ANTHONY JOSHUA adopted a 'challenger mentality" after his defeat to Oleksandr Uzyk.
In September, Usyk, a skilled southpaw, reclaimed the unified heavyweight titles from AJ with a masterclass at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Anthony Joshua lost in the Tottenham duel with Oleksandr Uzyk in September
Joshua's defeat to the Ukrainian forced him to search for a new training facility and reevaluate his strategy. Eddie Hearn, Joshua's promoter, believes this will make him a better person.
Betfred was told by him: "There is a fine line between success and failure, and those few percentages of rest relate directly to that."
"He has been in Sheffield for 14 years now. It's an amazing facility, but he is God there.
His picture is everywhere and everyone looks up to him.
"I think we need to be rough and tough, but he has to have the challenger mentality in order to win this fight. He's got it.
"Everything that I hear from him tells us that he wants Usyk to lose badly, and he's determined to do so. I didn’t hear anything about it going into the first fight.
"He is angry, which is good.
"No decision has yet been made, but I think a change in scenery would be good to him in terms of his training camp's location."
Joshua, 32, was faced with strong calls to fire Rob McCracken, his coach after his second dethronement.
Hearn is convinced that the Olympian will not be able to forgo his long-standing trainer.
He stated that Robert McCracken was more than a trainer for AJ. He is a friend. He is a mentor. He is an advisor.
"I believe that AJ sometimes needs a change in scenery. It was refreshing for him to go over to America last week.
"From being mobbed anywhere he is in the UK, to that not occurring.
"I don't mean to say that people don't know him, but it is different from not being able walk around here.
"You are constantly being photographed all over the place and the great thing about AJ is that he has time for everyone. This can make it more difficult.
"Sometimes, he takes half an hour of photos before he even gets into training."
Joshua, the former heavyweight champion of the unified weight division, suggested that he might be ready to ditch McCracken in his rematch against Usyk which is expected to happen early next year.
He said to iFL TV, "As a man I have to do the right thing for me."
Rob and I talk about it. Rob, as a man agrees that it's good to me. He'll tell me 'champ' if it's right for him.
Rob is not a controlling person. He's laid back and happy to see the progress of what's necessary.
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