Anthony Joshua Will Need Ronaldo’s Bravery Vs Oleksandr Usyk – Ferdinand

Ex-Manchester United player, Rio Ferdinand has come out to advise Anthony Joshua ahead of his fight against Oleksandr Usyk.

He recently revealed this via an interview with the press, and the world have been reacting.

According to him, AJ will need Ronaldo’s bravery in such an important fight while sticking to who he really is and not change to someone else.

He added that the boxer has to take risks to become as successful as he wants to be in the sport.

His words, “Obviously Cristiano is just like ridiculous.”

“When he joined us he was a baby, but his intelligence to grow, his obsession to get better and his desire to be the best was just relentless.”

“I’ve never seen anything like it, just a man possessed to get to the top and would do anything to get there.”

“I think you’ve gotta be brave – people never talk about Cristiano’s bravery.”

“He was brave to take risks, he comes over to another country. He was brave to remain the person that he was, didn’t change really.”

“He became an obsessive with the sport that he chose and then drilled down into details which was building a team around himself.”

“I went round his house one time and I walked in and he had about six/seven people siting in his front room. I said to him, ‘Cris, who are all these people man?”

“He was like, ‘That’s my personal masseur, my nutritionist, my doctor, my physio, my chef.’”

“He had all these people and back then no-one was doing that. He was a visionary in that sense.”

“When I listen to you speak, there’s very big similarities to when I speak to Cristiano.”

“He will have like objects in the back of a room. I’ll go, ‘What’s that?’

“He’ll be like, ‘That’s for energy of the room.”

“This guy’s just different. He does mad stuff… just looking for the extra edge.”