Anthony Joshua says he has no plans to stop the ring following a shock defeat to Anthony Dubois of their IBF heavyweight title battle on Saturday night time.
The British boxer of Nigerian heritage and two-time former world heavyweight champion was knocked down thrice by fellow Briton Dubois earlier than his eventual fifth-round knockout at Wembley Stadium in entrance of 96,000 followers.
The defeat was Joshua’s fourth in his skilled profession, and first after placing collectively a four-match win sequence following his double loss to Oleksandr Usyk — when he misplaced his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles and didn’t reclaim them.
Regardless of the most recent debilitating defeat to hitherto less-fancied Dubois, the 34-year-old has insisted that he won’t “run away” and stop boxing.
Chatting with reporters in his post-fight press convention, Joshua mentioned: “And also you’re in all probability asking, ‘Do I need to proceed preventing?’ After all, I need to proceed preventing.
“That’s why I mentioned we took a shot at success and got here up brief, and what does that imply now? We gonna [sic] run away. We gonna [sic] stay to battle one other day. And that’s what I’m, I’m a warrior.
“We’ve to provide credit score to our opponent. I say nicely completed to him and his workforce.”
Joshua has fought 32 skilled fights with 28 wins and 4 losses. Two of his defeats have been by way of knockout.
