British boxing body slams 28 days suspension on Joshua over Dubois’ knockout

The British Boxing Board of Control has hit Anthony Joshua with a suspension from the squared circle following his devastating knockout loss to Daniel Dubois at Wembley last Saturday, reports mirror.co.uk.

The two-time heavyweight champion of the world must stay away from the squared circle for 28 days after being brutally folded by his fellow Briton at London’s Wembley Stadium last Saturday, the 34-year-old falling to the canvas three times before being knocked out by ‘DDD’ in the fifth with a stiff right hand.

According to the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports, it is not unusual for a fighter to receive a medical suspension after suffering a TKO or KO loss. And while Joshua has no future fights set in stone with a date, it seems incredibly unlikely that the month-long lay-off will impact him.

A number of pundits and former boxers have all raised their opinions on what’s next for the Olympic gold medallist, with Carl Froch claiming that he should hang up his gloves. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Froch said: “Anthony Joshua got absolutely battered from pillar to post.

“He lacked ambition, he lacked self-belief and confidence. His powers of recovery are terrible, he looked exhausted. I question Anthony Joshua’s desire to be in that boxing ring anymore. I don’t think AJ wants it anymore, he shouldn’t be boxing. That performance was weak.”

However, Matchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn believes that his fighter still has fight left in him. Speaking to iFL TV about options going forward, he explained: “If Fury was to lose maybe they (AJ and Fury) both say ‘Right, let’s give the public one last hurrah, two big fights, done’.
“Or, if Fury wins, he could defend against AJ for the unified world heavyweight title and AJ could beat him and become a three-time heavyweight champion. Anything’s possible. Or we could rematch Daniel Dubois. Or (he) could fight someone else.

Joshua, however, has a rematch clause he can trigger to fight Dubois again and has insisted he is not done yet.