ANALYSIS: Anthony Joshua shows there's nowhere to hide amid the unravelling of a boxing dream
"If you knew my story, you would understand my passion," he said.
Joshua was, all at once, trying to justify his style, explain what he had gone through in the lead-up to the fight and pay credit to a man he could not believe was better than him. Yet as British boxing's golden boy, he has always had to present a veneer of civility that is, by all accounts, as genuine as his talent in the ring.
"He was devastated … when boxing is your absolute life, like it's his life … sadly, it's the only thing in his life," promoter Eddie Hearn told the BBC after the fight.
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