A video showcasing a worrying angle of Anthony Joshua prior to getting knocked out by Daniel Dubois has gone viral.
Anthony Joshua was dropped four times en-route to suffering a fifth-round knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium.
Despite going into the contest as a strong favorite, Joshua was dominated by Dubois and left Tyson Fury in shock at the result.
Oleksandr Usyk even picked AJ to beat Dubois and was bewildered at Joshua’s lack of defense.
Brutal angle of Daniel Dubois’ fifth-round knockout over Anthony Joshua appears online
An account on X known as ACD MMA posted a video of the moment when Dubois landed a counter right hand to cement his win against Joshua in the fifth round.
The clip shows Joshua falling face first to the canvas and the Brit trying to beat the referee’s count.
This was before Joshua’s trainer, Ben Davison rushed into the ring to ensure his fighter did not take any more punishment.
Dubois also refused to celebrate straight away and seemed to show concern for Joshua.
Moments before the knockout, AJ is seen sticking his tongue out and nodding to someone in the crowd.
Anthony Joshua confirms he won’t retire from boxing
Despite suffering the fourth professional loss of his career to Dubois, Joshua has no plans to hang up the gloves.
At the post-fight press conference, Joshua said: “Of course I want to continue fighting. We took a shot at success and came up short. What does that mean now? Are we going to run away? We’re going to live to fight another day.”
Joshua has now lost to Andy Ruiz Jr, Usyk and Dubois.
However, the 34 year old is still one of the most successful British heavyweights of all-time after winning a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics and being a two-time unified world heavyweight champion.
Furthermore, AJ has made a positive impact on British boxing by headlining at Wembley Stadium on three separate occasions.