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Jamie Moore: Anthony Joshua made himself painfully clear against Dominic Breazeale

Anthony Joshua v Dominic Breazeale

Anthony Joshua turning nasty, Amir Khan's big gamble, Dereck Chisora's chance and fighting Everton players - here's Jamie Moore...

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Did we see Anthony Joshua win the initial skirmish with Dominic Breazeale?

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Anthony Joshua and Dominic Breazeale had a heated discussion

The way I saw it was that Breazeale came over trying to get under AJ's skin and wind him up. AJ just switched on him and made clear his point that he wasn't playing games. Breazeale swallowed it a little bit and had to back down. I think Joshua got his point across.

It made me swallow while I was watching it on the television screen so it must have been bad for Breazeale stood right in front of him. It's funny because I was with Joshua last week at a dinner and he's such a top bloke. He has time for everyone.

Is it a win-win situation for Amir Khan this weekend?

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Saul Alvarez and Amir Khan go face-to-face

Of course it is. I've seen a lot of negativity about him on social media, but to anyone who wants him to lose, remember this: you don't achieve great things without taking great risks. Of course it's win-win for him because not many expect him to win so the better he does, the more credit he's going to come out with.

Let's not forget that he's there to do something that nobody expected him to do. It takes a lot of guts and courage to do something like that so you've got to take your hat off to him. He comes out with some comments that draw surprise at times, but so do a lot of fighters and at the end of the day, he's always in entertaining fights representing Great Britain so for people here wanting him to lose is bad.

We should get behind him and if he can pull this off then it'll be one of the biggest victories for a British fighter.

Would defeat for Dereck Chisora spell the end of his world title dream?

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Dereck Chisora grabbed opponent Kubrat Pulev at their presser

You would have to think so. You wouldn't have thought that he will face Joshua if he's defeated by Kubrat Pulev this weekend. It would take him a long time to get anywhere near back in contention to face Joshua - assuming Joshua is in the same position or further on down the line.

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I quite fancy Chisora to beat Pulev, though. I think he understands he's in a great situation in being a British fighter in a thriving division so if he can pull it off, then suddenly he's in a great position to earn some money and be involved in some great fights. I think he'll have got himself in great shape because in the past his conditioning is what has let him down. I think he'll do it on Saturday.

Martin Murray has a tune-up fight this weekend. Are you a fan of those?

Martin Murray
Image: Martin Murray fights on the Crolla v Barroso undercard

I'm not, really. There's a risk element involved. I can see both sides and I've actually got Tommy Coyle having a six-rounder on Saturday - but the reason for that is that Tommy is coming back from injury. When somebody has a big fight in the pipeline, I'm not a great fan of it.

You can get hand injuries, cuts can be a factor and if the opponent comes over to spoil the show then you can end up having a really tough fight when there's no real need to have it. If the fighter is in the situation where he's been inactive and feels like he really needs to blow some ring-rust away then it's understandable, but I'm not a big fan. I think they carry more risks than positives.

Tony Bellew is fighting at Goodison Park. Which Everton player would be most handy in the ring?

Romelu Lukaku of Everton
Image: Romelu Lukaku gets Jamie's vote

I'm not really that clued up on the entire Everton squad but their towering striker Romelu Lukaku would probably fit the bill.

Lukaku is an absolute unit and you can tell from the way he plays as the target man, using his physicality to give his marker a hard time that you wouldn't want to be stood across from him in the ring.

Watch Crolla v Barroso live on Sky Sports 2 this Saturday from 7.30pm

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