Anthony Joshua's trainer Robert Garcia had no say in whether or not his fighter would accept Tyson Fury's offer for a December match-up.
The former world heavyweight champion has lost twice in a row to Oleksandr Usyk, and was likely gearing up for a couple of fights to get back in action before ultimately heading back to world level. However, when Fury's team came in with a fight offer for the end of the year, Joshua's team accepted and are now awaiting a contract.
But in an interesting turn of events, Garcia claims that he had minimal say in Joshua facing Fury, and would have preferred for him to have as many as three fights before agreeing to the bout. He told Izquierdazo that as the newest member of the team he didn't have as much of a say, and insisted that he is confident in the Brit's team and their ability to make the right decisions.
