Anthony Joshua has received a boxing ban a week after his knockout loss to Daniel Dubois . The two-time heavyweight champion of the world must stay away from the squared circle for 28 days after being brutally folded by his fellow Briton at London's Wembley Stadium last Saturday, the 34-year-old falling to the canvas three times before being knocked out by 'DDD' in the fifth with a stiff right hand . Now, AJ has been banned for just under a month by the British Boxing Board of Control .
According to the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports, it is not unusual for a fighter to receive a medical suspension after suffering a TKO or KO loss. And while Joshua has no future fights set in stone with a date, it seems incredibly unlikely that the month-long lay-off will impact him. Dubois handed AJ just the fourth loss of his career when they met with the IBF title on the line, his first coming to Andy Ruiz Jr in shocking fashion back in 2019 before Oleksandr Usyk bested him in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
A number of pundits and former boxers have all raised their opinions on what's next for the Olympic gold medallist, with Carl Froch claiming that he should hang up his gloves. Speaking on his YouTube channel , Froch said: " Anthony Joshua got absolutely battered from pillar to post. "He lacked ambition, he lacked self-belief and confidence.
His powers of recovery are terrible, he looked exhausted. I question Anthony Joshua's desire to be in that boxing ring anymore. .
