Regular sex key to remaining at the top Anthony Joshua told

It looks like sex (and regular sex at that) is the panacea for becoming a boxing heavyweight icon.

 

That was the advised dished out to Anthony Joshua, the current WBA and IBF heavyweight champion Joshua by two-time world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes ahead of AJ’s Saturday’s clash with Camerounian born Carlos Takam at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in England. Holmes shared his opinion during a recent visit to London to commemorate Muhammed Ali.

 

 

“If I had to give him one piece of advice it would be this – get laid a week before each fight,” said Holmes. “You need to relax. It restores your energy and everything. You know they say you’re not allowed to do that when you’re fighting.
“He’s a heavyweight, he’s got to get that sh*t out of him. But he doesn’t want to do it every day or nothing because that might drain him!”

 

Ex-heavyweight champion David Haye rules out sex for six weeks before fights because he reckons it would affect his performance. But Holmes wasn’t convinced: “They say you’re not allowed to do it when you’re fighting.

“I listened for a while but then found out it was all a lie and you’re missing the good stuff man.”

Holmes, 67, is widely considered as a legend of the division having won two world heavyweight titles during a memorable career which began in 1973 and ended in 2002. He beat the likes of Ken Norton and Earnie Shavers while also becoming the only man in history to stop Muhammad Ali on an infamous night in Las Vegas in 1980.

 

 

 

 

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