Via Jack Tiernan: As for Anthony Joshua, he trained today with Floyd Mayweather Jr in Dubai hoping to improve his bout enough to beat Oleksandr Usyk in a rematch next April.
The 44-year-old Mayweather recently offered to give former IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) some tips for his rematch with the undefeated Usyk (19-0, 13 KO), and it looks like he’s finally accepted his offer.
Unless Mayweather can improve on Joshua’s massive stamina, weak chin and robotic fighting style, AJ will be a complete waste of time working with him. Mayweather can’t teach any of that, so Joshua is better off working with his former trainer and doing the best he can in his rematch with Usyk.
Better to let Mayweather confuse him with useless advice, Joshua should have told promoter Eddie Hearn to accept a step beyond Tyson Fury’s offer, no matter how small, to stay away from the Usyk rematch.
If Joshua avoids that fight, he could face the winner of the Usyk vs. Fury and earn the big bank.
Assuming Fury beats Usyk, Joshua has a good chance of beating ‘The Gypsy King’, especially after the penalty he received in his recent bout with Deontay Wilder last October.
Joshua knows how to pamper
Mayweather can teach Joshua more bad tactics with holding, moving and being careful choose the opponent at the right time their career. None of that will help Joshua in his fight with Usyk.
We saw Joshua spoil like crazy in his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr. in December 2019, move, hold and stay outside.
Joshua doesn’t need Mayweather to show him those dull, spoiled tactics if he wants to try and use them in his rematch with Usyk.
Mayweather’s careful arrangement of fights to avoid losses in his career will be futile for Joshua as he will look silly if he only faces the likes of Floyd’s ability to beat. his opponent.
Floyd is one of the more boring people to watch boxers in the sport, but he’s gained a huge following thanks to his trash talk outside the ring.
Mayweather is the kind of BORING pot-shotter inside the ring who will launch singles from the outside, move around, and tie down his opponent. In this writer’s view, Floyd has always been boring to watch.
If you compare Mayweather’s performances during his career with more action-packed fighters like Pacquiao, they’re like night and day.
Mayweather CANNOT teach Joshua the fast way
The issue is whether Mayweather has anything to teach 32-year-old Joshua because much of what makes Floyd a successful boxer is his lightning speed, reflexes, nimble feet, and ability to regulate. wonderful.
Unfortunately for Joshua, those are things that CANNOT be taught. You were born with those elements or not, and you can’t teach someone to have quick hand speeds or cat-like reflexes.
Those are the things Mayweather is lucky to have. His careful coordination is equally important to Mayweather in terms of his career success.
Floyd has been excellent at picking his opponents when they are older or, in the case of Canelo Alvarez, so young, which has helped him avoid losing to fighters capable of defeating him.
For example, in the biggest win of Mayweather’s career, he waited six years before going up against Manny Pacquiao, who at that point in his career was 37 and not the fighter he fought. years before that when boxing fans were eager to see him and Floyd fight.
AJ has very little chance of regaining 1st place
“Anthony Joshua is definitely still there as one of the best and one of the top three in the world,” George Groves told Sports sky on whether Joshua can be the No. 1 heavyweight contender again.
“I think he beat Deontay Wilder and beat the others who were passing. But now we have to see how longing he still remains. It will be extremely difficult to return to that position. Groves said.
It is doubtful that Joshua will regain his No. 1 spot in the heavyweight division at this point because he has no ability to withstand punches, and his fitness is too poor for him to hit. beat the top guys.
