December 7 Showdown: Be yourself—Joshua advised ahead Ruiz Jr rematch

Anthony Joshua has been told to be himself to beat against Andy Ruiz Jr in next weekend’s world title rematch in Saudi Arabia.

That’s the verdict of former world champion John Conteh, who said the British fighter should stop worrying about “playing catch-up”.

“He does it well. I feel he’s a natural fighter, becoming an Olympic champion and a world champion after starting at 17.

“But I always feel he looks like he’s catching up. He’s going against fighters now who won’t allow him, at that level, to catch-up.

“In my opinion, he doesn’t need to anyway. He’s there, and I always say, whatever got him to where he is, from when he first started in Watford to becoming a world champion, you want to go back to that,” he said.

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Joshua has been criticised for his lack of natural boxing pedigree in the past having taken up the sport aged 17 and rapidly risen through the ranks.