Agree. All this pstter from AJ and others saying be needs someone to teach him to dog it out. Yes there are a few tricks you can learn, but heart, desire and confidence are not things you can learn.
Trainers are an important part of the boxers make up. It is the fighter that makes the trainer. If your lucky enough to click with an exceptional fighter, and he/she chooses to train with you, your status soars. The trainer can add to the boxer, but cannot replace the raw instincts that a fighter has imbedded in his soul. There are many examples to look at. There are many great coaches out there, amateur and pro who will never gain the recognition of being great trainers, even though they are. They just haven’t been fortunate enough to work with a boxer who is well known to the general public. Some of the trainers who are well known are just damn lucky to have worked with a boxer who can really fight/box regardless of who trains them.
To say Joshua has become a bit mentally unhinged after being schooled by Usyk is an understatement: he must be trying to give Wilder a run for his money in that aspect.
This is why I don't really understand Joshua visiting numerous gyms in the U.S and seeking the advice of numerous trainers. You'd think hearing those many differing opinions would only muddy the waters and confuse him even more, not help to clarify everything leading up to a rematch with Usyk.
This was before the Usyk fight. If you listen to an interview before the fight, I actually think he believes he is some sort of prophet or black Jesus.
He is a bit odd when you listen to him talk. Every question that he gets asked, he responds with some kind of deep bullsht philosophical waffling nonsense. It really is credit to Matchroom and his team 258 for getting him to this point in his career because right now everyone can see he's fragile mentally and in the ring, he's all over the shop with absolutely no idea who to turn to in his training team.
Everybody wants something, and it comes at a price sadly. The man can fight, and all he has to do is be on his own, talk to as little people as possible and just fight. It is not hard, it is just a fight and he should treat it as such.
This whole conversation surrounding Aj’s Trainer situation is yet another smoke and mirrors job to deflect away from the fact he is and never was as good as he was marketed as. The idea that McCracken is to blame for the fact that Joshua was unable to use his reach and size effectively is nonsense. McCracken told Joshua to keep the smaller man on the end of his jab, which is common sense and unfortunately for Femi, he wasn’t able to do so. The guy is massively overrated and I look forward to this “more aggressive” Joshua in the rematch. He’ll be blowing out of his arse after 4 rounds and receive the beating of his life. Femi should stick to cringe motivational monologues for his semi-literate, road man followers and modelling for JD sports. He’s not got the minerals to mix it up with greats like Usyk.
He should channel the spirit of the mean streets of Watford in the rematch by only listening to Elton John records.
I think his instinct to go to America is right. He needs a reset, and to be trained in a gym where he's a fighter not some kind of living god.
The perfect fit for AJ is Sugar Hill but that can't happen for obvious reasons. Other than him I don't see a trainer that really suits AJ in terms of what he wants to do, Booth is a terrible fit in my opinion.
