Russian coach puts a cross on Joshua after he refused to train in Russian Federation

Gennady Mashyanov, the trainer of world heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (21-0, 1 KO), said that he allegedly had to work with British Anthony Joshua (25-3, 22 KOs). He added that the Watford native was ready to train in Russia, although there were talks of cooperation after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Mashyanov told about this in an interview with the propaganda channel Match TV. The specialist also noted that he was not interested in Joshua's rematch with compatriot Dillian Whyte (28-3, 19 KOs), as the winner of this fight is known in advance, but put a cross on Anthony.

"Both Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn had this desire for him to train with me. But now... Joshua is influenced by his parents. Maybe that was the thing. I don't know what the nuances were. And I think he would have been willing to go to Russia to train. Whyte? Fights are supposed to be competitive, and I don't see any competition here. It's just a fight to avoid downtime, not to get rusty. Although Joshua, as I think, will not return to his previous level," said the Russian trainer.

It should be noted that the Joshua-Whyte rematch will take place in London on August 12. Exactly two weeks later, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs) will hold a mandatory defense against Daniel Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) in Wroclaw.

If he wins, Usyk hopes to unify all the heavyweight belts in a fight with Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), who the day before announced a fight with former Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Francis Ngannou.

Saudi Arabia intends to organize fights Usyk - Fury and Joshua - Deontay Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) in one night. The media published the fees of boxers for the grand show. At the same time, Anthony has already confirmed his bout against Deontay.

As reported OBOZREVATEL, the famous Russian promoter Vladimir Khryunov wished Oleksandr Usik defeat in the fight with Daniel Dubois. The Briton himself spoke about the fear he saw in the eyes of the Ukrainian during the duel of glances.

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