Yeah, he we we want a body, AJ. Yeah, for sure. And if you don’t, it’s not going it’s not going to make the the Fury fight any more better. It’s not It’s not going to make it any more better cuz Fury was supposed to give us that and he didn’t give us that. And then if you go in there and you lay an egg and you don’t give us what we supposed to get, I don’t really care about the Fury fight.
Opinion inside the sport has fractured completely with pundits lining up to offer fearless forecasts on Anthony Joshua and Christian Pringa, building toward a contest that has divided everyone who follows the game. >> First of all, I I agree with you. It’s fantastic to have him back. I think Pringer is in trouble. straight out there.
I think AJ goes out there um and it it looks like a Naganu performance to me where he’ll size him up, size him up with the jab and let that booming right hand go and and devastate Pringa who obviously has a punch. But um I saw when when Anthony Joshua took his glasses off, sunglasses off yesterday, I saw Pringa realize his throat moved and I saw him realize that he’s in with a very very devastating and >> there’s a visible fire in Joshua’s expression as he stays fully dialed in.
His footwork looks deliberate and crisp, and every motion seems built around one goal, flooding Pringa with pressure the moment the first bell rings. >> It is. I mean, it’s one thing saying, it’s another thing doing it. And do you know what Christian Pringa is going to look at at Anthony Joshua’s career and he’s going to dissect them and look for the weaknesses and and he has he has shown weakness in the past.
That’s the first time I’ve seen Anthony Joshua in a long time be wanting to snap and bite at people. Yeah. >> And I said to before I said he’s going to he’s going to be he’s going to be on the front foot here verbally the way he’s connected to him. And I just feel he’s laid the gauntlet down to Pringa and he’s letting them know on no certain terms am I going to play around with you.
I’m going to take your head clean off and as fast as I can possibly do it, too. >> And AJ’s mood’s even changed a few times in this face off. The gloves, sorry, the glasses have come off. The eye contact is still there. I think this is what he wanted. >> Waiting in the opposite corner is a man who crossed over from kickboxing, owns a record featuring 20 stoppages, and carries the kind of frame that Eddie Hearn suggests played a part in sealing the Joshua bout.
>> It’s 20 wins, 20 knockouts, right? I’ve got to sell a fight. We know that we’re not picking this guy because he was once a unified world heavyweight champion because he has a string of fantastic wins. But I need a big strong lump that can punch and he’s dangerous and he’s coming to win.
And that’s where we pick Pringa. We don’t, by the way, we pick Pringa to win as in we must win. Like I’m not picking Prena. So it’s a 50/50 fight. And by the way, if AJ gets beat, it’s all over. Forget the Fury fight. Like the career’s virtually done. Do you know what I mean? And so this is and and these guys he needs at walk into that ring.
Someone who can bang and someone who can. >> But Tone, you’ve got to fight someone. >> Dave Allen, who at one point was lined up to meet Pronga himself before eventually squaring off with Arcelen Beck McMud has stepped forward with his own read on Joshua’s approaching showdown. >> I asked to box Pringa um last October. I got Matt Mulov instead.
>> That was a bit of a change. >> Yeah, I wish I bought Pringa. Um >> I bet you do. >> I was matching myself at the time. I said to Ed, can I binger? said probably not. Um, so I would think it’s probably a safe match for Joshua. Um, but I think I think this is what he needs. Like I say, a training camp is what he needs more than the fight.
He’s got a lot of experience. I don’t think he need necessarily more fights, but I think Joshua wins inside, too. Okay. >> Tony Bellow is convinced the action won’t stretch past the third or fourth round, expecting Joshua to seize command quickly and stop Pringa inside the distance. To him, the chasm seasoning, punching force, and all round craft is far too large to brush aside.
Bellow pictures Joshua staying composed, grinding Pringa down bit by bit, and closing the show before it ever turns into a real contest, underlining exactly why he stays one of the heavyweight scenes marquee attractions. >> I think this fight’s going to be over pretty quickly and pretty brutally. Uh, Panga, while he can punch, I don’t think he has very much going forward.
