Anthony Joshua KO’s Tyson Fury says Eric Molina
Eric Molina faced Anthony Joshua as a challenger for the IBF Heavyweight Title on November 4th 2017 and was knocked out in the 8th round by the British heavyweight. Molina has faced a number of top heavyweights such as Deontay Wilder, Filip Hrgovic, Domininc Breazeale and Chris Arreola, and was recently asked for this thoughts on the rumoured undisputed bout between WBC champion Tyson Fury and WBA, IBF & WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
“I can see Anthony Joshua knocking out Tyson Fury. I can see that happening. If you look at Tyson Fury, he does some things similar to me defensively against Wilder, which was to stay away from one or two big shots” Eric Molina told iFL TV
“I could get a read. Wilder gives you a big read like, he’s coming hard, but he’s giving me all that. So by the time I see that, I’m moving. I’m not just going to stand there”
“The ones that stand there like this against Wilder, you’re going to get hurt. I already knew that I wasn’t just going to pick my gloves up to take a shot like that”
“The same way Tyson Fury does not do that. What Joshua does, he doesn’t give you that boom. He’s very fluid with his punches. He comes with three, four, five, maybe even a six,”
“He’s [Joshua] very elusive, very balanced, and he comes fast with those punches, and that is what gave me problems, and that is what would give anybody problems,”
“If he sits on those punches and is fluid, he’ll take away that movement that Tyson Fury does, really. He’ll give that movement a lot of problems with the four, five, and six combinations”
“So I say Joshua wins by knockout, and I predict by seven or eight rounds. I just think that Tyson Fury is a very clever heavyweight. There are things that he does in preparation. think he’s been a step ahead of some of his opponents, and I think that’s been to his advantage when it comes to the game plan”
“And I don’t know, maybe doing some crap with his gloves. I don’t know. Whatever it is, he’s always thinking ahead, two steps ahead. I think that’s helped him get to where he’s very clear, and I think that’s what’s going to bring some problems to Joshua”
“But ultimately, I think Joshua is not going to fall for none of that stuff and I think that he’s going to wear him down and get to him (Fury) in the mid to late rounds,” Molina said
