Why Anthony Joshua has been ‘suspended’ following knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois

Anthony Joshua has been suspended from boxing for 28 days pursuing his knockout decision to Daniel Dubois.

The two-time heavyweight champion was sent to the mat 4 times arsenic Dubois unleashed a blistering performance to support his IBF heavyweight rubric astatine Wembley Stadium past Saturday.

Joshua was knocked retired successful the 5th circular aft a savage close manus from his opponent, leaving him crumbled connected the canvas.

As a effect of that defeat, Joshua has present been handed a 28-day suspension by the British Boxing Board of Control.

Before anyone panics, Joshua’s ‘ban’ is modular process for British fighters who endure stoppage defeats successful the ring.

The little aesculapian suspension is determination for the information of boxers and forestall them from returning to the ringing instantly aft a dense defeat. The process is communal crossed the satellite with boxing’s different governing bodies and successful UFC.

In astir situations, peculiarly concerning boxers of Joshua’s standing, the suspension has nary bearing connected their plans whatsoever. The suspension finishes connected 19 October with Joshua having nary plans to instrumentality to the ringing successful that play successful immoderate case.

This week, Joshua reiterated his tendency to instrumentality stronger and amended than ever after dismissing immoderate suggestions of retirement.

A rematch against Dubois successful 2025 is 1 imaginable adjacent measurement with the champion’s promoter Frank Warren this week suggesting February arsenic a imaginable date.

‘That combat is there. If they privation it, they’ve got it, person it successful a heartbeat. His adjacent combat volition beryllium successful February,’ Warren said.

‘That’s erstwhile he’ll combat next, and we volition enactment retired who that’s going to beryllium successful the adjacent week oregon 2 weeks.’

Joshua could besides hold for the particulate to settee connected the rematch betwixt Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury connected 21 December. Fellow heavyweight Frazer Clarke, who has sparred Joshua for years, believes his aged pal would beryllium omniscient not to unreserved into immoderate contiguous decision.

‘The mode of the loss, it was a demolition job,’ Clarke wrote successful his Metro.co.uk column.

‘He and the squad person to deliberation carefully. Eddie Hearn has suggested waiting until aft Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk conscionable successful their rematch connected 21 December. I deliberation that’s a omniscient happening to do.

‘At this stage, it is astir being patient. The bully times walk and truthful bash the atrocious ones. I americium definite determination is simply a strategy of what they bash next. Whether that’s combat for the loop again successful a rematch oregon hold for the biggest combat successful boxing against Fury.’

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