Anthony Joshua reveals what he was thinking on his way to Wembley for Povetkin fight

Anthony Joshua had felt like a gust of wind would knock him down ahead of his successful world heavyweight title defence last Saturday, due to a bout of flu. “I’ve been ill this last week,” he said in a number of national newspapers. “And you know when you start thinking to yourself ‘these signs are bad’, but I pulled through. “It hit me last week Friday. I had it over the weekend and I thought by Wednesday it would be gone. But I only started feeling better on Friday. “It was still there in my head, I had a head cold. I felt like a heavy gust of wind could knock me over. “On my way to the stadium, I was thinking I can have one more sleep. “But I felt this way in training camp and still sparred 15 good rounds, so I’ve got one geezer in the ring who will fade sooner or later, so let’s just get on with it.”

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