Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are expected to fight in a matter of months and now Joshua’s former trainer Robert Garcia has laid out his prediction for the clash, believing that a statement stoppage could be on the cards.
Joshua continued with amateur trainer Rob McCracken when he made the switch to the professional scene, but appointed Garcia as his lead cornerman for his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, after suffering a second career defeat under McCracken’s tutelage in his first encounter with the Ukrainian.
Although, despite the trainer switch, ‘AJ’ came up short once again in his rematch with Usyk, leading the Londoner to switch to Derrick James for his fight with Jermaine Franklin and then to Ben Davison for four fights thereafter – until a devastating knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois.
For his scrap with Jake Paul, Joshua teamed up with Iegor Golub, who also coaches Usyk, and it seems as though the two-time world champion will remain with Golub for his fights against Kristian Prenga and Fury during the second-half of the 2026 calendar.
Speaking with ESNEWS, Garcia looked ahead to the long-awaited fight and warned that Joshua will knock ‘The Gyspy King’ out cold if he is able to land the right-hand, anticipating a Joshua win, as long as he is mentally ready for a fight of such magnitude.
“If AJ is mentally ready, I think that AJ has the skills and the power to win. He has the right-hand to knock him out, but he has got to be mentally and physically 100%. Physically, I know that he is always ready, AJ is always in shape.
“He trains hard, he was dedicated when I was with him for a few months, but Fury is a street guy. He doesn’t give a f**k. He could come in heavy, fat, but he is still a going to give a good fight.”
“[With] that right-hand, if AJ lands, he will knock him out cold. And, he [Fury] gets hit with a lot of right-hand’s.”
Joshua fights Albania’s Prenga on Saturday, July 25, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he will look to show further improvements following additional time training with Team Usyk.
