Anthony Joshua has revealed that a recent UFC fight had a profound effect on his psyche. <\/strong><\/p>\n The previous two-time heavyweight world champion boxer watched MMA\u2019s premier promotion placed on a show on the White House on June 14. <\/p>\n Within the UFC Freedom 250 principal event, Ilia Topuria suffered the primary defeat of his profession as Justin Gaethje sprung a monumental upset to stop him after 4 rounds and develop into the undisputed UFC lightweight champion. <\/p>\n ‘The Highlight’ stopped Ilia Topuria to finally develop into a UFC champion on the White House.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Anthony Joshua says seeing Ilia Topuria\u2018s shock loss modified his approach to fight camp. <\/p>\n \u2018AJ\u2019 got a large reminder about how brutal combat sports could be when he checked out the damage Justin Gaethje inflicted on the Spanish UFC star\u2019s face. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel you\u2019ve got to be within the fight game to actually realize it\u2019s not lit. It\u2019s not what people think it’s. It\u2019s not all fun and games, it\u2019s a serious, serious, serious job, man,\u201d Joshua said during an interview with Combat Evolved<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce I watched that Ilia Topuria fight, and who was the opposite guy he fought? Once I watched that fight, I finished replying to people after that because I said, \u2018Yo, it\u2019s not a joke.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI saw someone in Ilia who was destined to win, the celebs aligned for him to be victorious. I feel Ilia had beat people who Justin had lost against. The percentages were in his favor, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m saying. <\/p>\n \u201cIlia, not that it was a nasty thing, but I saw him celebrating before. He\u2019s entitled to do what he wants, but I just took something from it, and I said, \u2018Get back to being untouchable, less accessible, since the fight game is so serious.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cYou saw his face, what he went through. That\u2019s not a joke, man. It\u2019s not a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n Kristian Prenga’s 20-1 (20 KOs) record looks good until you glance through his former opponents. \ud83d\ude2c<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Anthony Joshua will hope he can avoid a similarly massive upset loss in Saudi Arabia on July 25.<\/p>\n The 36-year-old is about to face 20-1 heavyweight Kristian Prenga in a fight that’s being billed as a warm-up. <\/p>\n A mega-money British blockbuster between Joshua and Tyson Fury has already been signed for later this yr.<\/p>\n An upset defeat like Ilia Topuria\u2019s would derail the largest boxing bout the UK has ever seen.<\/p>\n Joshua has made the adjustments to his camp that ought to prevent that scenario from playing out, but anything can occur in heavyweight boxing.<\/p>\nDid Justin Gaethje pull off the largest upset of all time? \ud83d\ude31<\/h3>\n
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