After a thrilling world heavyweight title rematch that Usyk won by split decision, an emotional Joshua initially walked out of the ring before returning, removing some of the belts, then taking the microphone to give a strange speech to the crowd. The strange scenes slightly overshadowed Usyk’s moment, although the Brit spoke from the heart and was largely complimentary of the Ukrainian. “I’m giving you my story,” he said. “I was going to jail. I got fired and started training my ass, because if I was convicted then I wouldn’t be able to fight. “I could have done better but it showed the hard work he had to put in to beat me. This guy is amazing talent, how many belts did you get bro, five? We will cheer him on. Hip-hip, tail! “I studied all your champions, what’s going on there, I don’t know, but I know it’s not nice. There were problems in Ukraine. Klitschko vs Williams. Usyk, under these conditions, became a champion. “I’m not a 12-round fighter. I’m a new breed of heavyweight, Mike Tyson, Sonny Liston – they say ‘he doesn’t throw combinations like Rocky Marciano’ because I’m not 14 stone. I’m 18 stone, I’m heavy.’ Anthony Joshua was clearly emotional after his loss (Getty Images) Joshua’s friend, training partner and fellow pro Clarke was working as a pundit for Sky Sports Box Office and slammed the challenger’s team for failing to intervene and prevent the post-fight scenes. Clarke said: “I feel he’s been left out to dry by his team. Someone should have saved him from himself. In the true boxing sense, then it was Usyk’s time to celebrate, I don’t think it was right. “Anthony did a lot of good, but he had one bad thing there. No excuses, that was Usyk’s era. Someone should have stopped him, saved him from himself. “No one feels it as much as Anthony. He is no ordinary boxer. The pressure I feel against Joshua is chalk and cheese. Maybe it boiled there, maybe it got warm. Let’s not judge him for it, the Joshua I know is a nice and respectful man. It boiled there. “Maybe he has a concussion. After a fight, your head is all over the place. Maybe not what he said, the time. If I were there, I’d do some digging to get his mic out. Give him a minute to compose himself.”