Anthony Joshua says he’s bought “much more” to present in his profession and received’t be retiring after dropping to Daniel Dubois final Saturday evening. Sounding upbeat, Joshua took to social media to say he nonetheless needs to maintain pushing to grow to be a three-time heavyweight champion.
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Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) was knocked out within the fifth spherical in a failed bid to seize Dubois’ IBF title final Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London. Blaming the defeat on the choice to go for the knockout within the fifth, Joshua feels he can come again from the loss to perform extra issues in his profession.
“It’s removed from over but. I do know we’ve bought much more to deliver to the sport,” mentioned Joshua.
Followers nonetheless ponder whether Joshua will activate his rematch clause to avenge his loss to Dubois. If Joshua chooses to not, he may go within the course of going through Tyson Fury within the first quarter of subsequent 12 months.
Fury is preventing a rematch towards WBA, WBC, and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first. It doesn’t matter if Fury wins. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has already mentioned he needs the Fury vs. Joshua combat to occur anyway.
With the purses being assured, it doesn’t matter if the combat doesn’t generate the large bucks that it will have if the ‘Gypsy King’ Fury and AJ had been nonetheless successful. It’s a combat that Turki needs, and British followers will wish to watch it as a result of they’re extra tolerant of paying to see fading fighters than Individuals.
It will look higher if Joshua, 34, tried to avenge his loss to Dubois earlier than selecting to take the cash combat towards Fury. Nevertheless, it will be comprehensible if Joshua didn’t. A second knockout defeat towards Dubois can be disastrous for AJ, making a combat towards Fury nugatory.
Beneath these circumstances, it’s unclear if Turki would nonetheless wish to pursue his Fury vs. Joshua combat plans.
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) September 23, 2024
