Anthony Joshua Surrenders to ‘Money’ Mentality, Takes a Page Out of Floyd Mayweather’s Playbook

‘Money!’ It is all the reason for the Former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua to make it big in boxing. His hopes to win big prize money from boxing have put him in the same category as the richest boxer in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jr. Recently in a press conference, the former heavyweight champion revealed his real motivation for the big fights. iD Boxing News shared a clip on Instagram, which reveals what is the one thing that motivates AJ to take up big fights.

Although the post received a lot of criticism from fans, he revealed that he was broke before entering boxing and it is the main reason for him to get out of the situation. It is safe to say that his recent days are not fruitful for the former champion, but he certainly had a pretty impressive run before that.

Anthony Joshua knows what’s important in this prizefighting profession

Although the interview received some level of backlash from fans, a true sportsman like Joshua does not care about it. When the interviewer asked him the question, “What is the desire?” It took no time for AJ to answer, “Money, Money, Money! I like making money.” AJ then justified his desire further explaining why money motivates him. “This is a prizefighting sport, like I’ve been broke. My family’s been broke, I know what this s*** means, and I do it cause I’m good at it, and I hustle hard and when it’s all said and done, no one will care about me no more,” he added.

After his statement about money went viral, fans put him in the same category as Floyd Mayweather Jr. Notably, Mayweather also talks about money all the time, and it has certainly made him the richest boxer ever.

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The two-time unified world champion started his career in 2013 and from then on there was no looking back for him. Meanwhile, fate turned its back after his back-to-back loss to Oleksandr Usyk. However many believe that he was never the same after his loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. Joshua is looking to redeem himself against Jermaine Franklin, under the supervision of his new coach.

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AJ has finally seemed to have settled with ‘Trainer of the year’ awardee, Derick James. He recently parted ways with his longtime main coach Robert Garcia, some days ago, after his losses. However, before his ‘Do- or -die’ fight against Jermaine Franklin, he looks to leave no stones untouched.

Anthony Joshua is certainly one of the best boxers in the world. Fans are waiting to see a massive win from AJ and he is pretty confident stepping into his next challenge. What do you think of his ‘Money’ comment? Let us know in the comments.

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