As Anthony Joshua spoke into the microphone, forced to confront the reality that he had just lost the biggest fight of his career, he was calm, introspective and self-critical.
If that behaviour sounds incongruous with the viral scene that played out in the ring on Saturday night in Jeddah, that’s because it is from a different scene entirely. Having petulantly departed the ring after his second straight decision defeat by Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua stormed back up the ramp to confront his conqueror, only to toss two of the Ukrainian’s title belts from the ring and deliver backhanded compliments while venting frustrations over perceptions of his own pedigree.
