It’s not that Deontay Wilder can’t box, Anthony Joshua simply thinks Tyson Fury has better mental boxing skills than the ‘Bronze Bomber’. But AJ knows, just like verybody else that the ‘Gypsy King’ is probably the best boxer in history.
After his most recent fight against Wilder, Tyson proved he is at the level of other all-time greats such as Mike Tyson or Muhammad Ali. But his impressive build and quickness is what surprises everybody who jumps in a ring to spar. Fury shouldn’t be able to move that quickly or be that smooth with his feet. Wilder needed to train his footwork much more if he wanted to outbox the reigning champ.
Anthony Joshua may not have the same level of boxing skills than Fury does, but he is convinced he is certainly better than Deontay Wilder. The new era of heavyweights has several massive boxers who are hard hitters and also move pretty well. AJ just lost the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight belts against Oleksandr Usyk because he got outboxed.
He would know how getting outboxed feels and that’s probably why he is talking trash about Wilder right now. Maybe he wants to make a fight happen after getting his rematch against Usyk. Joshua also shed some light into this new breed of heavyweights who are taking over from the previous generation.
What did Anthony Joshua say about Wilder?
During a JD Sports roundtable, this is what Joshua said about Wilder‘s fight: “He tried, but to get that power and that ferociousness, you have to have it up here [points to his head]. Before you have it just here [clenches fists] at that level, you have to have it here [points to his head] as well. Not in this day and age [can heavyweights jab for 12 rounds] because heavyweights are different,” Joshua added.
“I met the guy who makes gloves the other day, and he said that they never used to have to make special gloves. But now heavyweights are 17 to 19 stone and six-foot ten. The whole division is changed in the last, like, five years. And before, fighters could jab like that for 12 rounds and get away with it. They’d get a bit tired, but they were conditioned because they were lighter. But now, when you’ve got big guys [who are] 6ft 7in, they get tired.”
