Joshua revealed that he had to take charge of his career and the breakup with McCracken had been necessary. “In terms of Rob not being on the field, it’s great. Boxing is boxing. At that time a different environment was needed, so it’s great, no problem. I knew what I wanted to do. I wasn’t obligated, it was my own decision.” .
Joshua, who added that, in retrospect, a move to American styles and coaches should have arrived sooner, spoke of his change of style with Garcia, and Angel Fernandez, with whom the Briton has worked for almost three years.
“One of my strengths was my power, but I always wanted to follow that path of being a clean boxer,‘ hitting and not getting punched, especially if I want to have a long and successful career, ’” he said. good defense, but I moved away from the fierce side of boxing where I knew I could hit and stun people. And I miss the days of cutting people’s faces and hurting them, for sure. So I’m looking forward to it. to go back “.
Looking back on the last year, Joshua reflected, “I wanted to grow, I didn’t want to leave. I had three choices: change what I had completely, what I’ve done now. Rob is no longer there, introduce new people. Keep what we have, don’t make any changes, or add up what we had.Now I’ve changed it completely, and it’s the last drop of the puzzle.This is where we are now.
“But this time, whoever speaks will not be like the last time against Usyk. There will be two voices around the corner. And I will let them solve it.”
Joshua, who is returning to camp in Loughborough on Thursday, also spoke of the “talk” he gave to a group of University students shouting insults from a window at his residence.
“One night I couldn’t sleep at 3 in the morning, so I went for a walk. And the reason I had to address them is that their blog and my blog are next to each other. of the other and they can’t feel comfortable calling me from a window. He told them, “I’m here to work, I’m not playing with anyone and they were crossing paths with the wrong person.” five and that’s why I treated them that way.
“I told them, if they see me alone again and they want to call me that …” I’ll break your jaw. “We left it like that and talked to them afterwards and shook hands.”
Usyk, meanwhile, also an Olympic gold medalist at the London Games and undefeated as a world champion in cruising and heavyweight, said he fights for his country, Ukraine, and that he is inspired by the people he defends. their land.
Usyk explained, “I don’t think about what Anthony Joshua does with Robert Garcia, it’s not my business. I don’t care how Anthony trains or what he does, I just care about my training camp, what I eat, the my job, how is my family, my country, I don’t think about Anthony.
“If people tell Joshua that the only way to win is by pushing me and looking for the knockout, let them keep talking and let them all listen.”