Fans convinced they know why Conor McGregor celebrated Anthony Joshua KO

Daniel Dubois dropped Joshua with a immense overhand close aboriginal successful the archetypal round, causing UFC prima McGregor to leap up from his spot astatine ringside earlier raising his arms aloft

Boxing fans joked Conor McGregor had a stake connected Daniel Dubois beating Anthony Joshua aft being filmed wildly celebrating the former's daze knockout triumph connected Saturday night.

Joshua was dominated by his rival Dubois, who downed the two-time world champion 4 times en way to an unthinkable stoppage triumph successful beforehand of 96,000 fans astatine Wembley Stadium to clasp his IBF rubric loop - leaving AJ's vocation and aboriginal prospects hanging successful the balance.

Dubois dropped Joshua with a immense overhand close aboriginal successful the archetypal round, causing UFC prima McGregor to leap up from his spot astatine ringside earlier raising his arms aloft.

In the 3rd round, with AJ inactive taking tons of punishment, Dubois caught his hostile with a near hook - with Joshua's legs buckling arsenic McGregor again stood up and enactment his hands connected his head.

In circular five, Joshua looked to beryllium mounting an awesome comeback arsenic helium landed a large close manus that looked to sound Dubois disconnected balance, a infinitesimal that appeared to person McGregor stomping his feet successful frustration, with AJ past sent to the canvas again for the past clip aft opting to commercialized successful a last shootout.

One instrumentality wrote connected societal media: "Bro decidedly had a container connected Dubois," portion different said: " Conor McGregor decidedly has wealth connected Daniel Dubois implicit Anthony Joshua", accompanied by a laughing emoji.

A 3rd reposted a video of McGregor's celebrations and said the Irishman "must person had a bully wager connected Daniel".

But 1 was near confused aft noticing that McGregor looked frustrated aft Joshua got knocked out, commenting: "I request to cognize what Conor stake this fight, helium was celebrating R1 Dubois knockdown but past was seemingly p***ed erstwhile helium got the KO."

After going done mixed emotions connected a thrilling night, McGregor insisted Joshua should not discontinue contempt suggestions from boxing fable Ricky Hatton that helium should bash so.

"AJ is fig one," helium said. "This is his eighth stadium show. He's a fable forever. For definite determination is [a mode back], helium had him, helium smacked him back, helium stood his crushed but past went guardant and got clocked. It's lone boxing. You get clocked you tin drawback someone. Of people helium tin travel backmost for sure."

The aboriginal is uncertain for Joshua, who has a rematch clause with Dubois but besides has different options - including a imaginable aboriginal combat against Tyson Fury should helium suffer again to Oleksandr Usyk aboriginal this year.