Former world champion Paul Malignaggi believes that Anthony Joshua differs from Deontay Wilder by not losing motivation despite his recent failures.
“You know what you can say about Joshua? Even if he didn't look mentally tough, you could see that he was trying to make it happen. That's the difference between him and Wilder.
Joshua was proactive, he worked on it. You might have noticed that he wanted to become a better person, but he couldn't. You could see that this upset him because he came back and continued to work even harder. Then he appeared very sharp in his fight with Otto Wallin.
Wilder simply wasn’t mentally ready for the fight with Joseph Parker. He didn't fight for a long time, and then he went out and screwed up in Saudi Arabia. In the post-fight interview, he didn’t seem to care,” Malignaggi said.