Anthony Joshua should relish the criticism he gets and use it to ‘fuel him’ moving forwards.
That’s according to talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan, who has praised AJ for his victory over Otto Wallin last month.
Joshua dominated and stopped his rival contender in impressive fashion to set up a fight with Deontay Wilder in March.
However, Wilder failed to fulfil his side of the bargain as he was beaten by Joseph Parker on the same show in Saudi Arabia.
Now AJ’s future is unclear, but he certainly looks set to receive more positive coverage in 2024 than he did in 2023 for his lacklustre performances on the comeback trail following back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk.
Jordan began on the talkSPORT talkBOXING podcast: “The irony of Anthony’s position about the unfair criticism he gets is [that it’s] probably an energy he can fuel himself with.
“But he shouldn’t want the criticism to stop because I think it fuels him.”
At this point his co-host Spencer Oliver added: “I’m with you and I said that to Joshua in one of the interviews I did with him.
“I know he was very angry with talkSPORT and the criticism he was getting from talkSPORT.
“I said, ‘Listen Josh, you should be feeding off of that, that’s what good fighters do. Go and prove them wrong, that’s where your fuel should be coming from.’
“I think to a certain extent he’s done that.
“If people are talking about you, it’s a good thing. Because that means you’re doing something right, that is for sure.
“I said, ‘Just turn that negative into a positive, that’s all you’ve got to do, believe in yourself. Don’t worry about what people say because that doesn’t make any difference when the first bell rings, you’ve just gotta go out there and deliver.'”
