Jeff Mayweather believes that the former world champion chose the wrong tactics to fight the Ukrainian.
Anthony Joshua had a boxing IQ problem in the fight against Oleksandr Usyk. This is what the authoritative American coach Jeff Mayweather says.
He criticized the former world heavyweight champion for the tactics chosen for the duel with the Ukrainian. According to him, the Briton tried to outbox a more technical fighter, and this killed him.
“After the fight with Usyk, I started to think differently about Joshua as a boxer. Usyk is smaller, but better than Joshua as a boxer. And this Anthony tried to outbox him anyway. I don’t see any point in it.
Joshua clearly had a boxing IQ problem. I don’t know if he was told in the corner to fight like that. Joshua is heavier than Usyk by more than nine kilograms. It is necessary to exhaust him, force him to go to the scuffle. This is necessary to put pressure on a wrestler who is smarter than you. Well, can’t you beat a guy half your size?” Mayweather said on his YouTube channel.
It can be remembered that Joshua lost to Usyk twice: by unanimous decision in the first fight and separately in the second.
It was previously reported that Joshua left a tough message for Wilder ahead of the potential fight.
Source: korrespondent
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