Anthony Joshua’s team ahead of the heavyweight champion's upcoming clash with Oleksandr Usyk.Carty, who boxes out of the southpaw stance, is expected to ‘emulate Oleksandr Usyk’ throughout Joshua’s training camp, after joining up with AJ’s team following his successful professional boxing debut last month.Despite Carty’s relative inexperience in the professional boxing ring, the fact that he is a natural southpaw is clearly beneficial to Joshua.Aside from Cuban veteran Luis Ortiz and Usyk himself, there is a real absence of southpaws in boxing’s heaviest weight class.
The opportunity for AJ to gain experience against a ‘lefty’, albeit not one as skilled as Usyk, is hugely valuable and will undoubtedly improve his chances against the former.
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