Ben Davison Anthony Joshua Tyson Fury
Robert notes that both fighters are deep into their careers with styles already set, which makes the trainer choice even more critical. Paulie Malignaggi points out that trainers have distinct strengths and weaknesses, meaning not every coach suits every fighter. Ben Davison is stepping in to help Anthony Joshua before the Tyson Fury bout, but his background as a tactical trainer rather than a physical one raises questions. His work with Tyson Fury against Deontay Wilder showed he excels with slick styles, yet there's no guarantee he can adapt to improve everyone. Some trainers actually made fighters worse instead of better because they couldn't handle certain styles. The real issue is whether this specific marriage of trainer and fighter will work for AJ.
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I think at the end of the day, I think both guys, like Robert said, are sort of late in their careers. So their style is set. But I also say this from a stylistic perspective. Davidson is more of a tactical trainer. He's not a physical guy. He's more like, if you notice Fury in the first fight with Wilder and then Fury in the other fights when he changed for Davidson. He's more of a boxer in the first fight. I think Davidson is a good trainer for slicksters. For example, when I was fighting, it would have been a good trainer for me. You know what I'm saying? He's solid with those kind of styles. in my experience uh trainers have a certain um certain are better with certain kind of fighters and they are with certain other fighters i've not i in my experience i didn't see a trainer that could adapt to everybody they'll take the job but not every not i didn't know i could adapt to every to every style and and make every single style better there was just certain styles that trainers had their strengths with and trainers had their weaknesses within and it has to be a certain kind of marriage now and and honestly not every trainer that i had made me better so it made me worse. So, so it, you learn that over the course of time.
