Joshua vs Whyte 2
Joshua vs Whyte 2
Now it’s confirmed that AJ is fighting Whyte, and the suggestion is that this is a stay busy fight with the intention for AJ to fight Wilder at the end of the year.
Thoughts?
It's not an interesting fight at all. He knocked him out years ago and Whyte certainly hasn't gotten any younger and has been KOd several times since his AJ loss.
The only matter of intrigue is seeing where AJ is at, I guess. The argument can be made that AJ has declined/has been scared to exchange or fully commit post-Ruiz.
Hopeful that he wins though as the Wilder fight is one I actually want to see. I think he's gonna lose to Wilder just cause AJ isn't the most elusive heavyweight, and we all know Wilder only needs one good punch. But it'll be interesting to see as we've only seen Wilder fight 1 true top heavy weight and he lost 2/3 times they fought. Outside of that basically everyone else on his resume are people that AJ/Fury should theoretically also dominate.
I think it’s an acceptable fight considering the situation but if the Wilder fight fails to materialise it will not age well.
Trying to find AJ a stay busy fight that can pay him an amount he would accept is quite difficult. Not sure who was also in the running but I can understand it even if I’m not excited by it.