Boxing pundit Johnny Nelson believes the rebuilt “third model” of Anthony Joshua beneath coach Ben Davison beats Oleksandr Usyk solely 5 occasions out of 100.
Nelson doesn’t see sufficient enhancements within the 34-year-old former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) to foretell a special final result if he faces two-time conqueror Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) in repeated fights.
Low-Degree Opposition and False Rebuilding
With the low degree of opposition that the “third model” Joshua has confronted in his final 4 fights, you possibly can’t say for positive that he’s improved. Any coach from the road may have skilled Joshua to beat these 4:
– Francis Ngannou
– Otto Wallin
– Roberto Helenius
– Jermaine Franklin
The match-making achieved for Joshua is trickery, a option to re-market an previous product to the unsuspecting public and give the looks of enchancment. Joshua has not improved.
If the 2 win their subsequent fights, Joshua may face Usyk in a 3rd battle. AJ challenges IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois subsequent month on September twenty first at Wembley Stadium in London. Usyk defends his three titles in opposition to Tyson Fury in a rematch on December twenty first in Riyadh.
Joshua and Usyk will doubtless emerge victorious in these fights, which may arrange a trilogy match. It will be as much as His Excellency Turki Alalshikh and AJ’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, to determine in the event that they wish to arrange a 3rd Joshua vs. Usyk conflict.
Hearn will doubtless resist the thought of Joshua combating Usyk once more and push Turki to match AJ in opposition to the twice-beaten Fury, hoping followers will ignore his latest loss to Usyk.
The ‘Manufacturing unit Model’ Narrative Challenged
“The third model of AJ, the AJ we’ve seen within the final couple of fights, entering into there with perception and self-confidence, will he have the identical perception and self-confidence entering into there with Usyk understanding this man has overwhelmed him twice?” mentioned boxing analyst Johnny Nelson to Secondsout, discussing whether or not the so-called improved model of Anthony Joshua would defeat unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in a trilogy match.
“Now, if that AJ turns up, it may very well be a special kettle of fish, however I don’t know. 100 occasions, AJ beats Usyk 5 and Usyk has bought his quantity. AJ nonetheless has that probability, that skill to take him out, and that’s why he’s bought a hope and want to try this,” mentioned Nelson.
Joshua’s confidence will doubtless evaporate when he will get in with Usyk as a result of he has not improved. Due to Hearn’s magic methods of false rebuilding, he’s been dealing with weak opposition.
Joshua has not been rebuilt. He’s gotten older and picked up dangerous habits because of the horrible opposition Hearn has fed him. If AJ fights in a wreckless method in opposition to Usyk, as he confirmed in opposition to Wallin, Ngannou, and Helenius, he’ll get uncovered once more.
The narrative that AJ’s coach, Ben Davison, rebuilt Joshua within the 2013 manufacturing unit model after he first turned professional is fake. Nothing has modified with Joshua.
He’s not the fighter he was in 2013, shortly after his controversial gold medal win within the 2012 London Olympics when he was given a win in opposition to Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle.
