{"id":300587,"date":"2023-12-20T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T13:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300587"},"modified":"2023-12-20T13:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T13:23:56","slug":"im-not-a-big-time-charlie-says-anthony-joshua-as-he-explains-gym-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/im-not-a-big-time-charlie-says-anthony-joshua-as-he-explains-gym-etiquette\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m not a big-time Charlie’ says Anthony Joshua as he explains gym etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"
Anthony Joshua insists he\u2019s not been a \u2018big-time Charlie\u2019 in his new gym as he made his \u2018grand arrival\u2019 in Riyadh.<\/p>\n
The British heavyweight star is still one of the biggest boxing names in the planet but he\u2019s not been acting the top dog in Ben Davison\u2019s gym since teaming up with his latest trainer.<\/p>\n
Joshua, 34, has been in the gym with former WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood as well as rising star Pat McCormack and heavyweight Jeamie TKV (Tshikeva). The move to the Harlow gym ahead of his clash with Otto Wallin this weekend in Saudi came as a surprise.<\/p>\n
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But he said: \u201cIn terms of camp, I respect all of the fighters. They\u2019ve been there before me. To go in there, I\u2019m aware I\u2019ve got to be respectful of their space as well. I\u2019m not in there like the big Charlie like, \u2018yeah I\u2019m here now\u2019. Nah, I respect everyone there, I show them love.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a big supporter of boxing. Everyone wants to do well. Everyone just wants to push themselves. So I\u2019ve gone in there with that energy \u2013 \u2018come on let\u2019s go, let\u2019s push ourselves, how can we get better?\u2019<\/p>\n
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\u201cMe and Jeamie TKV (Tshikeva) we do our crunches and our abs together, me and Leigh Wood do circuits together, Shabaz (Masoud), Pat (McCormack), Luke (McCormack) and all of the other boys in there. I respect the coaches as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joshua arrived at the grand arrival event which was staged at a brand-new theme park in Riyadh which was built in just 88 days. But he kept it brief in interviews with broadcasters after walking the red carpet along with potential March rival Deontay Wilder.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s a really good environment that gym,\u201d added Joshua. \u201cI\u2019m happy I was there early enough that I basically had a full camp for this fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though it came up at a late stage like seven weeks out, I\u2019m really happy that I was in training camp early on because this opportunity I didn\u2019t want to miss for the world."<\/p>\n