Anthony Joshua corner footage shows he will regret three-word boast before KO

Anthony Joshua suffered a humiliating knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois on Saturday night and tthe 34-year-old has come to regret a comment he made to his trainer just before the fifth round

New footage of Anthony Joshua's fight with Daniel Dubois will leave the 34-year-old regretting a boast he made to his corner.

Joshua was knocked out in the fifth round of Saturday night's bout with Dubois having dominated throughout. He had entered the fight with hopes of joining the ranks of three-time world champions.But those hopes were dashed when Dubois caught him with a powerful right hook to the chin. That sent him crashing to the canvas, with the referee calling the fight over after Joshua was unable to recover.

Joshua had been sent crashing down three times before, once in the third round and twice in the fourth. That forced trainer Ben Davison into launching into crisis-management mode, provoking a comment from Joshua that he will live to regret. Ahead of the fifth round, Davison was heard saying: "We get through them [these moments]. "This is what it's about. We get through them. F***ing warrior spirit, but we've got to be smart."

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After receiving those instructions from his team, Joshua replied: "Roll the dice, innit? At the start of this round he's going to come out fast." Davison responded: "Yeah, so be ready. Slip and bring it up, he'll step in with his jab." After a brief moment of silence, Joshua ended the conversation with a now-infamous comment. Microphones near his corner picked up the 34-year-old telling Davison: "He is s***."

That analysis provoked to be a mistake though, with Joshua left counting the cost of another defeat. His future in the sport is now in question, though the 34-year-old has insisted he wants to continue fighting. "We came up short as a team. You know I'm ready to kick off in the ring but I'm going to keep it respectful. Before I came here, I always say to myself I'm a fighter for life. You keep rolling the dice. I had a fast and sharp opponent, a lot of mistakes from my end," he said.

"We walk the walk come out with our head held high. We're trying to create history for British boxing and think we're doing that. Of course I want to continue fighting. We took a shot and we came up shortl What are we going to do, walk away? We're going to live another day." But former world champion Carl Froch believes it is time for Joshua to hang up his gloves. Froch questioned whether Joshua had the appetitie to get back in the ring after such a chastening defeat.

"Anthony Joshua got absolutley battered from pillar to post. He lacked ambition, he lacked self-belief and confidence. His powers of recover are terrible, he looked exhausted. I question Anthony Joshua's desire to be in that boxing ring anymore," Froch told his YouTube channel. "I don't think AJ wants it anymore, he shouldn't be boxing. That performance was weak. What next for AJ? I don't even know. This could be see the last we see of Anthony Joshua. I just can't see a future for Anthony Joshua."