Uh, he’s going to be going backwards and I just think AJ lands pretty quickly and it ends even quicker. >> The buzz mirrors the atmosphere that hung over Joshua’s meeting with Jake Paul. Supporters are once more bracing for a rapid conclusion, wishing the affair wraps up somewhere around the two or three round mark.
Yet, should Pranga drag things beyond the sixth, might that hint at Joshua slipping? The doubters are already speaking up and Carl Froch offers his take as he sees it. The truth about what Joshua still has will surface within the very first days of camp. >> Then Pringer goes six rounds with AJ. Not that he will care about the criticism, but you think on a face value that that’s an opponent opponent that you go in and and you deal with relatively easy in a couple of rounds, right? >> He’s a little bit of an unknown quantity, Brango, even though he’s like
you say, if you look at his career, he’s not fought anybody. He’s got he’s got 20 knockouts in 20 wins. >> So he looks like he’s a puncher, but who’s he punching? You know what I mean? >> I think everyone’s missing the point purely about this. But AJ can go in there and get a few rounds, go through the motions, see how he feels in training camp.
He’s still got to do a training camp. That’s the That’s the answer. >> And then he’ll know. He’ll know if he still fancies it. He still enjoys the game. >> It’s a 12week camp with a new team. How do you respond in hard moments in Spartan? >> Frost feels Joshua’s genuine standard will reveal itself long before fight night.
Right there in preparation where nothing escapes examination. Bellow, meanwhile, gives Joshua credit for continuing to chase major knights at a stage where the paychecks are no longer the point. From their perspective, that ongoing drive underlines the quickness, toughness, and warrior mentality he still brings with him.
There remains plenty more to unpack. >> Long time to keep asking yourself when you go to bed at night and your aches and pains and your elbows are hurt and your head’s hurting and you’re getting up in the morning, your body’s exhausted, you’ve still got to go and do that run. It’s a lot of time to ask yourself the question, do I do I still want this? Can I be asked with this? >> And you have to admire him because this is a boy who’s worth hundreds.
>> Yeah. Don’t need the money. Don’t need the money. >> Hundreds of millions. >> So the design needs to be there more, doesn’t it? He’s not doing it for the money >> and he still gets up and does it and he still wants to fight. It speaks volumes about the man if I’m being totally honest.
Fair play to him because um I only understood that when I retired it wasn’t about the money. Once I’d won the world title, I fulfilled a lifelong dream and goal as world champions. Joshua’s journey has carried its share of stumbles. From the stunning upset against Andy Ruiz Jr. all the way to the punishing loss to Daniel Dubois and still promoter Eddie Hearn maintains that Joshua is primed not only to steamroll Pringa but to eventually meet Tyson Fury too.
With the crowd clamoring for the Fury clash, Hearn lays out the reasoning behind Joshua’s camp, locking in an agreement with Pringa first. Can’t beat If we can’t beat Christian Pringa, we don’t deserve to be in a ring with Tyson Fury. So yes, of course, everybody’s dangerous. This guy, I actually didn’t know he was European kickboxing champion.
That that’s given me a massive bum twinge. I’ll be honest with you. But this isn’t a guy who was a kickboxing world champion who’s never boxed before. He’s got 20 fights, 20 wins, 20 knockouts. Like he’s he’s an accomplished fighter. Now, just because he’s never beaten an elite world level guy, guess what? He’s never fought one.
>> No. Doesn’t mean >> So we might be banging lucky and he might be really really good. But hopefully, and I believe with what I’m seeing, he AJ will go out there and pax this guy. And guess what? Once he does that, he’s going to pax Tyson Fury as well. >> Even so, choosing this contest over the eagerly anticipated Fury encounter has stirred up no shortage of irritation among followers of the sport.
The majority are backing Joshua to wrap things up somewhere inside three or four rounds, and can’t picture him coming up short. Wade Plemens though cautions that Pringa’s reach and heavy right hand might spell trouble particularly if the Fury matchup collapses yet again. >> I think AJ should probably stop him inside of three rounds, four rounds, right? If if if we’re really talking about the levels of difference here, that’s what should happen.
