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Daily Mirror
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Donagh Corby

Anthony Joshua was "helped up" after being dropped by rival in sparring

Anthony Joshua needed to be helped up after David Price dropped him in a sparring session back in 2011, one year before his London Olympic triumph.

Joshua was a young amateur at the time, and had only been boxing for a few years when he took on Price, a top British title contender at the time, in a sparring session. They were working out in a full-contact spar, and the Liverpool native landed a right hand that put his opponent down.

However, Price's career was hampered by injuries and he never managed to reach the heights that Joshua or his long-time rival Tyson Fury were able to achieve. He was stopped in June 2019 by Derek Chisora, and decided to hang up the gloves shortly after, without having ever even fought for a world title.

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