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Ukrainian cruiserweight Serhiy Radchenko (5-0), who shared the room with current IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in Wladimir Klitschko’s training camp before Kubrat Pulev fight, said that Joshua is really good, intelligent and humble guy.
“Anthony Joshua is very intelligent guy. Most of black guys in Klitschko camps, especially American guys, were extremely noisy. But Joshua, unlike them, is very polite, smart and sensible guy. And very humble, considering that he was already very popular then after winning Olympic gold medal” - said Radchenko.
Serhiy also revealed what happened in the ring when Klitschko sparred Joshua.
“Joshua looked pretty good in sparrings. He was probably the best and the most competitive Klitschko’s sparring partner in that camp, although it’s hard to say definitely because Wladimir boxes differently against different sparring partners, and some of the guys do not work at 100% in the sparring. And while Wladimir, who starts the sparring part of the camp right away from 12-rounds sparrings, always changes sparring partners after 2 rounds (or 3 at most), he once asked Joshua to spar 6 rounds.
“So, all in all, I can tell you that Joshua looked pretty good in sparrings against Klitschko, but Wladimir was still clearly better. It looked like Joshua lacked confidence and experience then to make those sparring sessions really competitive. And, yes, he looked very decent in 6-round sparring, but I don't know how would he look if he had to go 12 against Wlad” - said Serhiy Radchenko.
Source and photos are here - http://boxingnews.com.ua/en/news/191...hshe-radchenko
“Anthony Joshua is very intelligent guy. Most of black guys in Klitschko camps, especially American guys, were extremely noisy. But Joshua, unlike them, is very polite, smart and sensible guy. And very humble, considering that he was already very popular then after winning Olympic gold medal” - said Radchenko.
Serhiy also revealed what happened in the ring when Klitschko sparred Joshua.
“Joshua looked pretty good in sparrings. He was probably the best and the most competitive Klitschko’s sparring partner in that camp, although it’s hard to say definitely because Wladimir boxes differently against different sparring partners, and some of the guys do not work at 100% in the sparring. And while Wladimir, who starts the sparring part of the camp right away from 12-rounds sparrings, always changes sparring partners after 2 rounds (or 3 at most), he once asked Joshua to spar 6 rounds.
“So, all in all, I can tell you that Joshua looked pretty good in sparrings against Klitschko, but Wladimir was still clearly better. It looked like Joshua lacked confidence and experience then to make those sparring sessions really competitive. And, yes, he looked very decent in 6-round sparring, but I don't know how would he look if he had to go 12 against Wlad” - said Serhiy Radchenko.
Source and photos are here - http://boxingnews.com.ua/en/news/191...hshe-radchenko
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