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Donagh Corby

Anthony Joshua sacked coach over the phone after defeat by Oleksandr Usyk

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Anthony Joshua sacked his trainer Robert Garcia with a phone call after he lost his first fight with the new coach; his rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.

The two-time world heavyweight champion replaced head coach Rob McCracken with Garcia for the Usyk rematch back in August, and brought the American to London for a curated training camp. But the Brit was unable to reverse his fortunes, and while he looked much-improved, he still lost on the scorecards to Usyk.

Garcia has trained 13 world champions during his career, and was keen to make Joshua his first heavyweight champion. However, in the aftermath of the Brit's defeat to Usyk in August, he was keen to have him come and complete a training camp in California, outside of his comfort zone in London or Sheffield.

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