A decade after he first became British boxing’s golden boy at London 2012, Anthony Joshua must prove he still retains his lustre.
Joshua was severely tarnished by his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk and he has been questioned in the 11 months since. He must prove he has learned from the worst loss of his career when his gameplan of trying to outbox the superb Usyk backfired spectacularly.
Joshua has gambled by bringing in Robert Garcia as his new trainer and his strategy on Saturday night in the air-conditioned King Abdullah Sports City Arena will be to be more aggressive. Intelligent pressure is Garcia’s mantra and he wants Joshua to fight on the front foot without leaving himself exposed to the excellent counter-punching Usyk.
