Anthony Joshua is prepared for the ultimate face-off with Joseph Parker in an electrifying match scheduled for Saturday the 31, March.
For the past weeks both boxers ceaselessly hurled comments at each other in a bid to make the other feel less secure about the bout which will take place at the Cardiff Principality Stadium in England.
Anthony Joshua will make his fourth stadium appearance against the New Zealander, while it will be a fresh one for Jospeh Parker. Knowing this, A.J is planning on exploiting Parker’s ‘stage fright’ in the 80,000 capacity stadium.
“Its an experience he hasn’t faced yet. Its daunting, it’s overwhelming,” Joshua told BBC Radio 5 live’s boxing podcast. “It took me a few times to get used to it”.
“You have a fighter that will block out the house, which takes a whole heap of energy. Then you have a fighter who rides the wave, which can leave you too excited.” Joshua said.
Joshua who currently holds two world heavy weight titles revealed to BBC that just like three others before him; Lennox Lewis who was the very first to hold three heavy weight titles (IBF, WBA, WBC) at a time after defeating Evander Holyfield on Nov 13, 1999, Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko, he plans on making history when he defeats Parker.
“The fight is won or lost in training camp but the last bolt is screwed on during the spell from your changing room to the first bell,” he said.
“…This is history,” Joshua emphasises, “This is a unification fight with two heavyweights undefeated and it’s in the UK. It’s going to be electric. You know when you come here to fight myself, you know there’s going to be blood, a fighter hurt and 20 times out of 20 I’ve been victorious, so expect the same routine.”
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