Ismael Salas: Last News

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxJoe Joyce insists his trainer's Covid-19 shock won't wreck his hopes against Daniel Dubois tomorrow night (SAT).The Juggernaut will not have head coach Ismael Salas in the corner after the Cuban tested positive for coronavirus this week.But the British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight title fight has been saved by the fact Salas has spent the last four weeks in Las Vegas.Starsport revealed on Wednesday that the trainer had jetted back to the US to train two other fighters at the end of October.He arrived in the UK on Saturday but was isolated from Joyce and his camp in case he would test positive.Steve Broughton, who worked the

on this link here.The Rio Olympic silver medallist admitted Dubois was right to call him overweight but warned him it will be different when they meet and he is working with new trainer Ismael Salas.“That’s a fair point. I did enjoy lockdown,” said Joyce.“With a longer training camp that weight would drop off.

his clash with Daniel Dubois which has been pushed back to October because of the pandemic.Joyce was in Las Vegas with Ismael Salas preparing for his April date with Dubois when the coronavirus took hold and shut down the world.The Brit had just reunited with the Cuban trainer who he had worked with earlier in his pro career.But he won't be in his corner tomorrow because of travel restrictions and Joyce has kept in touch throughout camp by video calls.“I think it was just unfortunate with the virus and everything that I had to cut my plans short and come home [from Vegas],” said Joyce.“But it's good that I've got the pad man in, Steve Broughton, who works alongside Salas, so he knows the techniques and the combinations that Salas likes to