Ingle: Joshua is no longer a boxing superstar

Dominic Ingle, a respected coach in the UK, spoke sharply about Anthony Joshua (24-3, 22 KOs). The former two-time world heavyweight champion is constantly looking for new solutions, has several “helpers” around him and constantly claims that he is not going to be tied to one coach. Most recently, before the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, he hired Robert Garcia. Despite the fact that in the second fight the Briton looked much better than in the first fight, he again lost on points to the Ukrainian.

“Firstly, he is surrounded by people who influence him badly. Fired Garcia would have been a mistake, Joshua's inflated ego has clouded his true judgment. He still thinks he's a big boxing star, which shouldn't be. Since he lost, he is no longer a superstar. In such a situation, you need to learn lessons, regroup, and not look for the easiest way and justification, ”Ingle believes.

“Joshua needs to cut himself off from all the crowd around. He didn't show Garcia any respect, even though the first thing Garcia should have done was drive all these people out of his camp and cut them off from training. Because each of them wanted to be Joshua's coach a little. This story often repeats itself. The same thing happened with Mike Tyson and Naseem Hamed. There are a lot of "pats on the back" in boxing. Because of them, boxers then lose their sense of reality, instead of standing firmly on their feet, ”the famous coach added.

AJ and his promoter Eddie Hearn made a plan this week for three fights this year.