ANTHONY JOSHUA jokingly took goal at a blended martial arts reporter after his knockout of Francis Ngannou.
The previous two-time unified heavyweight champion locked horns with the MMA man mountain in a profitable crossover conflict in Saudi Arabia early on Saturday morning.
AJ gave the previous UFC heavyweight king a brutal reminder of the degrees of the game with a vicious second-round KO of their Riyadh rumble.
The Watford warrior fielded questions from the assembled media within the post-fight press convention and was fast to recognise the voices of one of many reporters.
Shortly MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn started asking him a query, AJ requested: “Did you interview Ngannou?
“I recognise your voice. Was it like a one-on-one interview?
“Yeah, I recognise your voice. You thought he was going to beat me, innit?
“I might inform by the query, I might inform by the questions you had been asking.”
After Eddie Hean revealed to Joshua the outlet Bohn labored for, Joshua broke into laughter and mentioned: “Is he MMA Junkie?
“See what I am saying? I do know. His outlet is MMA Junkie, I can recognise that voice.
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“I used to be pondering, ‘Whoever this man is, I do know I am gonna see him someday.’ I inform folks, ‘I watch every little thing. I examine every little thing.'”
Veteran reporter Bohn took the playful ribbing effectively and mirrored on it on X.
The Canadian wrote on X: “Anthony Joshua simply referred to as me out on the post-fight presser for being the MMA man within the room.”
He then added on Instagram: “Honest play.”
Victory over Ngannou was Joshua’s third stoppage in his final 4 fights since back-to-back defeats to former pound-for-pound king Oleksandr Usyk.
Instantly after having his hand raised, he mentioned: “That is the factor with boxing, it solely takes one shot within the heavyweight division.
“You need to all the time hold trying to find higher.
“For me, I do not know if I am coming into my peak, I am pushing day-to-day.
“Who is aware of the place it’ll take me. Think about in 5 years I will not be combating any extra, it will all be mentioned and accomplished, so I am attempting to take advantage of it.”