Eddie Hearn Says Anthony Joshua will stick along with his coach, Ben Davison, for his subsequent battle, which may very well be a rematch with IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in early 2025.
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Promoter Hearn says Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) is “Blissful” working with Davison and had performed properly in camp main as much as his fifth-round knockout loss to Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) on September twenty first.
Followers view Ben Davison as extra of a motivational coach than one who can train the technical facet of the game. They see him as a man that may inform Joshua, ‘Atta boy, Joshua, throw the uppercut.’ With Joshua’s profession and legacy on the road for his rematch with Dubois, it may very well be a silly mistake on his half to stick with Ben as his coach.
If Joshua loses the rematch, he’ll have somebody in charge; that shall be a straightforward goal in Ben. That will be a special story if Joshua went with a brand new coach as a result of he can be compelled to shoulder the blame from followers as a result of the brand new man couldn’t do something with what was a flawed fighter to start with. Sticking with Ben is right as a result of he’s an apparent goal if Joshua is blown out of the water once more by Dubois.
Joshua’s followers who favor him protecting Davison and his present coaching crew really feel that Ben has performed a bang-up job rebuilding AJ after his back-to-back defeats in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk. They really feel that simply because Joshua suffered a setback in opposition to the large puncher Dubois, it shouldn’t imply that Ben must be given the axe in favor of one other coach.
On the flip facet, Joshua’s so-called rebuild job performed by Ben Davison was in opposition to 100% tomato cans that any heavyweight within the high tier would have overwhelmed.
A correct rebuild, if there have been one, would have concerned Joshua beating A-level fighters somewhat than this gang of 4:
– Francis Ngannou
– Otto Wallin
– Robert Helenius
– Jermaine Franklin
“He’s glad along with his coaching camp. He was in nice situation; he was sparring very well. In my view, there gained’t be any modifications,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Struggle Hub TV about Joshua’s choice to maintain Ben Davison as his coach.
Final Up to date on 10/05/2024
