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Veteran trainer Robert Garcia, who worked the corner of Anthony Joshua for his recent rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, believes the British star could have closed the show had he applied a lot of pressure two or three rounds before the big ninth.
Robert Garcia, the new head trainer for Anthony Joshua, says the British star was mentally defeated by the tenth round of last Saturday's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia.
Trainer Robert Garcia wants Anthony Joshua to pursue the middle course in his upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. London’s Joshua was criticized last September for failing to be more aggressive against Ukraine’s Usyk, a former cruiserweight and current unified heavyweight champion. Joshua himself has acknowledged the need to fight more assertively against Usyk and went out and hired Garcia, the California native and former fighter who is regarded as an offensive-minded coach.
This coming Saturday, heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua will have a new man in his corner - veteran trainer Robert Garcia. Joshua was trained for all of his previous fights by Robert McCracken. The two parted ways earlier this year.
Anthony Joshua says that he decided not to ask Eddy Reynoso to be his trainer because he was unable to come to the UK to train him. Joshua spoke to Reynoso when he was looking to change his training team, but Reynoso made it clear that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez would be his priority.
Heavyweight prospect Frazer Clarke believes veteran trainer Robert Garcia has revamped the overall mindset of Anthony Joshua for the upcoming rematch with WBO, IBF, WBA, IBO world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Former two division champion Joe Calzaghe is not sure, at least not yet, if heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua made the right decision in selecting Robert Garcia as the trainer to prepare him for the rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Earlier this year, two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was on a quest to find a new head trainer. Last September, Joshua suffered the second defeat of his career when he was outboxed over twelve rounds by Oleksandr Usyk at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Robert Garcia, trainer of two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, explains that his boxer is entering next month's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk with a brand new mindset.
There isn’t much that Robert Garcia has not accomplished both as a world-class fighter and a renowned trainer. Among the few things he’s yet to achieve is to guide a pro heavyweight to a major title. That opportunity is now well within reach, with Garcia now taking the lead in the corner of former two-time unified heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua ahead of the Brit’s upcoming August 21 rematch with WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO titlist Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.