Anthony Joshua’s coach, Ben Davison, is impressed with the work that he’s placing in to arrange for his 10-round struggle subsequent month in opposition to Francis Ngannou on March eighth on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ben believes Joshua will shine like a diamond when he will get within the ring with the highly effective 270+ lb Ngannou of their headliner. He’d higher hope AJ shines, contemplating he’ll miss out on a boatload of cash combating the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk winner.
Will Joshua Crumble Underneath Ngannou’s Energy?
Davison is happy with the “professionalism” the previous two-time heavyweight champion Joshua (27-3, 24 KOs) is exhibiting as a result of he’s acquired a troublesome struggle forward of him dealing with former UFC champion Ngannou (0-1).
The pictures that Ngannou nailed Tyson Fury final October could possibly be sufficient to scale back the fragile-chinned Joshua to rubble if he connects with the identical pictures. Joshua’s punch resistance is nowhere to be discovered, and would possibly simply take one or two good pictures from Ngannou to upend him, wrecking promoter Eddie Hearn’s goals of a Fury conflict.
Fury, 35, made it simple for Ngannou to land his punches on him by attempting to mug him on the within, which was silly to do in opposition to the highly effective former MMA champion.
Joshua will seemingly play it protected, falling again on the Wladimir Klitschko model that he used safely to outbox an out-of-shape 283-lb Andy Ruiz Jr. of their rematch in December 2019.
However even with that model, Joshua might have been in hassle if Ruiz hadn’t slacked off throughout coaching camp, consuming his method into weight problems after scoring a seventh-round knockout win over AJ of their earlier struggle in June of that yr.
The Ngannou Problem
“Actually good, a very great spot. He’s an actual pleasure to work with, and I believe the long run stars we’ve got within the fitness center are actually benefiting from him being within the fitness center within the sense of his professionalism and perspective in direction of coaching and training, work ethic, and all the remainder of it,” mentioned coach Ben Davison to Boxing Information about his coaching camp with Anthony Joshua forward of subsequent month’s struggle in opposition to Francis Ngannou on March eighth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“Look, he’s confirmed it time and time once more on the highest stage. I’m certain he’ll do it once more,” mentioned Davison about Joshua.
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