Comments Thread For: Joshua: Firing McCracken 'Silly,' But Will Add To Training Team

[Idunnoshet]

George Foreman is the right man to add to what he already has. AJ just needs to learn how to use his height/reach to his advantage and learn how to fight smart without expending too much energy. he always want to fight like Mike Tyson and the style isn't for someone as tall as him with long reach.

Foreman knows how to destroy short guys. If he can pick up Larry Holmes' brain on how to use his jab more effectively, that would be a blessing as well.

Isn't that something ( his coach ) McCracken should've taught him ?

[markther]

George has so many tricks he can show him in addition to what George felt he did wrong or could have done differently in certain fights. Especially Foreman 2, the fighter he was after he came back from retirement after so many years. I would listen to him commentate fights and at first the stuff he said sounded crazy but he knew his sh@t. Like when he said big guys have to put their weight on smaller guys, it wears them down over the course of the fight. Or the stuff he would say to do in clinches or against the ropes. Or leveraging height and reach advantages. Or hitting on all parts of the body above the waist when the head isn’t open. Or how to correctly use power and delivering power shots. Joshua should have reached out to him already. What is he waiting for. As soon as George or any legend offered, I would have called.

[Slicc]

I thought it said McChicken for a sec lol

[ShoulderRoll]

Adding an extra pair of eyes and another voice during training camp wouldn't be a bad thing.

George Foreman's insight would have value I think.

[BangEM]

Isn't that something ( his coach ) McCracken should've taught him ?

Most coaches have their limitations. Look at Freddie Roach and how he’s a great offensive mind but his fighters are poor defensively. And heavyweight boxing is completely different from other weight classes, hence not all coaches can train heavyweights.

Also, you’re only as good as your coach and Carl Froch is what MCCraken is. Josh is more talented than Froch ever was and he needs a coach that specialises in other aspects of boxing to maximise his enormous talent. He just needs extra input on how to fight tall and use his height advantage to become a complete fighter. And perhaps how to conserve energy through the rounds.

He’s already good against boxers his height and taller because he’s head and shoulders above all the tall HWs when it comes to fighting on the inside in short and midrange with hooks and uppercut, hence I think he’ll beat both Fury and Wilder easily.

[texasboi15]

Has Foreman EVER cornered anybody before?!

Shit smells of desperation

This guy is fighting for his fckin boxing life and and the best ya'll got is George FCKING Foreman?!

A few tips here and there..?!

I mean no disrespect to the all-time great but DO YOU MOTHERFCKERS KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE?!?!

[Walexhris]

Wilder isn't fast. Wilder is also the biggest cherry picker in Boxing. Besides getting help from the ref and doctor to recover after being severely hurt by an old man with high blood pressure, Ortiz and getting a gift draw against an out of shape coke head, Fury. Wilder has defended his title against bums ranked over 30. Joshua will knock Wilder silly. The 2 best Heavyweights right now are Big Andy Ruiz and Tyson Fury. Wilder could fight the ice cream man and his idiot fans will still praise him for getting the KO win. Wilder can't fight on the inside either.

Ohhh......now Andy is one of the best?

[P4P Forever]

1 fight ago UK fans worshiped the unbeatable Joshua. Now he going to need extra help in camp, guess they will have to talk more ****e about Wilder since they got nothing to say about how great AJ is anymore. Whaaaa whhaaaaaa.... get ready for a bunch of whiners.... loosing there minds again and again

[Walexhris]

Needs to get rid of McCracken, he's simply not good enough as a trainer.

Really Bread......a guy that is untested when it comes to heavy weights....u believe Joshua should take such a risk at this point in his career?

[P4P Forever]

Actually a therapist, could do more for AJ then big George could. I'm actually not joking