Anthony Joshua seemed extremely disheartened after he suffered the second consecutive loss against Oleksandr Usyk at Jeddah in August 2022. Follow Boxing News Updates with Insidesport.IN
Following the defeat, AJ gave an emotional speech on the mic about his career that wasn’t very well received by the boxing community. On the contrary, Joshua was mocked for the behavior.
A year after the fight, Anthony Joshua still appears emotional while recalling it. AJ has vanquished Jermaine Franklin after the second loss against Usyk and will face Robert Helenius this weekend.
Joshua spoke with DAZN Boxing prior to his return and revealed the loss that hurt him the most amongst all three professional defeats.
AJ said, “Usyk 2 [hurt the most]. Usyk 2, yeah massively but I respect [Oleksandr] Usyk. I respect him but it just hurts.”
“It was a weak performance. I wasn’t supposed to lose in my head and it just, I gave my life to this game. Man, I gave everything. I swear to you, I gave a lot and it’s just like even talking about it now.”
“It makes me feel like, ahhhh chokes up a bit.”
Anthony Joshua suffered his maiden career defeat against Andy Ruiz Jr. in July 2019, a major heavyweight upset in recent years. Nevertheless, ‘AJ’ bounced back in the same year and avenged the loss against Ruiz Jr.
Anthony Joshua then knocked out Kubrat Pulev in the UK to regain his dominant status before suffering two bog setbacks against Usyk.
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How To Watch The Next Fight of Anthony Joshua?
Anthony Joshua was originally scheduled to meet Dillian Whyte in an epic rematch at the O2 Arena this weekend. Just in the final days, Whyte failed his random anti-doping test and has been ruled out of the contest.
Replacing ‘The Body Snatcher’, Robert Helenius will now stand opposite Anthony Joshua. The fight will be available live on DAZN. That said, Joshua wouldn’t be fighting in a PPV event after a long tie.
AJ vs Helenius can be streamed live with the standard subscription of DAZN. A lot of Joshua’s boxing future depends n how he performs this weekend.
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