Robert Garcia, who briefly trained former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, believes he would have little to no problem in beating MMA veteran Francis Ngannou.

Garcia helped train Joshua for his 2022 rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, who retained his unified crown with a twelve round decision win.

After that fight, Joshua would part ways with Garcia and hire trainer Derrick James.

Joshua has since picked up three victories in a row. Last month, he traveled to Saudi Arabia to batter and stop Otto Wallin.

Joshua was slated to face former WBC king Deontay Wilder on a March date - but that scenario went up in smoke when Wilder suffered an upset decision loss to Joseph Parker last month.

The British star is still on track to return in March - with three names in the running to fight him.

Ngannou, a former UFC champion, is one of those names.

Back in October, Ngannou shocked most observers with his competitive performance against the division's top man, WBC champion Tyson Fury. 

Ngannou, who was making is professional debut, dropped Fury in the third round and fought him on even terms for much of the fight. In the end, Fury won a razor-close ten round split decision win.

Despite Ngannou's performance against Fury, Garcia would expect Joshua to handle the MMA strongman with ease.

"It’s an easy fight for Joshua. Those fights shouldn’t even be sanctioned," Garcia told ES NEWS.

"Ngannou, fighting the heavyweight champion of the world, Fury, it shouldn’t have been sanctioned. It’s a disrespect to boxing not to train one single day for that fight. It was embarrassing.

Garcia believes the majority of the top heavyweights of today are no match for many of the elite names in the 80s and 90s.

"In heavyweight boxing [of this era], none of these guys would hang with Mike Tyson, [Evander] Holyfield, [Larry] Holmes. That was different. Lennox Lewis would be doing really good now. He would beat most everybody," Garcia said.

"Joshua is one of the good ones, but you can’t compare them to the 80s and 90s."