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Veteran coach Robert Garcia clarified that heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua personally advised him about his plans to travel to the United States to visit other trainers. However, AJ never actually told him that they would no longer work together.
Robert Garcia is aware that people will inevitably compare him to whoever becomes the next trainer of Anthony Joshua. The veteran trainer from Southern California joined the former heavyweight champion’s team earlier this year ahead of his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in August. Garcia worked in tandem with Joshua’s longtime assistant trainer, Angel
The boldness of Mikey Garcia was once loudly applauded. Viewed as a pound-for-pound luminary in his prime, Garcia, after spending the entirety of his career competing in the lower weight classes, brazenly decided to try his hand at 147 pounds. Greeting him at the welterweight door, of course, was current unified champion, Errol Spence Jr.
Robert Garcia thinks Anthony Joshua could benefit from a change of scenery. The well-regarded trainer from Riverside, California, linked up with the former heavyweight titlist from London earlier this year ahead of the latter’s rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia. Garcia, in tandem with Joshua’s longtime second Angel Fernandez, helped put together a strategy for Joshua to defeat the skilled southpaw from Ukraine. In the end, it was not enough, as Usyk would go on to win on points to retain his WBO, WBA, and IBF titles.
The boxing community continues to twiddle their thumbs and wait patiently for the mouthwatering showdown between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. But while their patience is beginning to draw thin, Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Jaron “Boots” Ennis are slowly but surely making their way up the ranks.
Unbeaten Raymond Muratalla could be a force to be reckoned with in the lightweight division. Muratalla continues his path toward contender status as he faces a stern test tonight, facing once-beaten Miguel Contreras. The eight-round bout will take place on the Top Rank undercard at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada (7:15 p.m. ET/ 4:15 p.m. PT).
Mostly unknown in the public eye, Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz burst onto the scene after a positive showing against Gervonta Davis in December of 2021. On the night, despite being a heavy underdog and relatively late replacement for Rolando “Rolly” Romero, Cruz stepped into the spotlight against Davis and performed well.
Robert Garcia insists his comments about Anthony Joshua were lost in translation. Garcia, the veteran trainer from Southern California, recently found himself in the hot seat when headlines from the Spanish-language boxing website Izquierdazo began making ripples in the English-language press. The articles featured
Veteran coach Robert Garcia wants Anthony Joshua to hold his next training camp in the state of California. Garcia still wants to work with Joshua, but he thinks that the best way to keep working together is for AJ to prepare at his gym in California.
Veteran trainer Robert Garcia understands the reaction by Anthony Joshua in the aftermath of losing his rematch to WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.