Anthony Joshua is being inspired by ‘old-school’ training methods of heavyweight legend
: “I was just doing some research on boxing and I came across Earnie Shavers.is known as one of the strongest punchers out there.“I have been focussing more on like old-school methods.
“S&C is a big part of sport now, but I think there’s a difference from S&C when your outside of training camp to S&C when you’re in training camp.“So yeah I think chopping trees and chopping wood is good for rotational power and all that type of stuff.Deontay Wilder is irrefutably the hardest hitting heavyweight of modern times, but his status as the most powerful puncher in history is often met with scepticism.
Shavers may not be the most glamorous fighter the heavyweight division has ever seen, but ‘The Black Destroyer’ is widely regarded as the hardest puncher in the history of the game.Following their fight, Muhammad Ali insisted Shavers was the hardest puncher he ever faced as he famously said: “Earnie hit me so hard, it shook my kinfolk back in Africa.
Astonishingly though, Holmes stunned everyone by climbing back to his feet and turning the fight around.Like Ali, Holmes always declared that Shavers was the hardest puncher he ever faced, despite the fact he was later knocked out by Mike Tyson. Shavers never won a world heavyweight title but he certainly made his mark on the boxing world with his presence still recognised by Joshua today.Anthony Joshua’s quest to become a three-time heavyweight champion begins onagainst Jermaine Franklin and talkSPORT will be live from London’s O2 to bring you coverage of the fight., DAB digital radio, download the talkSPORT app, or ask your smart speaker to play talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2.
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