Joshua suffered a second consecutive loss to Usyk by split decision at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Saudi Arabia last night. 3 Anthony Joshua breaks down in tears during his post-fight press conferenceCredit: PA 3 Anthony Joshua explained he was ‘mad’ at himself after defeat by Oleksandr UsykCredit: EPA After the result was announced, AJ threw the Ukrainian star’s belts out of the ring before appearing to storm out. The British boxing star then decided to return to the squared circle to grab the microphone and give a strange speech to the crowd. The 32-year-old became emotional at his press conference as he explained it was “from the heart” and came about as a result of being “mad” at himself. Joshua said: “When you try to do things from the heart and everyone just doesn’t understand. It was only from the heart. I was angry with myself. No one else but me. “So I thought, I have to get out of here because I’m crazy. Like anyone, when you’re angry, you can do stupid things. “I was mad and then I realized, ‘Oh, s***, this is sport. Let me do the right thing and come back.” “I just spoke from my heart. It was so hard. You see AJ holding it together, yeah, and I’m a hustler, so I try to mix things up. Try to work hard and put things together and make sure my team is good. “But it comes at a cost, a big cost. It will never break me, but it takes real strength not to break me. And tonight, there’s a small chink in the armor when I lost. “And I think you just saw me upset. And with the speech, I was just talking about where I’m from. I was on the streets, really. “And I made a transition into boxing that really changed my life and brought me closer to God and brought me closer to meeting so many people. “And I set it all at the beginning with my speech. But let’s not forget champion Oleksandr Usyk. He also made a stunning appearance. So credit to him. “I can’t remember what I said in the ring because it was so passionate. But I just want to thank him for taking part in a great historic match as well. It takes two to tango. I was so upset.” Usyk tried to calm Joshua down in the ring during his post-fight outburst. FREE BET AND SIGN UP OFFERS – BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS 3 Anthony Joshua gave a strange speech after losing to Oleksandr UsykCredit: Getty But the 35-year-old insists he has “nothing but respect” for his opponent. Usyk said: “I didn’t feel much at the moment that he was a little disappointed. Just shared feelings. It’s all good. We just need to communicate a little bit. “The good things he said about me is something I accept. But I don’t accept it deep in my heart because I want to remain a humble person. “I don’t want my pride in me to grow bigger. It’s something like that. I don’t believe in kind words. “I have nothing but respect for Anthony Joshua. I saw him a bit emotional and I saw him pull some of my teammates and it was like a naked fight.”
