Anthony Joshua’s body language demonstrated a state of ‘aggressive arousal’ following Usyk defeat
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Anthony Joshua’s body language showed that he was in a state of ‘aggressive arousal’ and was suffering from ‘cognitive confusion’ prior to his bizarre post-fight speech following defeat to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday
- Anthony Joshua launched into a bizarre post-fight speech on Saturday night
- Joshua lost his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Body language expert Judi James says AJ was in a state of ‘aggressive arousal’
- Joshua’s erratic antics appeared to be provoked by a voice in the crowd
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Anthony Joshua suffered the third defeat of his professional career on Saturday once again finding himself on the wrong side of a judges’ decision against Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Looking to recapture his heavyweight gold, AJ produced a much-improved performance compared to the one seen in Tottenham back in September, but it ultimately wouldn’t be enough to dethrone the Ukrainian, who masterfully utilised feints and lateral movement to frustrate Joshua throughout the twelve rounds.
Despite one judge viewing the bout in his favour, Joshua would come up short once again in his attempt to defeat the former cruiserweight champion and stormed out of the ring after the decision was read.
Anthony Joshua was defeated by Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch on Saturday night
Joshua appeared dejected after the judges’ decision was announced
Though the fight will be remembered as a showcase of both the tenacity, and the technicality of both fighters, the action in the ring was ultimately overshadowed by a bizarre post-fight speech delivered by the former champion. But why did the usually cool calm and collected heavyweight lose his head in Jeddah?
Sportsmail has spoken to body language expert Judi James to get her opinion on what caused Joshua to deliver his erratic monologue post-fight…
Backstage, walking away after the fight, we can see a glimpse of much angrier body language signals emerge as someone in the crowd shouts out to ‘keep it professional’.
The former champion launched into a bizarre monologue after returning to the ring post-fight
Joshua’s comments following the fight came as he was in a state of ‘cognitive confusion’
Walking out, Joshua is still strutting and presenting more like a winner at that point but the criticism brings his brows down in a scowl and his entire facial expression changes as he seems to seek the guy out in a state of what looks like aggressive arousal.
We can see his entourage stepping in this time to spirit him away and this could be the point where the reality of what happened is beginning to sink in after the earlier performance of what looked like cognitive confusion after a brutal fight.