Teddy Atlas has voiced his opinion on Anthony Joshua.
Many fans believe it was Joshua’s defeat to Andy Ruiz that was a catalyst for the Brit’s change in his performances and losing his aggressive style.
But Atlas has another theory and it’s all to do with the financial aspect of the former heavyweight champion.
Speaking to Macklin’s take podcast he said,
“When you talk about the Klitschko fight, bravo. He got off the floor with a guy who can hit with a right hand, bravo, that’s the behaviour of a champion. But the guy was 40 years old, let’s not forget that. Would he have got off the floor with a 30 year old Klitschko? I don’t know. But he did and he behaved like a champion.
But what I take out of that fight is he never behaved quite the same again, finding a way, doing what a champion does, getting up.
With the Ruiz fight, everyone looked at the physical parts, but what I’m saying is he didn’t behave like the way he did against Klitschko. I have to believe it’s this, and I know in my mind, he didn’t want to behave, he’s too rich to behave that way. I’m going to make it real simple.
When it was against Klitschko it meant everything, he didn’t have a bank account anywhere near as big as he does now and it was in front of his people. He didn’t have to get off the floor against Ruiz, his bank account was beyond all numbers, so he was safe, he was already safe… in boxing you should never be safe.”
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