The world heavyweight champion is still sparring days before Saturday’s fight, a trick he learned from Wladimir Klitschko
The hours drag in the last, slow week of a world heavyweight title fight and Anthony Joshua has been sparring at night as a way of killing time while sharpening his final preparations.
The IBF, WBA and WBO belt holder faces Kubrat Pulev on Saturday and, usually, a heavyweight champion would have cut back on all forms of sparring by now, but Joshua said: “The body can get soft easy. You’ve got to stay switched on, shots coming at you, gauging distance, feeling different shots. I want someone in the ring imitating Pulev. I want to spar tonight.”
Written by Donald McRae
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/10/anthony-joshua-spars-on-runup-saturday-fight-kubrat-pulev-boxing under the title “Anthony Joshua taking Klitschko route to title defence against Pulev | Donald McRae”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
