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‘I feel sorry for the poor sod’ – Simon Jordan defends Anthony Joshua over Robert Helenius win and calls for fight vs ‘damaged goods’ Deontay Wilder next
Simon Jordan has praised Anthony Joshua and defended him from some criticism in the aftermath of his KO of Robert Helenius on Saturday.
It's known that AJ is planning to face Deontay Wilder in January and so he faced Helenius, who Wilder beat last year, to prepare.
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Wilder KO'd Helenius in the very first round, whereas Joshua was initially hesitant and cautious before getting the job done in devastating fashion in round seven.
As such, some have been critical of the Brit in comparison to the American.
However, Jordan said on White and Jordan on Monday: "He did the job, his job was to knock this fella out.
"People are comparing it to what Wilder did, but the fella didn't fight the same way as he fought Wilder.
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"If he'd have stayed out of the way with Wilder, then that fight would have gone longer.
"Joshua - I feel sorry for the poor sod. People have convinced him now that he has to fight a completely different way.
"He's suffering from an element of confidence, but he's gone in there and the first time he's let his hands go he's knocked the guy out.
"So does it really matter if he knocks him out in the second or third round? You also have to price in what the other guy was doing."
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Joshua vs Wilder is in advanced talks for January in Saudi Arabia, though some have called for AJ to take one more bout before jumping in with the American.
Jordan described Wilder as 'damaged goods' and insisted: "I think now is the time, I really do believe Joshua needs to fight Wilder next.
"Wilder is also a vanquished fighter, he's been schooled and beaten up in two fights by Tyson Fury."
"He's been through the same journey as Joshua.
"He's had one fight back against Helenius a year ago and he did to Helenius exactly what Joshua did.
"I think now you're gonna learn nothing more by putting Joshua in a series of fights.
"He's gonna go into a fight with Wilder and he's gonna do one of two things - fight or flight.
"He's gonna get hit by Wilder and he's gonna fight, or he's gonna fold.
"There's nothing else to be said anymore."
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