Anthony Joshua Badly Hurt In Training With Sparring Partner
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua’s training for the Andy Ruiz rematch was reportedly hindered after he was badly hurt in sparring.
Anthony Joshua was reportedly hurt during sparring while training for his rematch with Andy Ruiz.
Joshua will fight Ruiz for the second time in Saudi Arabia on Saturday having been beaten by the Mexico in June. It was Joshua’s first professional defeat and saw Ruiz named the new heavyweight champion.
Joshua is favourite with many to regain his belts in Diriyah on Saturday with Ruiz having shocked the world in the first fight.
He stopped AJ in the seventh having climbed off the canvas to put the Brit down four times in the fight.
There was plenty of speculation before that bout that Joshua had struggled in camp with many suggesting he was not right heading into that fight.
And now there are more reports that Joshua’s training has gone anything but smoothly.
World Boxing News report that Joshua has been badly hurt by sparring partners in training, though it is not clear who by.
Albon Pervizaj, Tom Little, Derek Chisora, Andrew Tabiti and Timothy Moten have all sparred with Joshua since his defeat to Ruiz.
World Boxing News were also the ones to report that Joshua had been put down while training for the first fight with Joey Dawejko the man to allegedly floor AJ.
The former champion insisted there had been no problems with the training camp though for that bout.
“I had no panic attack,” he said in a video shortly after the defeat.
“I have to take my loss like a man. No blaming anyone or anything.
“I am the one who went in there to perform and my performance did not go to plan. My gameplan didn’t go to plan.
“I have to readjust, analyse, do my best to correct it – and get the job done in the rematch.”
And Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn insists his sparring in the build-up to this fight will have helped the heavyweight.
“A major change, if you ask me, has been the sparring,” hearns said. “Far more boxing and more partners.
“I would probably say it is the only time I have seen one of his camps where the focus is all on the other guy.
“It has been about tailoring for Andy Ruiz and what he brings.”
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