Boxing: Because of Tyson, Joshua got “on the jaws”

On Saturday, Klitschko-Bezwinger Anthony Joshua will be back in the ring for the first time. The 28-year-old defends his World Cup belt against Carlos Takam from France in Cardiff. Before the fight at Principality Stadium, the Englishman commented on Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko and his former idol Mike Tyson.

Joshua revealed that as a young boxer he always wanted to fight like Tyson. He managed to copy his role model rather moderately, however,”I only got on my mouth. That was bad,”said Joshua to SportBild.

The man from Watford, who died on 29. He also talked about the important moment in his career when he was a sparring partner at Klitschko’s training camp in 2014,”That opened my eyes to see how a world champion trains his training camp,”says Joshua.

The heavyweight champion also dared to make a comparison between the Klitschko brothers:”I watched the fights of both Klitschkos against Corrie Sanders.

Vladimir hasn’t boxed as unorthodox as Vitali. Vladimir kept moving to avoid being hit, he was as precise with his fists as a knife surgeon.”