Anthony Joshua's sparring partner has claimed he was living a "prison lifestyle" before his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.
Joshua was looking for revenge against Usyk last weekend but came up short losing to a split decision in Saudi Arabia to hand him a second consecutive defeat. 'AJ' believed he had the ability and game plan to overcome Usyk at the second time of asking after making significant changes to his preparations for the second meeting.
This included working with new trainer Robert Garcia and Angel Fernandez at Loughborough University, after replacing long-term coach Rob McCracken following his first defeat to Usyk last September. And Joshua's sparring partner Isaac Okoh has revealed Joshua did all he could during training camp to retain focus on the task at hand.
