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Anthony Joshua advised to go back to basics.....

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Legendary British fighter John Conteh has urged Anthony Joshua to rediscover what makes him a champion ahead of his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr. 

Anthony Joshua will look to avenge his loss against Andy Ruiz Jr in their rematch on December 7.And Conteh is a man who knows how that feels. He never regained the WBC light-heavyweight title he lost in 1978, despite three attempts.

"A couple of fights I thought I won anyway," he told talkSPORT. "You can only do the best you can. Some get it back and some do not. "The effort he put into putting the muscles on, he should now put into remembering where he was in Watford.

"Don't try and be a scientist or a mathematician, go back to when you were a kid, before you even came into boxing.

"When you were getting out of trouble, avoiding obstacles and overcoming them.

"Go back there. It's not an ego thing I'm talking about. It's about choosing the right way."