Comments Thread For: Joshua Praises Derrick James, Downplays Time with Ex-Trainer Robert Garcia

[Smash]

AJ fans possibly even losing hope he gets back to the ole seek and destroy his opponents guy, there is possibly one way he could do this, go back to lower level opponents

[Shadoww702]

Man Usykk wrecked AJ like Fury wrecked Wilder. They ain't the same anymore.

[bobbyren]

Robert is more of a tough love kinda guy which was new to AJ. But that doesn't discredit Roberts skills as a trainer. Compared with Derrick who's very articulate and uses visualization to teach. I noticed AJ now shadowboxes better from his recent videos. Check back previously and he used to be ****

[Liondw]

That's quite an insult from AJ, to say that he wasn't taught anything by Garcia.

[ShoulderRoll]

I thought Joshua looked better with Garcia then he looked with Derrick James. The body shots against Usyk almost paid off.

[A.B Counterhooks]

Aj did showed some improvements in his last fight with coach garcia in corner ,he just didnt took well his after fight thoughts, Garcia is known for not being a yesman nor an ass kisser like some of the people Joshua surround himself with,

I bet he'll leave coach James as soon as he takes another L and gets some sort of criticism.

[crisantonio917]

Brain damage is no joke....

[Southpawology]

And when joshua loses under james he’ll hop ship to another new trainer and downplay james

[PRINCEKOOL]

agreed he was definitely improved

no idea how good Garcia really is but the work he did with Chino Maidana was superb he made Chino the best version of himself

Garcia seems like a good trainer.

I think it is the environment which Joshua seems to be liking more with Derrick James i.e The other fighters Charlo and Spence Junior.

Joshua has always been the apex or main fighter in any training environment he has ever been put in 'Now it seems like this gym is similar to Joshua walking into a Wolf Pack or Lion Pride to a extent'.

Maybe Joshua will benefit from this, but not all fighters need this type of motivation or environment 'I just think Joshua likes to ask questions, observe and learn from other fighters'.

Joshua at this stage of his career, for me to give himself the best chance of winning another title 'Needs to learn how to fight like a actual super Heavyweight i.e Fight the classical big man styled fight, Solid Jab, Long Range to Mid Range Game, knowing how to tie and wrestle a fighter on the inside and disrupt action, dictate pace.

To a extent in his last fight, Joshua for the first time ever wrestled in the inside vs Franklin and almost completely nullified his work 'In the past Joshua has not applied this skill, and his opponents have been able to land attacks and catch him out'.

If Joshua would of been able to just quite simply wrestle Usyk on the inside, and disrupt his work 'It would of altered the dynamic if the fight dramatically' etc.

[jas]

why did he stay with him then?