Warren thinks Anthony Joshua can become a superstar at heavyweight

By Boxing News - 01/05/2013 - Comments

joshua46By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Frank Warren believes that the 2012 British Olympic super heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has the talent to become a superstar in the pro ranks if he’s given the right kind of guidance. Warren is impressed with the 6’6” Joshua’s right hand power and overall talent, and believes he can successfully make the jump from the amateur ranks to the pros when he eventually decides to make that move.

Warren said in his column at thesun.co.uk “Joshua has qualities which convince me that, with expert guidance, he could evolve into a genuine super star of pro boxing relatively quickly…he appears to grow stronger as a contest progresses.”

I honestly don’t see Joshua finding success in the pro ranks. Joshua, who is a huge fighter in terms of size, won the 2012 Olympic gold medal under a huge cloud of controversy. The Olympics took place in London, England, the home country for Joshua, and he won not one controversial decision but four controversial decisions in the 2012 Olympics in fights that boxing fans outside of the UK thought Joshua lost or should have lost. It’s strange to see how his British fans and boxing fans from outside the UK saw these fights so differently.

While many of Joshua’s British fans saw him winning all four fights in the Olympics, fans without any reason to care one are another who won, saw Joshua losing all four of his fights. I personally had Joshua losing all four of his fights I didn’t see any real talent from the guy other than his size.

Joshua is basically an arm puncher with a decent jab. There’s not much else there to him other than he does well when he’s fighting at home. I thought Joshua should have lost to Cuban Erislandy Savon in his opening contest, Zhilei Zhang, Ivan Dychko and Roberto Cammarelle. I thought the scoring was just atrocious and I’m not the only one.

I do think Joshua can make a lot of money by having him matched carefully for five or six years with soft opposition along the same lines as the other big British heavyweights David Price and Tyson Fury. Those guys have been fighting for years and still haven’t fought anyone you can remotely call a good fighter.

I can see Joshua being spoon fed right up to where he fights for a world title. He might even win a world title if we get the same kind of judging that we saw in the Olympics where he appears to lose but is still given a win. But as far as actually him beating someone without controversy for a world title, I don’t see that happening. He doesn’t fight with any sense of urgency, he’s too flat-footed and he lacks big time power. I had Cammerelle beating him twice in their two fights, and I really felt sorry for the Italian fighter.



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