‘There’s been no one like Anthony Joshua since Cassius Clay’

Joseph Parker

John Oliver
Trainer at Finchley ABC
He was just a class act from day one. Itโ€™s a dream for every trainer, doesnโ€™t matter who it is, they are looking for that type of fighter to come through the door. Iโ€™ve never seen anybody like that. I go right the way back to the days of Cassius Clay, I was boxing myself in those days. I was in the gymnasium when Cassius Clay walked in and Iโ€™d never seen anyone with the kind of physique Clay had, until Anthony Joshua walked into the gym. The movement, the ability, itโ€™s just natural โ€“ you canโ€™t train that.

Tony Sims
Current trainer
Heโ€™s made the transition from amateur to professional boxing tremendously well. Heโ€™s a great athlete. But no one has really tested him yet so itโ€™s hard to say. Until we start seeing someone pushing him over 10 or 12 rounds, we wonโ€™t see what heโ€™s really made of.

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