New reasons emerge for Anthony Joshua’s brutal KO | Boxing News

Anthony Joshua‘s coach has revealed a number of components went awry within the lead-up to the British boxer’s showdown with Daniel Dubois.

Joshua was vying for his third heavyweight world championship title however suffered a crushing defeat. The 35 yr outdated boxer was floored 4 instances earlier than being knocked out within the fifth spherical at Wembley Stadium. Joshua stays decided to reclaim his world champion standing regardless of his fourth skilled loss in September.

As he gears up for his return to the ring subsequent yr, coach Ben Davison make clear the reasons behind Joshua’s heartbreaking loss to Dubois. Speaking to talkSPORT, Davison revealed, “I know that among ourselves we know where some things went wrong.”

He additional emphasised the significance of acknowledging their errors, stating, “It’s important for us that we don’t look like we are making excuses. But there are things that went wrong that we could have done a better job within and around. And closer to, the fight. You can’t point the blame, we’ve got to own it. We’ve got to wear it. And that’s what we’ve done.”

Meanwhile, within the wake of Tyson Fury‘s defeat by Oleksandr Usyk, Turki Alalshikh has voiced his ambitions for the heavyweight boxing scene. Speaking to The Stomping Ground, he candidly provided his perspective on the match by stating: “I think he [Usyk] won, I counted and he had four rounds more. Tyson did everything, he had an amazing fight but this is boxing: there is a winner and a loser.”

Alalshikh did not stop there, revealing his eagerness for a potential rematch, saying: “Next, if Dubois wins in February, I want to see Usyk and Dubois again. And I want to see Tyson, maybe with [Anthony] Joshua or something, we will decide. Let’s see what can happen, everything in Riyadh Season is realistic…The most important thing is the fans enjoy it.”

With Alalshikh’s imaginative and prescient clear, it appears Eddie Hearn is on the identical web page concerning a Fury vs Joshua bout. After the Usyk vs Fury fray, Hearn shared with DAZN his sentiments: “I don’t think it’s time to start screaming, this night is Usyk vs Fury, but the reality is there’s only one fight for Tyson Fury and that’s Anthony Joshua,” asserting that it might stand as “It’s the biggest fight probably in the history of British boxing, everyone will always want to see it. And by the way, that wasn’t a Tyson Fury that looked finished, it wasn’t a flat performance, it wasn’t a poor performance, he didn’t look gun-shy, he didn’t look like his punch resistance was in question like we talked about earlier.”

He additionally dispelled any notion that Fury’s efficiency indicated any indicators of decline, commenting that it was neither lacklustre nor indicative of declining resilience, as some speculated earlier than. “I think Tyson Fury is still potentially at the peak of his powers, just not good enough to be Oleksandr Usyk tonight. But for me, AJ against Fury is the one, it’s the one at Wembley, I’m going to be pushing His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] to make the fight, but that’s maybe one for another day, tonight belongs to Oleksandr Usyk. But Fury will struggle with this, I think. All fighters do, AJ struggled with the Dubois defeat as well, you’re a winner and when you get beat it hurts and this will hurt Fury.”