But AJ has struggled with punchers and sometimes getting a little comfortable with guys that are below his level that should give him no problems. He’s with a new team now. How does the Usyk style work for AJ? I maybe it’s just me being a nervous Nelly and uh worrying more than I should, but this thing is is why you don’t make fights like this before you get to the finish line.
We’re over here waving the checkered flag and everybody’s celebrating that we got the Tyson Fury and AJ fight signed. This guy has a no name, has no following, has no business being in a fight with AJ right now. >> Now arrives the most pressing worry of all. Joshua has run into difficulty before when facing big hitters, especially rivals who fell outside his customary size bracket.
During those nights, he appeared uneasy, and observers began raising questions about how well his chin holds up. In Plemen’s eyes, a fierce and determined Pranga could lay bare those very cracks. Meanwhile, the training grind is going full throttle, and part of Joshua’s fan base is even throwing support behind a man who has lately endured a painful personal loss.
>> And he’s a puncher. It’s heavyweight. Anyone, and I’m not even trying to sell you the fight. I’m just saying anyone can get knocked out. And we’ve seen AJ come in lacadasical and be obliterated by people that shouldn’t be knocking him out. Daniel Dubois, even the Andy Ruiz fight, get a little comfortable in the pocket and all of a sudden he’s in a position he shouldn’t be in.
And it’s upset City. And listen, I don’t want to be a person that sounds insensitive to AJ’s accident. And him even boxing at all at this point is a fantastic win for the sport. And it’s it’s honestly it shows his fortitude. It shows his his grace and his class after a horrific >> This is where the most jolting threat emerges from the Pringa camp.
Manager Keith Sullivan insists they have zero plans to let the fight reach the 12th and are gearing up to close the show on Joshua well ahead of schedule. To pull that off, Pringa has recruited heavyweight sparring bodies to fine-tune his tools. Sullivan adds that they intend to attack the exact flaw Wade Plemens flagged, dragging Joshua into uncomfortable territory.
>> Amazed at how heavy-handed and what a hard puncher he is and how much of a beaten they’ve been taking in sparring. So, we don’t need 12 rounds. We don’t need a thousand punches. We just need one or two good punches on AJ’s jaw to get him uncomfortable. We’ve seen it time and time again.
When he gets hit in the right spot, he gets out of his comfort zone and loses control. And once we get him to that place, KP can step in and take over the fight. It’s uh it’s a really risky fight for Anthony Joshua. And and and let’s look at it from the other perspective. If if KP is all the stuff that these these naysayers say that he is, and he’s he doesn’t have a good record, and he doesn’t have the skill, talent, and whatever, whatever, why on earth did Anthony Joshua’s team present a fighter such as KP to him? Regardless of Joshua’s fame and the
heavy odds tilting in his direction, the unease surrounding him keeps building. Even Max Kellerman reckons that a hard-hitting six-footer boasting 20 knockouts owns the weapons to give Joshua a headache. Although plenty right off Pringa’s record as forgettable, Malik Scott draws attention to one standout win he scored against a fighter from their own stable.
>> We’re not comparing AJ, Cotto, and Torugatti as the same type of fighters in general. That’s not what we’re doing. But we’re saying what you can expect from these kind of fighters. When you see a Miguel Cotto fight, you can expect to see action. You can expect to see vulnerability on on his side and his opponent’s side.
Our Gaddy, you can expect to see action. So, this is what me and Max mean. We mean when you watch AJ fight, you know it’s going to go one way for sure. You’re going to get your money’s worth. Now, to get to the new opponent that he has, Pringa, I would say the best name on his resume, as far as I can say, and I gotta, you know, shout out my Philly guy, Joey Jokco, who’s a tough guy, can be slick at times.
Um, and and he was able to beat Joey DOT. >> Scott also brings up the remarks, hinting that Pranga possesses the capacity to hand Joshua genuine trouble. Yet, beneath it all, a large number remain sure that Joshua transforms into something entirely different once the biggest moments arrive. There’s also a powerful sense that absolutely anything is possible among the heavyweights, which makes this pairing even more uncertain and gripping than most had anticipated.
