Anthony Joshua says he fired Rob McCracken, his old trainer team, and for not telling him that he was losing the Usyk fight.

ANTHONY JOSHUA said he quit Rob McCracken with the rest of his team, after they failed to tell him he was losing against Oleksandr Uzyk.

AJ was defeated in 12 rounds last September, and his corner work was immediately questioned.

Joshua split with McCracken, Joshua's long-time coach, and Joby Clayton, Joshua's assistant.

Angel Fernandez is still with us and will be joined by Robert Garcia, a respected US mastermind, for the rematch against Usyk on August 20, in Saudi Arabia.

They will be given strict instructions to AJ to do it right, even if he's in a losing situation.

Joshua stated that there was too much going on around the corner, which didn't help. A corner is similar to a pitstop.

"You have approximately 55 seconds to calm down, hydrate, and follow simple instructions.

"That's how you should do it. It is not healthy to have too many voices at once.

"I was being told things such as, "Double jab right, left hook" it wasn't like, "Take the fight to the f***er, you're losing this fight."

"A trainer must tap into the psychological aspect now because you can overcome your mind and give more,"

Joshua, 32, decided to outbox Usyk (35), and never looked back as the fight drew closer.

Because AJ believed he was ahead and was winning.

Joshua said, "I swear that I believed I was. I believed I looked like Muhammad Ali there.

"I can show sparring footage of me on the ropes, leaning back. You are supposed to train adversity.

"Sit down, let a motherf***er hit you with punches, and then you can just sit, sit and wait.

"That's how confidence is gained. This is what I did in the fight for the 12th.

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"I thought I was winning the fight, but I knew at that point it was close.

"I believed that I was at the right stage because there wasn't any communication about where I was at.

"Like, "You're losing the fight...you're down by two rounds." That was not what I got.

"I don't blame anyone for saying that, but I didn't get the impression that I was losing this fight."

"I thought that we were doing well in it. "That's why I thought we were well in it.

"So, I was jabbing. It was difficult to accept it later.

"Now, when I look at it back, I think that he won by three round, that's probably starting in the ninth round."