Joshua has proven he is still a great fighter, it's not time for him to retire yet 🔍🟢 Analysis from Kat_Lucas_
Before the rematch, Joshua had promised a December return. After it, he admitted it was “really, really hard for me to say I’m proud of myself”. “I’m upset, really, deep down in my heart,” he said.
Hearn was right to point to Joshua as a “role model” on a night that was not entirely a positive one for the sport, from the controversy of Badou Jack’s points victory – which featured a round stretching to almost four minutes and a bell that would simply not go – to a sodden canvas that derailed first Zhang Zhilei on the undercard and very nearly Usyk when he momentarily lost his footing.
If there are pangs inside him which are reaching for retirement, Joshua has his own advice to take as well as D’Amato’s.
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