>> Uh, sexy on his resume like AJ D. No, you can’t compare that at all. But like Max said, what you can do is compare. We have a big man that know how to throw a right hand. And guess what, Max? He have nothing to lose. And if this moment don’t get to him because he’s never been on the stage like this, you know, we could talk about techniques and what’s his advantages, but the real thing is how how is he gonna react to this stage.
AJ has been here so many times and in this case AJ has a bigger fister for our mean and fury. So we’re going to see how Pringer handle it. But he’s a big guy with a good right hand. He has nothing to lose and we’ve seen funnier things happening in heavy. >> That belief takes a hit though. Once respected boxing trainer, Peter Fury shared his own judgment.
To his mind, Pringa sits well below Joshua’s tear and carries no real danger. Fury accepts that Pranga might be in superb condition, yet views him as nothing more than another name for Joshua to deal with. He went on to point out that competitors making the jump from kickboxing frequently find it hard to fully adjust to everything professional boxing demands.
>> You see, Prank is any kind of banana skin for AJ then or not? Uh, no. I think uh with his background and I know what it is working with kickboxers and we’ve got an elite level kickboxer and how hard it’s been to transfer him into boxing. I just don’t think he’s going to pose much of a threat for AJ to be honest.
>> And he’s going to want to work out though, Peter. He’s not going to want to knock the bloke out in the first round. I mean, he he probably does want to get a few rounds under his belt, doesn’t he? >> I think he’ll have a look at him. I think he’ll get behind his boxing. and he’ll have a look.
But unfortunately, you know, I think he’ll present his chin a little bit too quick, >> right? >> And somebody with AJ’s power, he’s uh he’s got destructive power. So >> Joshua against Fury could well land far later than the fan base first wished, arriving long past the point when many pegged both men as being in their prime. Despite that, the anticipation hasn’t cooled off.
Followers still regarded as one of the grandest spectacles the sport can serve up. And a good number feel a persuasive victory over Ponga would be the ideal stepping stone for Joshua before that long delayed clash finally comes to life. >> Soon as that shot lands it’s over. >> Is it any regret really of you as a boxing fan as well as somebody involved in the game and a trainer that we didn’t see Anthony Joshua and Tyson fight a lot earlier than this? Yeah, but there’s politics in boxing that’s beyond our control and uh at least better late than never. So, at
least we’re seeing it. But is it uh is it a little bit too late? It probably is. >> You I mean it will be a spectacle. People want to see it. It will do fantastically well and the guys will do very well out of it. >> It’s still intriguing. >> You still excited to see it as a fight? >> Yeah, of course.
all the big heavyweight fights and uh all world title fights, especially with the the crowd that will get behind this, it’ll be a fantastic spectacle still. >> As for Pringa versus Joshua itself, the bout has attracted plenty of backlash with a large crowd branding it a slap in the face to the sport and its devoted audience.
Tim Bradley takes it a stage further, painting the whole thing as a total mismatch. From where he stands, contests like this are being pushed for spectacle rather than legitimate rivalry. implying boxing is drifting further from what its supporters actually crave. >> Complete mismatch, you know, as far as experience goes, as far as it’s everything, you know.
This is another charity case. Netflix, y’all got to do better, man. Y’all can’t be letting these promoters bully y’all, man, into giving y’all this type of trash. Really is, you know. Um, y’all did that with Fury. Fury is supposed to y’all paid for a body and y’all didn’t get it. You know, at least Anthony Joshua over the last couple of charity cases he didn’t had. There’s another one.
Uh Jake Paul was a charity case. Um the argument runs even deeper than that. Even Usyk has drawn flack for once trading blows with kickboxing star Rico Verhovven. Tim Bradley contends that Ponga is simply one more crossover athlete missing the seasoning required to hang with Joshua. All the same, a portion of observers reckon Pronga reads the ring better than Rico did.
And since a single shot can flip everything among heavyweights, an upset can never be entirely dismissed. >> This one for sure is a shity case. And the crazy thing is another kickboxer. Yeah, kickboxers are looking smooth right now. They look Hey, they proud. Oh, hell yeah. And they got a lot of a lot of right to be, you know. Um saw what happened with Usyk.
