The Panel: AJ overlooking?

Is Anthony Joshua focusing on future fights rather than Eric Molina? The Panel discuss how overlooking an opponent can cause disaster.

David Haye

No, I don’t believe so, he is a professional athlete, he is an Olympic gold medallist, he is a world heavyweight champion and at this stage of his career there is no chance of him overlooking anybody.

Everybody is a dangerman, everybody realises there is a pot of gold at the end of this fight. They can change their lives forever and it is something that all fighters at world level understand.

Paul Smith

I don’t think so. Everybody is talking about Joshua at the moment – David Haye and Tony Bellew had an argument over him, Deontay Wilder mentions him, Wladimir Klitschko wants him. They all want Joshua but he doesn’t bite, he just gets on with the job in front of him. So I don’t think there will be any problems about overlooking this one. I think he willl have his sights set firmly, knowing the Klitschko fight could happen.

I have always had the attitude that the next fight is the biggest one of your career. I’ve still got that attitude. Every fight that you have, you could lose and the wheels come off. ‘If I lose this fight, there isn’t a way back’ – I’ve said that many times. Every fight is the biggest fight I’ve had, so I won’t ever overlook anyone.

Tony Bellew

There’s not a chance Joshua will make that mistake. He is far too professional and Rob McCracken is not only a fantastic coach, he is far too diligent to let anything slip. It’s happened to me a few times because throughout my career I have always had the carrot dangled in front of me and it’s put my mind in the wrong place.

The worst one was the Roberto Bolonti …

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