Nigerian-British heavyweight star, Anthony Joshua has fired back at critics who asked him to sack his trainer, Rob McCracken.
He described them as “shallow and small-minded” people who do not understand the concept of loyalty. Joshua who recently has been all over the news after he lost his, IBF, WBA, and WBO belts to rookie Andy Ruiz jr last year has been receiving different unsolicited advice from people on how to win it back. Of one of that unsolicited advice is the one asking him to fire his trainer, Coach McCracken who he has been working with for a while. Anthony Joshua whose rematch with Ruiz is coming up on the 7th of December in Saudi Arabia told Sky Sports on firing McCraken that:
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“Whoever said that is a clown. Part ways with McCracken? No way. These people don’t understand loyalty. These people aren’t cut from the same cloth, if that’s what they are suggesting. Whoever has that mindset should not bother talking to me, if they have that mindset. How could they say that? I’ve worked with two people in boxing – Sean Murphy, my trainer [at Finchley amateur gym]. Then a year-and-a-half later I was up to Sheffield training with Rob McCracken. They have built me, aside from boxing, as the man I am today. A father, a family man, a businessman who understands the responsibility of being a young African-British kid. They built that in me. You can’t take that away. You can take the belts away – they will be gone when I retire. The man that they built? You can’t take that away. The man that will help to inspire my kids and other kids? You can’t take that away.
I should never get rid of those types of people. Because I lost the belts I should get rid of the people that built me? No way. It’s shallow-minded, small-minded. Mike Tyson could have lost to anyone but you can’t get rid of [his trainer] Cus D’Amato. People do not truly understand what these people mean to your life. I want to make positive reinforcements and bring in new troops on the battlefield to combat this war.”
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