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Joshua still years behind Alli ―Warren

Veteran promoter Frank Warren has slammed the notion that Anthony Joshua is the second coming of Muhammad Ali in the wake of the heavyweight champion’s victory over Carlos Takam.

But Warren laughed off suggestions that Joshua can be considered in the same bracket as The Greatest.

“He must get embarrassed, AJ, that people compare him to (Muhammad) Ali,’ Warren told IFL TV.

“Let’s be realistic. He’s a good young fighter, Anthony Joshua, but he ain’t no Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was around for a long, long time, not (just) three fights.

He added: “The one thing he hasn’t got, which Muhammad Ali had, is one of those (points to his chin) because he gets caught. It’s being disingenuous to Anthony.”

Joshua became the unified world champion with a thrilling 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko in April.

Sporting Tribune

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