will remain with coach Ben Davison as he prepares to fight Francis NGA Now, the heavyweight has revealed.
Joshua teamed with Davison, a former coach of Tyson Fury, ahead of his bout with Otto Walling in December, a fight that “AJ” won after five rounds. For his two previous fights in 2023 – wins against Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helen is – Joshua trained under American Derrick James in Texas.
The move to train with Davison was a surprising one from the former two-time heavyweight champion, who was reluctant to explain his decision ahead of the bout with Walling. Now, however, Joshua has opened up on his partnership with fellow Briton Davison, who will be in the 34-year-old’s corner against NGA nous on 8 March.
Backstage at the press conference for the fight, which will take place in Saudi Arabia, Joshua told reporters on Monday: “I believed that [training with] Derrick was like a process. He’s got an actual style of training, and I had to adapt to his style, it was a process. And I’d just changed trainers; I’d been to Rob [McCracken], I’d been with Angel [Fernandez], [Robert] Garcia, now Derrick. I said to the boys: ‘I don’t wanna move again, I wanna make my bed and lie in it.’
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