It’s no secret that Lennox Lewis and Anthony Joshua haven’t always seen eye to eye.
Former undisputed champion and widely revered all-time great Lewis has had plenty to say about Joshua in the past. Even as recently as ahead of his last fight in March, Lewis poured scorn on ‘AJ’ for choosing an opponent he thought had ‘no credibility’ in Francis Ngannou.
Regardless of that, ‘AJ’ scored an impressive knockout win over the former MMA star to complete four solid victories in a year with two of the other three also being stoppages against Robert Helenius and Otto Wallin.
The most recent wins came with new coach Ben Davison in ‘AJ’s corner – the man many are crediting with turning his form around after the back-to-back losses he took to Oleksandr Usyk.
Speaking to Boxing King Media, Lewis was asked if he saw improvements in Joshua under Davison and pinpointed his ‘winning mentality’ as the key factor for the change around.
“I think his transformation in his last couple of fights was his winning mentality.
I see it in him, he’s more focused, he’s more serious, so I’m happy he has a good guy in his corner that can give him good information that he can work off.”
It is widely tipped that Joshua will be out next against Daniel Dubois in September when the pair could potentially battle it out for the vacant IBF title as he attempts to become a three-time world champion.
