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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Donagh Corby

Anthony Joshua's new coach admits former world champion has "mental problem"

Anthony Joshua's trainer Robert Garcia has admitted the former heavyweight champion has developed a "mental problem" after his two losses.

The American coach is the newest addition to Joshua's corner team as he looks to overhaul his plans ahead of his summer rematch with Oleksandr Usyk for the unified belts. He has been drafted in to replace Rob McCracken, who had been with Joshua throughout his professional career, but came in for criticism over the Usyk loss.

And Garcia, who has trained 14 world champions but none at heavyweight, believes that Joshua has hit a mental block after first being stopped by Andy Ruiz Jr and then losing a lop-sided decision to the Ukrainian. The Brit managed to come back and defeat Ruiz in their rematch, but the bookies have him as an underdog to do it again.

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