Eddie Hearn has defended Anthony Joshua after his antics following Saturday night’s heavyweight title defeat by Oleksandr Usyk.
Despite a performance that was much improved from his comprehensive defeat by the same opponent at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 11 months ago, ‘AJ’ could not regain the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO belts on a critical night in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as he suffered a third professional defeat that leaves his place among the elite of boxing’s blue-riband division in some peril and wrecks dreams of a lucrative all-British undisputed showdown with WBC champion Tyson Fury.
