It's a better situation there with the weather. I also train alongside Ryan Burnett and Richard Towers.Īdam now lives in Monaco and I've been spending a lot of time with him there. We've got a good groove going and I think I've improved a lot - it has shown in my recent performances.įor this fight I've been sparring with John Ryder and Deion Jumah. Even though I haven't had that many fights with him - this will be my sixth - we've been working together in the gym, got more familiar with each other.

It took a long time, but that's the way it is.

It was frustrating at first with Adam but I knew it was all part of the process of improving. I even lived with him at his house in Detroit but I had to change: I wasn't good enough to win a world title. I travelled with him around the world, across America and even to Austria where Wladimir Klitschko has his training camps. If I had been a novice boxer it would have been easier but, because I was so ingrained with Emanuel's philosophy of boxing, because I believed him completely, it was hard to then change my ways. It took a while to get to know each other and adapt to Adam's style of fighting. The training routine is totally different. I spar for longer now with Adam and there is more strength and conditioning work on a daily basis. I couldn't do what I can do now a few years ago and feel a lot stronger. Maybe that's the biggest change Adam improving my fitness and athleticism so much. Adam has helped me do that so if people get me on the ropes I have an answer to that. I still do that but I also have the ability to fight at close range now.

Emanuel's boxers are usually tall and aggressive, throwing straight lead punches and they go for the knockout. Anthony Joshua's upcoming fight with Kevin Johnson is bold, refreshing and will reveal how good the raw novice really is, writes Steve Bunce.

Emanuel steward training routine