Jamie Moore on Anthony Joshua's yoga woe, Lucas Browne and the Yafai brothers
Wednesday 9 March 2016 19:10, UK
It's been another heavyweight week with Lucas Browne winning a world title, but there are present, past and possibly future world champions that are on Jamie Moore's radar...
Does Lucas Browne becoming a world champion make him an obvious target for Anthony Joshua?
Obviously Browne has done really well and I'm over the moon for him. I met him at the gym and a world title couldn't happen to a nicer guy. In all honesty, he's been fortunate the way the WBA splits its titles into different portions and has a Super champion etc.
He's fortunate to have been in a position to win a world heavyweight title but if Anthony Joshua can beat Charles Martin then it'd be the next sensible move for him; trying to pick up another version of the world title. Let's not get ahead of ourselves though - he's got to beat Martin.
Jessie Vargas is now a world welterweight champion. Do you rate him?
The jury is still out for me. When he faced Timothy Bradley, Bradley had a lot of mileage on the clock already and he couldn't finish him when he rocked him. There's no doubt the win at the weekend will do him good and it's a big experience to have under his belt.
We've still got to wait to see what happens when he's in there with someone really ambitious, coming through and hungry. I'm not 100% sold just yet and think he might come unstuck if he's in there with someone who's got ambitions to establish themselves at the top.
Did we see two future world champions in the Yafai brothers, Kal and Gamal, at the weekend?
Potentially. It's easy to get ahead and jump the gun when people beat a certain level of opposition but my opinion of Gamal on Saturday wasn't just based on what he did that night. It's what I've seen in general. I made a comparison with Michael Brodie and I think that's deserved.
He's got attributes that can be developed and moulded into something amazing. As has Kal. We didn't see much from him bar world-class punch power and particularly, body-punching. Sterner tests will come but you can only beat what is put in front of you.
Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank are still making noises about fighting again. How would you feel about that?
It's always going to make the headlines. I went to the second fight between them and I was always a big Nigel Benn fan. I wouldn't like to see these two fight again but would I watch it? Absolutely. It'd probably be out of intrigue rather than being interested in the fight itself. People point to Bernard Hopkins but the difference is he's the exception to the rule and has been active all this time.
When Benn retired, he didn't look like the fighter he had been and from the sound of it, Eubank doesn't really want a third bout because he still hasn't accepted the challenge. Benn will always want to beat Eubank but at some point you have to move on. I want to fight every day but I know it's not the right thing to do.
And finally... Anthony Joshua admitted he is a struggling yogi. What was your most embarrassing way of preparing for a fight?
I used to do Pilates and that was at the point when I was having trouble with my shoulders. I was recommended Pilates to correct my posture and make me improve my flexibility.
The gym where I used to do it, the other people who did Pilates were 60 and 70-year-old women. If it was a gym full of young lads then there would have been no issue whatsoever but everyone was looking through the window at me doing the classes with all these older women!
