In an interview, Teddy Atlas, former coach of boxing champion Tyson, shelled former WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight anthony Joshua, believing that he was like a businessman who made a lot of money, looked elegant, and lacked the original wildness of boxing.
Atlas means that Joshua has lost his killer instinct as a boxer, is too content with the status quo, and seems to be open to failure.
Atlas said: "Joshua makes too much money, I do think so. He politely and easily accepted the failure. I want to see a real winner and loser. I mean he's probably too rich to act peacefully about failure, like a polite hurtful man who lacks the raw boxing wildness. ”
Atlas continued: "What we want is a war, a war of short arms. As soon as I talked about it, my blood boiled. Usik has nearly 400 amateur games and has met too many heavy gunners, so it would be foolish to play like Joshua. If I were Joshua, I would start a war, and that would be murder, a life-and-death war. Let your brave soul take you deep into the fragile heart. ”
Atlas, a veteran boxing coach and boxing analyst, is a combative veteran boxer who served as a sparring partner for boxing champion Tyson in the 1980s and pointed a gun at Tyson's head before the two parted ways.
Atlas once replaced Kus D'Amato as Tyson's actual executive coach, which greatly helped Tyson's growth. He later worked with several top boxers such as Alexander Powittkin, Michael Mueller and others. Atlas's philosophy was radical adventurous and positive and wild, and he was not accustomed to Joshua being so polite.
We can think of the big battle between The Boxer Wilder and Tyson Fury, although Wild was KO Twice, but never gave up until the last moment, Wilder's will quality is far more than Joshua. Wilder's heart is stronger and his boxing style is wilder. I believe that Atlas is more appreciative of Wilder's style. It's just that Wilder's technology is relatively crude.
Joshua has always given the impression of a gentleman who is elegant and humble, and before being KO By Ruiz, he was still more passionate in boxing, but he would only become afraid and bound by timidity. Joshua's killer nature is gone, and in the face of the upgraded Usik, he does not dare to let go of his hands and feet, let go of a fight, and is humiliated by Usik's points, which is indeed a heavyweight sadness.
Atlas's words also hated iron and steel, and he longed to see Joshua take revenge and bombard Usik with a heavy fist. Even if you fail, you have no regrets. However, Joshua's chin, physical fitness, and psychological quality are all shortcomings, and it is difficult to successfully take revenge. He's good enough to be on par with Usik. 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】