{"id":744256,"date":"2026-08-20T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744256\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:28:08","slug":"former-anthony-joshua-trainer-robert-garcia-sums-up-ajs-ko-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744256\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Anthony Joshua trainer Robert Garcia sums up AJ&#8217;s KO power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing fans have branded <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/anthony-joshua\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Joshua<\/a> as one of the most fierce knockout artists since the turn of the millennium, with \u2018AJ\u2019 having won by stoppage in all but three of his 30 career victories to date, and now his former trainer Robert Garcia has summed up his power.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua knocked out his first 20 opponents before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/43606049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">winning on the cards in a heavyweight world title unification against Joseph Parker<\/a>, with points victories in a rematch with Andy Ruiz and against Jermaine Franklin being the only other occasions where the 36-year-old has won with the aid of the judges.<\/p>\n<p>Last time out, after a catastrophic start, the heavyweight veteran proved that he still possesses one-punch knockout power ahead of a rumoured showdown with Tyson Fury, knocking out Kristian Prenga with a devastating shot after being floored twice himself in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8lG87eicRX8?si=7jXHUUAR8wr_Q-nW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ring Magazine<\/a>, Robert Garcia, who trained Joshua for his 2022 rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, described the Briton\u2019s power as \u2018insane\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth are in a position where, if it had been earlier, it would have been such a better fight, but Anthony still has that power. Anthony has that right-hand \u2013 I have felt it, I have worked with him\u00a0 \u2014 it is insane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has got that power that you don\u2019t compare to nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to his clash with \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019, Garcia then went on to insinuate that Fury\u2019s ability, or inability, to absorb Joshua\u2019s power will be the deciding factor in their fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Fury takes that punch, then Anthony could be in trouble, but Anthony hits so hard that he would knock anybody out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fury-Joshua is believed to be being targeted for November in New York, but <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/hearn-on-fury-update-on-joshua-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reports that the event is ready to be announced are understood to be wide of the mark<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boxing fans have branded Anthony Joshua as one of the most fierce knockout artists since the turn of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-744256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}