ANTHONY JOSHUA confirmed that he promoted Angel Fernandez as head trainer in his quest to regain the world titles from Oleksandr Uzyk.
AJ lost his belts to the Ukrainian who is now fighting the Russian invasion in his homeland.
Anthony Joshua has promoted Angel Fernandez to the position of head trainer
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The British hero lost the fight, his second loss of his career. McCracken was then criticized for his attitude and began looking for a new trainer.
He has now announced that his assistant coach was promoted in a major change to his setup.
Joshua stated to Behind The Gloves, "I'm working right now with Angel Fernandez." He has been with me for the past three years.
AJ answered "Yeah man" when asked if Fernandez would become his main trainer.
This comes just a few days after Eddie Hearn, Joshua's Matchroom promoter, said that he felt it was now time for Joshua's to "move on" from McCracken’s Sheffield HQ.
He stated that he felt it was time to leave the environment.
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"But up there it is 'oh, my God! It's AJ!" because they are proud of him. Rob isn't always gone.
"That's a difficult conversation for those guys, it's because he is more than a trainer. He's also a mentor, advisor, and friend. It's not about who is training him; it's about where this will take place.
Joshua's rematch with Usyk, which was supposed to take place in April, is now uncertain. Usyk was involved in the fight against Vladimir Putin's Russia.
