Ben Davison Asked If He Would Train Anthony Joshua For A Tyson Fury Fight After Coaching Both

Kristan Caryl
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Ben Davison Asked If He Would Train Anthony Joshua For A Tyson Fury Fight After Coaching Both

Anthony Joshua has had three trainers in his last four fights but might have found the best of the lot in his most recent outing against Otto Wallin.

The boxing world was widely impressed with the way in which Joshua got back to his potent and powerful best when stopping Wallin on his stool after the fifth round.

It was the main event on the Day of Reckoning card and the victory against the Swedish southpaw that famously pushed Tyson Fury hard over 12 rounds in 2019 has set Joshua up for a huge 2024.

One potential fight could be against Fury should he come through his undisputed clash with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia on February 17.

The two British heavyweights have something in common in that Fury was once trained by Ben Davison, who was with ‘AJ’ for his last outing and was in Fury’s corner for the Wallin fight in Las Vegas.

Speaking to ProBoxingFans, Davison was asked if he would train Joshua for a Fury fight in the future and he declined to be drawn on the matter.

“It’s a hypothetical conversational isn’t it, ’cause we’re a million miles away from that happening. At the minute it’s not even on the radar, it’s not even something to think about ’cause it’s a million miles away.”

Davison then explained why he is not yet thinking about that potential challenge.

“There’s two fights with Fury and Usyk and ‘AJ’ has other tasks ahead so that’s the focus at the minute.”

Joshua has now signed to face another former Fury for in Francis Ngannou.

Kristan has been writing about music and sport for 20 years. He’s done cover features for the most influential music magazines on the planet, written books about the world’s top DJs and most celebrated clubs, interviewed footballing heroes and profiled Tour de France legends. He joined Boxing Social in the summer of 2023 as a news and feature writer.

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