– It works. It works.
Anthony Joshua says it again and again. Almost apologetically.
As if he might be a little regrets that he shows his home above, and now on its own apologetic manner explains why there is more to see than that.
For it works.
But no more than that.
For the occasion, he temporarily moved into in the time leading up to the match 1. June, is located in more than one sense of the word far from home in London.
living Joshua fashionably and lavishly in something that can easily be described as a palace, and how he uses loose of its a lot of money. The situation in Sheffield-the apartment is a second.
It is modest surroundings. Not necessarily poor, but modest. As if he has seen or reviewed the Rocky and decided to try it.
he says in a tv clip, he has put up on his YouTube channel, and as you can see here.
In the almost four minute long video guides he viewers through the apartment’s rooms and explains humbly, how he lives.
There is a look into the fridge, Anthony throw yourself smiling on a bed and put your hands behind your head, as if he enjoys it. The idea is to let viewers and fans know that here is only focus on one thing: the Training, sparringen, the fight.
– When people see this place, they ask, why we not moved, he says, and laughs.
Joshua in the ring against Alexander Povetkin in a heavyweight double the noise in London in september. Photo: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
One of the advantage of the apartment is the location. Just a few minutes walk away is the gym, where he spends so much of his time for the time being.
– It works, he says again and laughs.
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There is nothing on the walls, no large screen tv, the furniture is worn. But it works.
– I can just sit back after a long day and just think about my training, sparring, what I want to achieve in and outside the ring. Here is very quiet, and there is not so much, he says.
And we must just say, that it compel respect out in the big world.
We bring a small selection of the comments follows below.
– the Rich man who lives like that? Respect!
– This is how true masters are…humble and down to earth. AJ, if you continue like this…? YOU PLAY NEVER BUST as others before you. God keep you brother.
– You have my utmost respect!!! Thumbs up for AJ!!!!
– In a world filled with bling blind and flashiness, it’s like a game of fresh air to see this. Where are you a big man, AJ, a true inspiration. Continue!
The british media has, of course, thrown himself over the clip in the same style as the Extra Leaf is now doing. Here also there are strong reactions – although the one here is more amazed.
– It is bizarre to see the 198-centimetre-long AJ in a small room with nothing on the walls, writes the BBC.
– He has the problems with being in there, writes The Sun, while the Daily Mirror calls the situation ‘humble’.
Joshua must be in the ring and meet Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller in New York 1. June.
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