Joe Joyce has spoken out relating to the way forward for Anthony Joshua, and is sceptical as as to if his fellow Brit desires fights towards different elite heavyweights.
Joyce informed ID Boxing that he has critical reservations relating to a possible combat between Joshua and Tyson Fury after the current collapse in negotiations for the pair to face one another final yr.
‘The Juggernaut’ went on to say he doesn’t consider Joshua would combat him – regardless of the comfy win he loved over Joyce within the beginner ranks.
“Joshua’s nonetheless a very good fighter and there’s loads of fascinating fights on the market for him – I’d wish to combat him.”
“I don’t suppose it’ll occur with Fury although. Look what number of possibilities there’s been until now. I don’t suppose he’d even need to combat me, regardless that he’s knocked me out in a single spherical, stopped me in a single spherical within the amateurs.”
“What’s he afraid of?”
Many have questioned Joshua’s mindset after his back-to-back defeats to Oleskandr Usyk over the previous 18 months and predict a protracted highway again to to the highest of the pile.
Joshua is predicted to return to motion this spring, with former Fury foe Otto Wallin reportedly a frontrunner to get the decision as ‘AJ’s comeback opponent.
Nevertheless, Joshua is at present a fighter and not using a coach, having seemingly departed from Robert Garcia regardless of simply spending one camp underneath the coaches tutelage.
The 33-year-old is on one more ‘tour’ of gyms and is predicted to make an announcement on his coaching state of affairs within the subsequent few weeks.
Joshua has hung out with the likes of Derrick James and Virgil Hunter as he appears to be like to recapture the chew that noticed him as soon as stand atop the blue ribbon division.