Tyson Fury’s trainer Ben Davison aims dig at Anthony Joshua after Andy Ruiz Jr win
Joshua a ‘poor man’s Tyson Fury’ over his win against Andy
Ruiz Jr on Saturday evening.
Following his shock defeat at Madison Square Garden in
June, Joshua beat Ruiz via unanimous decision in Saudi
Arabia to reclaim the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world
heavyweight titles.
For the rematch, Joshua adopted a smarter approach by
working behind a stiff jab and using quick movement to keep
the distance between himself and Ruiz.
And plan worked as two ringside judges scored the contest
118-110, while the other delivered a verdict of 119-109, all in
Joshua’s favour.‘That’s not in a nasty way because, you know, obviously he
can’t do it to the level of Tyson but it was the tactics and he
did well, it was a 50-50 fight and he came out with the win,
so it was a good performance.
Asked to clarify his comparison with Fury, Davison replied:
‘Just the fact the distance he was trying to box at, the way
he was trying to use the ring, the areas he was trying to use,
the tactics he employed, basically.
‘It looked a big ring but listen I’m not going to say ‘oh this,
oh that’ because it’s better for British boxing that Joshua
won because means there’s big shows in the UK and if
there’s big shows it should mean big money for prospects
who are on that show.’Joshua has been heavily criticised by Deontay Wilder for the
tactics he adopted , but while Davison has given more credit
to the 30-year-old, he has pointed out that Joshua will never
be able to replicate the style to the same level as Fury.‘Good performance, he added another side to his game,
done what he needed to do, got the win which was the most
important thing,’ Davison told iFL TV .
‘That’s exactly what he needed to employ.
‘It was almost, not in a horrible way, but it was like a poor
man’s Tyson Fury, wasn’t it?‘That’s not in a nasty way because, you know, obviously he
can’t do it to the level of Tyson but it was the tactics and he
did well, it was a 50-50 fight and he came out with the win,
so it was a good performance.
Asked to clarify his comparison with Fury, Davison replied:
‘Just the fact the distance he was trying to box at, the way
he was trying to use the ring, the areas he was trying to use,
the tactics he employed, basically.
‘It looked a big ring but listen I’m not going to say ‘oh this,
oh that’ because it’s better for British boxing that Joshua
won because means there’s big shows in the UK and if
there’s big shows it should mean big money for prospects
who are on that show.’
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