Anthony Joshua Speaks Out After A Surprising Defeat By Andy Ruiz Jr.

Anthony Joshua, 29, was beaten in a remarkable fight by Andy Ruiz Jr., a 29 year old American-born Mexican who shocked the world to take the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO titles.
The Briton who was undefeated and unified heavyweight champion with 22 wins - 21 by knockout, spoke for the first time, since the shocking defeat at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, via his YouTube channel on Wednesday.



"I have to take my loss like a man, no blaming anyone, no blaming anything.” Joshua said. “I’m the one who went in there to perform, and my performance didn’t go to plan. My game plan didn’t go to plan, so I have to readjust, analyze, do my best to correct it and get the job done in the rematch."


"Congratulations to Andy Ruiz, he has six months or so to be champion, because the belts go into the air and he has to defend the title against myself. Within our contract we were negotiating we added some clauses, as you do. So naturally we added a rematch clause, date, location and so on."

"I would not mind if it was in New York again, I wouldn’t mind if it was in England."

There were rumors that Joshua was unprepared, that He allowed Ruiz to beat him so there will be a rematch, that He ate contaminated food and that He had panic attack but He dismissed the whole rumors stating:


"About the fight, look, the whole training camp team pulled together and done a great job," he said. "I started my camp off in Sheffield (England), which I normally do, anyway. Was working there for about six weeks, seven weeks cracking on, came to New York, continue my press tour. There was a lot of issues going on with this fight with Jarrell Miller, (Luiz) Ortiz pulling out, (Andy) Ruiz stepping in, but it all makes for the drama show, the entertainment of heavyweight boxing."

"So, I traveled here, done my press conference, and then I’ve gone to Miami. The set up was spot-on. I didn’t go out except for lunch one day, out in the open. Other days the chef in-house was cooking, eating in-house and so on. No contaminated food. I know there’s a lot of accusations and worries about what was wrong with me, but I want to tell you this: I’m a soldier, and I have to take my ups and my downs, and on Saturday I took a loss, and I have to take it like a man and that’s why one of my sayings is, 'never let success get to your head and never let your failures get to your heart.'"
Joshua continued "I had no panic attack. I'm not that type of person. You know me."

"I got beaten by a good fighter, It will be interesting to see how far he goes, but this is all part of the journey."

Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn had announced there will be a rematch with Ruiz which was part of their contract and will take place in November or December