ANTHONY JOSHUA has been warned off fighting Deontay Wilder next following consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua was bettered twice on the spin by Usyk, who gained after which retained the unified WBA, IBF and WBO belts.
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In the meantime, Wilder, 37, knocked out Robert Helenius, 38, in spherical considered one of his October comeback combat.
His supervisor Shelly Finkel and coach Malik Scott have each referred to as for the American ex-WBC champion to combat AJ in 2023.
However boxing legend Roy Jones Jr insisted Joshua, 33, can’t bounce right into a combat of such magnitude and hazard off the again of defeat to Usyk, 35.
He informed iD Boxing: “He can’t go right into a Deontay Wilder combat after dropping two fights to Usyk. That doesn’t make any sense in any respect.
“Now if you happen to discover somebody who isn’t fairly the puncher that Wilder is, get your self again and again to profitable.
“Then, you may get comfy to the changes that your new coach will make you make.
“When you get comfy with these changes you then combat Wilder as a result of hopefully these changes have made you higher and also you’ve obtained confidence… then you may get within the ring with Wilder since you most likely can beat Wilder.
“However if you happen to’re coming off two losses to towards Usyk with the arrogance being down already… if Wilder hits you, you don’t know.
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“That’s going to be loopy. Wilder is an outstanding heavyweight; Wilder is one the toughest punching heavyweights in fighting proper now.
“In opposition to Wilder, you’ve obtained to be mistake-proof, you make a mistake with Wilder, and it could possibly be over.”
Joshua is about to return within the spring in a confidence-building comeback combat.
And he’s Stateside on the hunt for a brand new coach after splitting with Robert Garcia, a task Jones Jr is open to taking.
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