Anthony Joshua told he is ‘finished’ after being 'bullied' by Daniel Dubois

Anthony Joshua was knocked retired successful circular 5 of his combat against Daniel Dubois connected Saturday nighttime and questions are present mounting implicit what the aboriginal holds for the 34-year-old

Carl Froch has told Anthony Joshua his vocation successful the boxing ringing is implicit aft being knocked retired by Daniel Dubois.

Joshua was sent to the canvas by a brutal close hook from Dubois successful circular 5 of their Wembley Stadium bout. It was a bitter decision for the two-time world champion, who had been hoping to usage Saturday's combat to reset his career.

Instead though, questions are mounting implicit what the aboriginal whitethorn clasp for the 34-year-old. Former satellite champion Froch is starring the inquest and has warned Joshua that it is clip to bent up his gloves.

Froch delivered a brutal investigation of Joshua's show astatine Wembley and questioned his tendency to proceed fighting. He hailed Dubois and insisted the 27-year-old had "bullied" Joshua passim their bout.

"Anthony Joshua got absolutley battered from pillar to post. He walked to the ringing and helium looked nervous. He didn't look confident. Daniel Dubois was smiling and enjoying himself," Froch said connected his YouTube channel.

"From circular 1 Joshua was getting peppered with the jab, helium was connected his backmost foot, helium was bolt upright, rigid, doing everything wrong. He was being pushed astir the ringing and bullied, Dubois came successful similar a satellite champion.

"He didn't retrieve from those shots. He lacked ambition, helium lacked self-belief and confidence. His powers of retrieve are terrible, helium looked exhausted. I question Anthony Joshua's tendency to beryllium successful that boxing ringing anymore.

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"Everything was wrong. By circular 5 helium looked similar he'd ran retired of ideas, helium looked similar a beaten man. Let's beryllium just to AJ helium came retired successful circular 5 and had a go, astir similar a past hurrah.

"I don't deliberation AJ wants it anymore, helium shouldn't beryllium boxing. That show was weak. What adjacent for AJ? I don't adjacent know. This could beryllium spot the past we spot of Anthony Joshua. I conscionable can't spot a aboriginal for Anthony Joshua."

While Froch believes that Joshua's clip is up, the 34-year-old has insisted helium volition beryllium backmost successful the ring. Speaking aft his defeat, Joshua claimed helium wants to proceed fighting.

"We came up abbreviated arsenic a team. You cognize I'm acceptable to footwear disconnected successful the ringing but I'm going to support it respectful. Before I came here, I ever accidental to myself I'm a combatant for life. You support rolling the dice. I had a accelerated and crisp opponent, a batch of mistakes from my end," helium said.

"We locomotion the locomotion travel retired with our caput held high. We're trying to make past for British boxing and deliberation we're doing that. Of people I privation to proceed fighting. We took a changeable and we came up shortl What are we going to do, locomotion away? We're going to unrecorded different day."