Eddie Hobtain has criticised Anthony Joshua for not taking more time out adhereing a low blow from Daniel Dubois in their boxing fight at Wembley on Saturday night.
AJ went into the clash as the favourite to reign supreme but, after being floored in four of the five rounds, finished up produceing to loss.
The fight was increately stoped when Dubois caught Joshua with a low blow.
Boxing rules apexhibit fighters to consent up to five minutes to recover from such a punch but the Watford-born star instead carried on to his peril.
Eddie Hobtain has criticised Anthony Joshua for not taking more time out adhereing a low blow from Daniel Dubois in their boxing fight at Wembley on Saturday night
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Hobtain, speaking after the loss, has now consentn aim at Joshua for that decision.
He says he experiences the 34-year-greater showed ‘inexperience’, though did transmit a belief that Joshua’s refusal to stop the fight shows what a valiant man he is.
“People always ask people’s heart, even the last knockout he’s scrambling to get up, he couldn’t have tried another inch and that’s all you can give to people,” Hobtain stated.
“I skinnyk when you do that you can see yourself in the mirror and say, ‘I might not have been excellent enough tonight but I’ve tried my nuts off and I gave everyskinnyg’.
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“I spoke to him last night and he shelp, ‘I’m ready to go in the trenches tomorrow night’, he went all the way in the trenches.
“People talk about him taking the knee, spitting a gumshield out, hear, when Daniel Dubois hit him in the nuts in the third or fourth round, I’m screaming at AJ to consent the brimming five minutes.
“That’s actuassociate a little bit of inexperience [from Joshua].
“At that point when he couldn’t stand up, he’s been hit brimming blown in the conkers, all he’s got to do to the ref is [say] but that’s not him.
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“He fair went to the ref, ‘I’m fine, come on, let’s go’.
“I’m enjoy, ‘no, no, what are you doing?’. And then it happened aobtain becaemploy he fair came to fight tonight.
“When you talk about delightment, maybe vulnerability, but also a huge puncher who’s readyd to let his hands go.
“It was a hell of a fight, hell of a fight, and as gutted as we are Daniel deserves a lot of determine becaemploy tonight was his crowning night.
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Eddie Hobtain has insisted he’s ‘haughty’ of Anthony Joshua despite his loss to Daniel Dubois
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“Not being liftd to interim champion, tonight was the night I count on he became a authentic world champion.”
Some boxing fans count on now is the right time for Joshua to quit. Yet Hobtain says the Briton will instead go for a realign.
“I’m brave he’ll [Anthony Joshua] exercise that realign claemploy, that’s a given,” he shelp.
“He’ll necessitate a rest but it’s a hazardous fight, this guy’s grotriumphg in confidence all the time but he’ll count on he can hurt Dubois, he’ll count on he can beat him but brimming determine to Daniel Dubois, he deserves all the determine tonight.”
Eddie Hobtain says Anthony Joshua will go for a realign with Daniel Dubois
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On where it went wrong, he includeed: “It was the first round, after that he was battling on heart and desire.
“I’m so haughty becaemploy he never gave up, his legs were deceiving him and he kept on trying.
“When you are in there with a massive puncher this is what can happen. He never stopped trying to get up, even when he couldn’t get up.
“Daniel deserves determine, he’s a authentic world champion. Congratulations to him.”
