Anthony Joshua acknowledged that he’s not going to retire after dropping to IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in a failed bid to turn out to be a three-time champion on Saturday night time at Wembley Stadium in London.
Joshua didn’t say his plans for his subsequent combat through the post-fight press convention, however he could combat Tyson Fury in early 2025. His Excellency Turki Alalshikh is anticipated to pay Joshua monumental cash to face Fury. UK followers will nonetheless have an interest, they usually’ll shortly overlook about his loss to Dubois.
AJ Wants New Coaching Staff
Joshua (28-4, 23 KOs) appeared like a person denying his loss, saying his defeat resulted from “advantageous margins” with coaching. If AJ believes that, he wants to fireplace his coach, Ben Davison, and the remainder of his crew as a result of they failed him.
He ought to do this anyway, given how he carried out on Saturday night time in his fifth-round knockout loss to Dubois. DDD sliced via Joshua like a sizzling knife via butter, knocking him down 4 occasions and hurting him a half dozen different occasions with heavy photographs.
In some circumstances, it’s okay for fighters to carry onto their coaching groups after a blowout loss just like the one Joshua suffered tonight. This time it’s completely different. AJ appeared so completely ill-prepared for the Dubois combat that sacking coach Ben Davison was the one logical transfer.
It’s not private. That is about making certain Joshua may be rebuilt to win his subsequent combat and protect what’s left of his profession.
Joshua’s protection and punch resistance weren’t there tonight. He’s by no means been identified for having a fantastic chin, however tonight, he was getting harm even by glancing blows from Dubois.
“All the time maintain your head up excessive. We took a shot at success, and we got here up brief. We rolled the cube for the third time,” mentioned Anthony Joshua to the media following his fifth-round knockout loss to Daniel Dubois on Saturday night time in London.
“We’re attempting to create historical past for British boxing, and I feel we’re doing that. You’re most likely asking if I wish to proceed preventing. In fact, I wish to proceed preventing. That’s why I mentioned, “We took an opportunity at success, and we got here up brief,”‘ mentioned Joshua.
It seems like Joshua is attempting to clarify away his loss with out confronting the explanations for it head on. The like causes for causes for Joshua’s loss:
- Coming in too heavy: AJ seemed to be carrying round an excessive amount of muscle on his higher physique, wanting cumbersome and sluggish.
- Trainers’ failures: Davison ought to have had Joshua going after Dubois, firing energy photographs your entire combat.
- Failing to let fingers go: The offensive output from Joshua was low within the first spherical, which allowed Dubois to reap the benefits of the scenario by occurring the assault.
“What does that imply now? We’re going to run away and reside to combat one other day. I’m a warrior. Additionally, earlier than I end. You need to give credit score to my opponent, Daniel, although once I join my opponents, I don’t like him in my head anymore.
“Now, it’s executed. I take my hat off to him and his crew. There have been a number of errors in there, however that’s the secret. Fantastic margins price you on the high stage,” mentioned Joshua.
AJ made much more than a “few errors” tonight in his loss to Dubois. He was a strolling mess within the ring, preventing like he didn’t know what he was doing and failing to combat the best way he wanted to for him to win.
Clearly, it goes again to the coach. Davison is the captain of the ship, and he needs to be the one who takes the blame for steering Joshua into the rocks.
