British sports promoter, Eddie Hearn has criticized Anthony Joshua for not temporarily stopping his fight with Daniel Dubois after taking a low blow.
Recall that Dubois produced a dominant display against Joshua at Wembley on Saturday night.
The 27-year-old dismantled his compatriot Joshua in just five rounds in front of 96,000 people.
However, there was a brief stop to the fight in the penultimate round after Dubois caught Joshua with a low blow.
Referee Marcus McDonnell quickly stepped in to stop the bout with just over 90 seconds of the round remaining.
McDonnell then issued a warning to Dubois over his punch.
DAILY POST reports that boxing rules allow a boxer to take up to five minutes to recover from a low blow.
But Joshua did not offer any sort of protest as McDonnell then signalled for the fight to continue.
And Hearn believes the 34-year-old showed ‘inexperience’ in that moment.
According to him, Joshua should have taken the full five minutes because he could not stand up at that moment.
“That is actually a little bit of inexperience [from Joshua],” Hearn was quoted as saying by Metro UK.
“At that point when he couldn’t stand up, he’s been hit full blown in the conkers, all he’s got to do to the ref is [say] but that is not him.
“He just went to the ref, ‘I’m fine, come on, let’s go’.”
“People talk about him taking the knee, spitting a gumshield out, listen, when Daniel Dubois hit him in the nuts in the third or fourth round, I’m screaming at AJ to take the full five minutes,” he added
