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Anthony Joshua: If You Knew My Story, You Would Understand The Passion

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It was an emotional moment for Nigerian-born British fighter, Anthony Joshua, who lost his rematch to Ukrainian, Oleksandr Usyk in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.…

It was an emotional moment for Nigerian-born British fighter, Anthony Joshua, who lost his rematch to Ukrainian, Oleksandr Usyk in Jedda, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.

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After the judges’ decision was declared, Joshua grabbed two of the title belts and threw them over the side of the ropes before storming out of the ring in frustration.

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Moments later, he returned and grabbed the mic, telling the King Abdullah Sports City: “This guy beat me tonight, maybe I could have done better, but it shows the level of hard work I put in, so please give him a round of applause as our heavyweight champion of the world.

“If you knew my story you would understand the passion. I ain’t no amateur boxer from five-years-old,  that was an elite prospect from youth.

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“I was going to jail, I got bail and I started training myself; I wanted to be able to fight.

“I’m stealing this Usyk I’m sorry, but it’s because of the passion we put into this. This guy to beat me tonight, maybe I could have done better, but it shows the level of hard work I put in so please give him a round of applause as our heavyweight champion of the world.’

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“I’m not a 12 round fighter, look at me, I’m a new breed of heavyweights, Mike Tyson, Sonny Liston, Jack Dempsey, ‘you don’t throw combinations like Rocky Marciano’, I’m 18 stone, I’m heavy, it’s hard work.”

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The rematch in Saudi Arabia, follows their bout last year in London, where Usyk won the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight belts from the British boxer.

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