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>youtube.com/watch?v=munHsZVRRTY
>Props to Frampton (age 32; 26-2 featherweight), for posing a solid query: “I’ve been on the deck before as a fighter, and I feel I learned a lot in that fight. You were on the deck versus Wladimir Klitschko, what have you learned from that fight and that experience?” he asked.
>AJ took a deep breath and it looked like he was not ready for such a substantive question right out of the starting block.
>“What did I learn from that? Right? You know when it’s a slugfest, not a technical fight — it’s weird, it was just a slugfest, so, one of those ones where I had to go down to get up, to fight back,” said Joshua (22-0, 21 KO).
>“But what I learned is that I was too top heavy as a heavyweight, I was doing a lot of weights, so I couldn’t carry my body properly. And learned how to pace myself throughout the rounds. And also, lastly, I said to my coach, look, if I have another one of these fights, then I’m done with boxing. I said I should be good enough that I don’t have to go through, like, hell and back to win a fight. The fight, it should be a good competition, but I shouldn’t go through one of those fights to win.”
>And also, lastly, I said to my coach, look, if I have another one of these fights, then I’m done with boxing. I said I should be good enough that I don’t have to go through, like, hell and back to win a fight. The fight, it should be a good competition, but I shouldn’t go through one of those fights to win.”