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I don't remember you ever saying that the division sucks.
Which proves my point that you aren't paying attention.
But let me help you out, here's the post
It's the bottom part, highlighted in green.
Yes, because Ngannou is a boxing heavy striker in MMA. It's a good stylistic match up for him. There is a good chance Ngannou could get KTFO if he isn't careful. I thinks it more about the mind behind the fighter. If Ngannou has the right coach. They could easily make the right game plan and camp to take out Joshua, IMO. But if you go with Ngannou's normal routine of search and destroy, he might very well get KTFO. Aspinall is a completely different fighter though. He is a much more cerebral fighter than Ngannou. And he is indeed more well rounded. Not just more wel rounded. He is easily one of the most well rounded HWs ever, IMO. That's not something to gloss over. The skill gap between Joshua and Aspinall in all faucets of MMA that aren't boxing isn't even a normal gap anymore, it's a super massive black hole. That skill difference Joshua isn't going to close at 34 years of age.
And that's not to say that Joshau couldn't become a great MMA fighter. HW does suck overall if you compare it to other divisions. So Joshua could definitely mop the floor with a whole lot of fat one/two dimensional HWs. Aspinall is a completely different beast from the vast majority of HWs though.
It just seems to me like you hold Aspinall in very high regard.
Correct. I also do Joshua, as a boxer.
He's well-rounded but there's a flipside to that. The guy already has losses on his record and he's yet to even become champion (I don't count interim titles). Aspinall isn't invincible.
And? This is not boxing where people get to pad their records and play all kinds of games to protect their records. Losses aren't that big of a deal. You lose, you learn and you grow.