You know, this dude is a two-time world champion in kickboxing that uh you know, Anthony Joshua’s facing. He got ring awareness, got some skill, you know, but don’t have the experience. I don’t I feel don’t have the experience, especially for a guy like, you know, Anthony Joshua. Or he shouldn’t or he could surprise us.
Could surprise us because some apparent reason, man. You know, these guys, they they don’t see they don’t get uh they don’t get up for these names. >> On top of that, Tim Bradley offers Joshua some straightforward guidance. His feeling is that Joshua ought to march the battle right at Pringa rather than lingering on the perimeter.
Just as importantly, he has to steer clear of walking into Pringa’s threatening right hand. Bradley further pushes Joshua to apply relentless pressure, pry open gaps in Pringa’s guard, and coax errors before unloading his own fight ending blows. and you start hitting him hard and you bag him in the corner, he going to tug up in that high guard, that dummy defense, and uh he just going he just going to take it.
>> Building on that verdict, Bradley remarks that the fight barely warrants close study since on paper it shapes up as a routine night for Joshua. Even then, he cautions Joshua against treating it as an easy stroll. Rather, Bradley argues he should train with more intensity than ever, lock in his concentration from the first bell, and refuse to hand Ponga any window to twist a comfortable assignment into a perilous shock. That’s it.
Oh, he going to try to come back. But again, you got too much experience, AJ. Uh, you got too much understanding of boxing, bro. You know, don’t get reckless cuz he does got popped. But just take it to him, bro, and it should be easy, easy work. Anyways, Tim Desert Storm Bradley, a little bit of analysis, but this fight really don’t need no analysis, people.
This is just should be a cakewalk. A cakewalk, you know, but don’t train Anthony Joshua like it’s a cakewalk. You got to be ready again cuz anything can happen inside that damn ring. >> Flip to the other side and the people nearest to Joshua paint a picture of an athlete totally consumed by his routine. training without a single rest day.
Aid Oladipo highlights that devotion as a telling window into Joshua’s state of mind. By his account, Joshua appears trim, driven, and entirely invested. That honed frame and unrelenting discipline mirror a man set on proving he’s braced for whatever waits for him between the ropes. >> You know, when Jake Paul kind of dragged him down a little bit to 245 lbs, and I think Jake Paul thought that was a good idea.
Um, it was a bad idea cuz all of a sudden AJ looked even more destructive. And he looks around that way already. looks like he’s in shape, like he’s in camp, doesn’t want to leave camp, only left camp to do this press conference. And he was very happy to speak about Tyson Fury. Normally fighters are like, “Oh, I’ve got let me deal with what I’ve got to deal with first and then but he’s like, “No, no, no.” Very happy.
If Fury wants to come to Jedha where this fight will be taking place, then let’s do it. Obviously, Fury has a fight I think the week after, so he’s not going to come. But I I think he’s got all these sights on Fury and just wants to get a bit of ring rust, another training camp with this team and get rid of this guy Pringa.
>> Across the divide, the Pranga team is turning up brimming with self-belief. They’ve stated outright that they can put Joshua to sleep and have devoted their preparation to picking apart every conceivable hole in his approach. Yet, despite that conviction, Simon Jordan, alongside other panelists, concede there’s one truth that simply can’t be waved away.
However assured Panga’s corner may feel, they understand they’re walking in opposite a vastly larger name and a genuinely established force in Joshua. >> It’s the heavyweight division. Anything can happen. >> Yeah. Yeah. Good afternoon, Keith. Hope you’re well, mate. But yeah, I agree with you in some extent that it is a massive opportunity for Christian Pringa for sure.
But you must you must admit that he is at a lot lower level than Anthony Joshua. He’s um he’s never competed at that sort of level. Anthony Joshua knows what he’s going in with here. Your guy is very heavy-handed. Yes. But from the footage that you’ve seen on line from him, he he doesn’t sort of he’s not mixed and he he doesn’t seem to be at that level as Anthony Joshua.
And I suppose that’s where this is all coming from. It’s a calculated gamble from Joshua’s side of things because >> so will Joshua back up the pundits with yet another commanding stoppage or is Pranga about to spring the kind of upset that rattles the whole sport to its core? We won’t be waiting long to find out.
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