Battered Anthony Joshua, 34, insists he WON’T retire in defiant message as Daniel Dubois rematch clause revealed

ANTHONY JOSHUA talked down status pursuing his brutal nonaccomplishment to Daniel Dubois - and has the enactment for a rematch.

AJ was floored FOUR times successful beforehand of a British-record 96,000 fans astatine Wembley Stadium.

Joshua bravely got himself up from the canvas until helium simply could not immoderate much with a close manus from Dubois in circular 5 closing the show.

AJ, battered and beaten, showed further resilience by refusing to entertain speech of hanging up the gloves.

He said: "Before I came here, I'm ever saying to myself, 'I'm combatant for life.'

"We rolled the dice astatine occurrence and we came up abbreviated and we rotation it again. We support rolling the dice."

Joshua, 34, was down successful circular 1 pursuing a looping and thudding close hand.

He was besides floored successful the third, 4th and yet finished disconnected successful the 5th erstwhile a thudding transverse from Dubois, 27, landed connected AJ's chin.

Dubois called retired Oleksandr Usyk, 37, to a rematch pursuing his circular 9 stoppage nonaccomplishment past year.

But promoter Eddie Hearn revealed determination is simply a clause successful the declaration which gives Joshua the enactment of a rematch.

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Hearn said: "I'm definite helium volition workout that rematch clause. I mean, I deliberation that's a given.

"But he'll request a remainder and it's a unsafe combat this guy's increasing successful assurance but he'll judge helium tin wounded Dubois.

"He'll judge helium tin bushed him but afloat recognition to Daniel Dubois helium deserves each the recognition it was a large show from Daniel."