I hate to see professional boxers trading blows at press conferences or weigh-ins. It’s not clever, it’s unsightly, undignified and disrespectful. Dereck Chisora actually threw a table at British heavyweight title challenger Dillian Whyte earlier this week but he has always been a bit of a maverick, even for a heavyweight.
Fortunately, the run-up to the main event on Saturday’s card at the Manchester Arena has been a bit less eventful. Anthony Joshua makes the second defence of his IBF world heavyweight title against American Eric Molina and the former Olympic gold medallist is also looking to extend a 17-0 record – all 17 pro fights have ended in KOs.
AJ has only been taken beyond the third round twice during his professional career, though one of those was his most recent seventh-round stoppage of Dominic Breazeale back in June. Most experts expect another short night’s work for the 27-year-old from Watford with a showdown with Wladimir Klitschko in the pipeline for next summer, possibly at Wembley Stadium.
Molina is a 34-year-old journeyman from Weslaco, Texas. The Drummer Boy has won 25 of his 28 bouts but has also been knocked out three times, the latest when stepping into the ring with Deontay Wilder last year. He caused a huge surprise when stopping former two-weight world champion Tomasz Adamek in front of his own fans in Poland to capture the vacant IBF intercontinental title but it would be even bigger shock if he were to do the same to the stil up-and-coming Joshua.
The Briton is two inches taller than his opponent and has a three-inch longer reach. His overall ring time is much shorter but that’s only because he’s been dispatching opponents quickly. I believe Joshua actually punches harder than Wilder and is also quicker around the ring so the American could be on a hiding to nothing and I just can’t see this fight lasting long.
Anthony Joshua is only a best 1/10 to win by KO, TKO or disqualification and only a best 1/25 to simply win – Wilder is 14/1 in a couple of places with the draw at 50/1. But I like under 4.5 total rounds at 8/15 with Unibet.
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