Ricky Hatton has weighed in on Anthony Joshua’s training situation – and claims the team that oversaw AJ for the Oleksandr Usyk rematch should never be in ANYONE’s corner again, let alone Joshua’s.
Speaking to SecondsOut, Hatton said he believed the team should have saved Joshua from himself and prevented his now infamous post fight speech, and thus protected the Brit from the resulting criticism over the past couple of months.
“He went up to the opposite corner, giving them the fist a little bit. That was too heavy for my liking. Someone in that corner should have turned around and said, ‘Oh, AJ is losing it.’ Emotions are all over the place in a fight of that magnitude.”
“You just got beat, I get it, and it should have been someone putting their arm around him and saying, ‘Hey AJ, come on, mate. Let’s get out of the ring because you’re not too good.’
“No, they allowed it to happen. They allowed him to chuck belts out of the ring. They allowed him to get the microphone. What was his corner doing when they saw him with the microphone? They should never be in anyone’s corner again that lot. Shocking behaviour, shocking corner work.”
“Now everyone is having a pop at AJ. AJ could have been saved from all of that stuff by his team. It’s all about having the good team around me. That’s why I pretty much had the same team my whole career. Nobody knows you better than the people that have been with you your whole life.”
“They obviously come over from America. I have no idea why they came over. I think they could have done a lot better for AJ in the corner.”
Joshua brought in the experienced Robert Garcia for his second meeting with Usyk, however, with Joshua expected to return to action in December, it remains to be seen whether or not Joshua will stick or twist yet again with regards to his training situation.
