LondonRingRules Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 --- Super heavy gold medalist 2016 will be turning pro in his native France within the next too months. Is he the next new thing? Tony Yoka - Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittbox Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? Boxing in France is doing better and better in recent years. He may be another factor in revival of this sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? Is he the next new thing? Unless someone else is debuting in the meantime, before him, then I'd say he is the next new thing, yep ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? Great addition to the professional ranks. Hope he makes the transition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? No! He got a gift wrapped gold, had a few very dodgy decisions in his favour en route to the medal...I'm amazed Rob didn't make a mention of the total con job the judges did on Joe Joyce, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robprosser Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? He's going to need to adjust. He didn't like Joyce's rough tactics. He's going to see a lot more of that in the pro game. As already mentioned he got gifted the gold anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? --- Experts of AMA boxing say Josh was also gifted. Being gifted happens a lot in a dirty sport such as boxing, but look at Josh now. He's poised to win or lose FOY and make enough to retire in comfort into his elder years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? Josh has been lucky that he's been fight in an era of such dire Heavyweights. Jesus his stiff competition are a windmiller, a mentally unstable clown and a 42 year old semi retired guy....wow what a division! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittbox Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? No! He got a gift wrapped gold, had a few very dodgy decisions in his favour en route to the medal...I'm amazed Rob didn't make a mention of the total con job the judges did on Joe Joyce, Some boxers have a style that is good in pro boxing, but not very effective in amateur competitions. It's hard to make judgements about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Re: Tony Yoka~Best Prospect? Some boxers have a style that is good in pro boxing, but not very effective in amateur competitions. It's hard to make judgements about this. Whilst that's somewhat true he did look fragile against Joyce and didn't look like he had the best of stamina...if anythign his style is even less suited to the pros than the unpaid ranks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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