Anthony Joshua explains cupping therapy video that left fans baffled

Anthony Joshua has lifted the lid connected the viral video of him receiving cupping therapy arsenic helium prepares for his heavyweight showdown with Daniel Dubois.

The Brit is bidding to go a three-time satellite champion erstwhile helium faces chap countryman and existent IBF satellite champion Dubois astatine a packed-out Wembley connected Saturday.

The heavyweight boxer has near nary chromatic unturned successful his mentation for the bout, which included a gruesome-looking cupping therapy league that swiftly went viral connected social media.

The alternate therapy involves creating suctions connected the tegument with lukewarm silicone cups which causes pools of humor to signifier arsenic fluid is drawn from the area.

The signifier is said to amended humor travel successful the affected areas, and tin assistance code musculus fatigue arsenic good arsenic trim symptom and inflammation.

While AJ accepted that not everyone was a instrumentality of the treatment, the 34-year-old insisted that it was hugely beneficial successful helping him stay caller during grooming camp.

‘Everyone’s gonna person a antithetic sentiment connected what cupping does. But what I usage it for is to agelong the fascia,’ helium told Sky Sports.

‘I americium quiescent choky astir my enarthrosis area, my trap area, my thorax country and my country connected the front.

‘The cups they propulsion the tegument inwards and it stretches each the tegument and the fascia When it’s tight, it restricts my question and I present person to determination my limb done definite movements.

‘It’s similar you person pulled you tegument successful thorax downwards and you look up. You volition consciousness your cervix stretching each the fascia. And that’s wherefore I bash cupping to merchandise each the country I americium tight.’

Having lost successive bouts to Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua has built himself backmost up nether the tutelage of Tyson Fury’s erstwhile trainer, Ben Davison, with emphatic knockout wins against Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou successful his 2 astir caller fights.

Dubois, meanwhile, has besides travel backmost from a world-title decision to Usyk, impressing successful hard-earned stoppage wins against Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic.

And the 27-year-old is successful assured temper up of the fight, claiming helium plans to marque break down Joshua and unit him to discontinue connected the night.

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