Roy Jones thinks he can make boxer Anthony Joshua win matches again, and he’s hoping to meet him and talk about becoming his trainer.
If their meeting yields results, Roy could become Joshua’s trainer, probably putting him on the winning path.
According to Boxing Scene;
“I spoke to him at the fight last weekend,” Jones said of his meeting with Joshua in Abu Dhabi for the light heavyweight title bout between Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramirez during an interview with SecondsOut.com “And my opinion he still has everything necessary to become champ again. I’ll get him in the gym and look at him, assess his game, and I think he’ll be back to the top in six to eight months. I got a good long-term plan for him. If he agrees on a plan, which I haven’t told him, but I do have a plan for him, because I feel like you know in boxing I kind of know how to go for a guy most of the time.
“I kind of know the best route for him to take because I’ve been watching his whole career. I definitely have a good plan in mind for him. When he comes to see me in Brighton when I go train Chris, we’ll speak about it, I’ll assess him in the gym, then I’ll tell him what my plan is. If he likes the plan, we’ll get him the plan. If he don’t like the plan, then he’ll go find someone that suits him.”
Joshua parted ways with his longtime coach Robert McCracken after his points loss to Usyk in their first fight. Joshua elevated assistant trainer Angel Fernandez and went out and hired veteran Robert Garcia ahead of the Usyk rematch.
It is not clear if Joshua will continue to work with either Fernandez or Garcia. After the fight, Garcia caused some controversy after remarks he made to a Spanish-language website were construed as critical of Joshua.
Jones said his “plan” for Joshua is as much mental as anything else. Joshua was roundly lambasted by the boxing world for acting poorly shortly after Usyk was declared the winner of their rematch.
Initially, it appeared Joshua was going to get back into the ring as soon as December, against WBC titlist Tyson Fury, no less, but talks for those fights never got over the finish line. Jones said he told Joshua that he was “glad” he did not rush back into the ring, saying he needs some time to recover.
“His mindset really don’t need correcting, but it’s a lot of way to nurture that mindset, and that’s what my point is,” Jones said. “The whole plan I got is really built on mindset. So it’s like I’m glad – I told him – I’m glad you’re not fighting again right away because I would like to see you change a few things, reset your mind first, then go back out.
“Because if you go back out with the same game that you had yourself and everybody knows what changed. Like when he fought Usyk. What changed? Nothing. We gotta change things to expect a different outcome. So if I can get him for four or five months, change a few things then it’s possible to get some different outcomes. That’s my plan.”
I don’t think training is Joshua’s problem, Usyk is just a bad matchup for him.
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