If we're just talking about their punches then Joshua is a bit more technical as Fury is unorthodox at times. More technical doesn't mean more effective tho. Fury also has the better footwork, head movement and defense which could all be considered part of being technical. I think Fury would win quite easily and I don't agree with the writer saying Joshua could beat him in a couple years. I'd say AJ has already peaked.
I was surprised to see that's who his next opponent is. I'm not familiar with him either. It's surprising because Ortiz has already beat half a dozen good fighters although most were past their prime. This might be a keep busy fight while they work on getting him a bigger fight.
Ortiz did look good in his last fight, I didn't see the previous one. He's getting old tho and Hrgovic has really impressed me. I probably shouldn't have said "lose bad" as Ortiz is a tough fight for anyone.
I only saw some highlights from it but I've seen Smith fight a few times before and I completely agree that Canelo would handle him. Kovalev was a lot better boxer than Smith and Canelo handled him easily. So many better options like Bivol or Beterbiev at 175, Benevidez or Andrade at 168. A trilogy fight with GGG would be the biggest moneymaker but I don't think Canelo wants that fight.
Fury isn't ducking Usyk, AJ won't step aside from his rematch clause with Usyk. Fury's camp has been offering AJ money to step aside for months now but he won't do it. Joshua's camp is the problem not Fury's.
This was finally made official yesterday. I was worried it wouldn't happen like so many other proposed fights that never materialize. Two big fights for Canelo.
