Terence Crawford says he has doubts whether or not Anthony Joshua can come again from his fifth-round knockout loss he suffered in opposition to IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois on Saturday evening.
The WBA junior middleweight champion Crawford feels that Joshua (28-4, 23 KOs) has been in “a variety of wars” and has put on and tear from his 11-year skilled profession. Whereas Crawford does consider that Joshua may probably come again, it’ll be tough.
Crawford, 36, is a little bit older than the 34-year-old Joshua, and he’s now displaying his age as properly in his final battle. Though Crawford didn’t get knocked out, he got here near dropping to his final opponent, and he’s now given up on his objective of turning into undisputed champion at 154.
Concerning his loss to Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs goes. Crawford thinks Joshua made a mistake by getting overconfident and going for the kill after hurting Dubois within the fifth spherical with a giant proper hand. AJ deserted his fundamentals and walked into a strong proper hand from Dubois, knocking him down and out.
“I don’t know. Joshua has been in a variety of wars. He fought a variety of nice fighters. I believe he can, but it surely’s going to be powerful as a result of he had a variety of put on & tear on his physique coming into this battle,” stated Terence Crawford to the media when requested if Anthony Joshua may come again from his knockout loss to Daniel Dubois tonight.
Joshua has by no means had nice punch resistance within the first place, however his promoter, Eddie Hearn, has been intelligent with the best way he’s matched him. He fought Wladimir Klitschko when he was 41.
The opposite fighters Joshua fought with energy have been lesser heavyweights like Andy Ruiz, Alexander Povetkin, Kubrat Pulev, Carlos Takam, Francis Ngannou, Dillian Whyte, and Charles Martin.
“It was an ideal battle. I believe Joshua received overconfident [in the fifth round]. He [Joshua] damage him with a shot, and went for the kill, however he forgot bout his protection and forgot in regards to the fundamentals,” stated Crawford.
Joshua sort of needed to go for the end when he had Dubois damage within the fifth as a result of Daniel had dropped him within the first, third, and fourth rounds. He needed to strive his finest to complete Dubois within the fifth as a result of it might have been too dangerous to battle cautiously and miss out on the prospect.
“I don’t know,” stated Crawford when requested the place Joshua goes from right here. “In no way. I at all times stated the higher man was going to win at this time, and Dubois was the higher man. He capitalized on Joshua’s faults, and he received the battle.
“He [Dubois] got here to battle. You can see it in his eyes, and he wasn’t leaving out of the ring with out that victory.
