JOSHUA: STAYING HUMBLE CRUCIAL
BIG TEST: Joshua
ANTHONY JOSHUA will bring himself crashing back down to earth on Sunday morning — by doing his own laundry.
Joshua, 34, has rebuilt his career with four successive victories following back-to-back defeats by his nemesis Oleksandr Usyk.
He will become the sixth three-time heavyweight world champion in history if he beats fellow Brit Daniel Dubois, 27, at Wembley on Saturday night.
But the multi-millionaire Olympic champion, who still lives at home with his mum, insists he will have no airs or graces even if he does join Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko and Michael Moorer in that exclusive club.
“Do you know what’s crazy, on Sunday morning you wake up and it’s the same,” said Joshua.
Washing
“Your bills still come out of your account, you’ve got to do your washing, it’s all the same.
“When I was in
Saudi in the Airbnb I was just there ironing and washing after the Francis Ngannou fight. It’s mad.
“The only difference is that it hurts losing.
“It takes a few weeks to get over but time is the best healer. When you win, you’re on a high and you want to experience that.
“When you lose, you get low and it takes time to get back balanced.
“After the Ngannou fight, everything was good, you’re riding that wave and hopefully we do that on Saturday as well.”
Despite Dubious’ ferocious knockout record, Joshua say: “Of course he is dangerous, but let me tell you, this is the thing with fighting, it takes more than being strong to be a champion and to be a complete fighter.”