Comments Thread For: Joshua Explains Current Training Situation, Interested in Expanding Team

[NachoMan]

Unless AJ dips his head in brine, or runs around the block on his chin, it doesn't matter. Ali said. If a man is big enough to hurt me, he's too slow to catch me (That fixed Andy, but) and if he's fast enough to catch me, he's too small to hurt me. Usyk hurt him. AJ needs to invest in a farm with a pond and some critters. From now on, everybody will head hunt and disrespect him.

That first line made me spit my beer. Poor AJ gets no respect. I have a feeling he finds a way to win that rematch though.

[factsarenice]

Virgil Hunter would be a top pick with Ronnie Shields and Steven Edwards. Anthony Joshua is athletic, you can teach him anything but more important than technique Anthony Joshua needs to believe in what he is being taught and all three are equally as cerebral and honest as they are technical and physical, maybe more.

[asgarth]

Virgil Hunter would be a top pick with Ronnie Shields and Steven Edwards. Anthony Joshua is athletic, you can teach him anything but more important than technique Anthony Joshua needs to believe in what he is being taught and all three are equally as cerebral and honest as they are technical and physical, maybe more.

Whats the breadman pick based on?

[Pigeons]

He'll go with a negro coach. Just my opinion.

[factsarenice]

Whats the breadman pick based on?

He understands the soul and personality of a fighter.

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Joshua is too much of a ****bag to sack his own trainer lol.

[Kiowhatta]

Joshua's challenge is quite simple when it comes to the rematch.

1. He has to admit that Usyk has superior technique.
2. If No.1 is true then working to outbox Usyk is a ****** game plan.
3. Joshua needs to develop his natural strengths and abilities - superior strength, conditioning, working on his signature combinations, pressing the action - in fact unless he pressures Usyk constantly in the rematch in order to get him out of his rhythm, work the body, throw high volume combinations, rough him up on the inside - Do what Hatton did to Tzsyu, what JCC did to most - then the result will be the same, and Joshua's career as a top HW is over.
4. He needs to develop a veritable, visceral fire in the belly for this one - dispense with the gentleman approach and build genuine animosity towards Usyk - for his tactics to work, he will need plenty of aggression and a focused desire to destroy Usyk - out with the nice guy in with the vengeful anti-hero.

If Joshua can gain these attributes, drop some then it does matter which trainer he employs. I thought the advice from his trainer during the fight left a lot to be desired.

Maybe he needs to spend a couple of weeks with Iron Mike, Teddy Atlas, both will give him honesty and advice he may not be receiving from a possible sycophantic entourage.

[Buggy bear]

It’s quite simple he needs to get his left foot outside the southpaw stance and get hold of the smaller man and do some damage .
simple enough in theory but at his age he is never going to light enough or fast enough of feet and if he lighter he will not be strong enough down the stretch against usyk , I can go on about the weight , speed, endurance and power ratio thing but I believe none of it works , sometimes a fighter meets someone who is their nemisis and will never beat them , usyk is no Ruiz coupled with that usyk is technically better. Same result again only this time josh gets sopped as usyk will have grown into an improved heavyweight himself.

[crisantonio917]

Whoever it may be, anyone besides McCracken will be a major improvement.

[asgarth]

He understands the soul and personality of a fighter.

That's good, but his track record has been awful lately. No adjustment for julian Williams vs vladimir hernandez and kyrone davis nearly lost vs a journeyman too recently.
dont know anyone else that he is working with.