‘Anthony Joshua is a big Chicken’

Edwin
Edwin  - CEO April 17, 2023
Updated 2023/04/17 at 1:57 PM
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Teddy Atlas blasts boxer for being cowardly

 

Joe Joyce is punched by Zhilei Zhang
Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang: British Joe Joyce left receiving end of Chinese Zhilei Zhang’s punishing punching

 

By Ed Emeanua

 

Legendary boxing trainer and fight commentator Teddy Atlas has inferenced that Anthony Joshua is chicken and avoiding a fight with heavy hitters to protect his easy-for-the-picking porcelain chin.

 

Atlas is betting on Joshua accepting to fight Joe Joyce now that the former interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight champion has just lost his title.

 

Responding on his official Twitter account, Atlas gave some uplifting words to Joyce, adding that it may now be easier for him to land a fight with the likes of Joshua following the loss.

 

“Silver lining in every dark cloud, and for Joyce it might be that this poor performance will now entice Joshua to fight him.”

 

“And if it does, you never know, if Joyce lands a right hand on that at times porcelain chin of Joshua, could be broken dishes.”

 

Joyce was a surprise loser to southpaw Zhilei Zhang in London last weekend, with the Chinese heavyweight fighter shocking the boxing world with his best career outing to capture the WBO interim world heavyweight title.

 

While weighing in on the likelihood of a future fight between Joyce and Joshua, Atlas, who once had Michael Tyson under his training stable, believes Joyce has the right arsenal to blowout Joshua.

 

However, Atlas says he’s backing the just beaten former interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) heavyweight champion to triumph against Joshua should they be matched up in the future.

 

 

Joyce went into the fray as a clear bookmakers’ favorite, with several boxing analysts believing that his endurance and punching power would be enough to extinguish the lights of his 39-year-old opponent.

 

However, ‘Big Bang’ proved them wrong, tying up his British foe in all kinds of Gordian knots right from the starting bell.

 

Zhang’s southpaw left failed to elude the big stationary target pose of Joyce, who was clearly dazed on many occasions all through the bout.

 

Joyce’s right eye was closed over by the Chinese heavyweight almost on the first ring of the bell and finally the harm got so bad that the doctor and referee had no choice but to stop the fight midway into the sixth round.

 

A rematch clause in the Zhang fight contract allows Joyce to ask for a second showdown with the Chines boxer, but the Brit covertly indicated in his post-fight interview that he may take an easier route in next fight date.

 

As for Joshua, he appears to have changed his mind on taking up three fights this year having said his next ring bout will happen in December.

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