his second fight.

He's 24.

Both the Klitchklos will be gone within 5 years and the rest of the division is garbage. I don't see why he couldn't be.

Glen McCrory (sp) just described him as a future world champion

He 'could' but at one stage Audley Harrison 'could' have been too, it was just the absolute certainty with which he said. Not 'could be' but 'will be'

They put him in with a guy who has taken Chisora the distance twice. It was only his second fight.

He's 24.

Both the Klitchklos will be gone within 5 years and the rest of the division is garbage. I don't see why he couldn't be.

Harrisons problem was like me and probably you he didn't like fighting

He may have been in with some semi decent people but I don't think Joshua's people would have put him in with some one good this early.

Gotta build the hype