‘Who you talking to?’ – Anthony Joshua threw Oleksandr Usyk’s belts out of the ring before delivering passionate rant – then argued backstage with bystander

Anthony Joshua was still in fight mode well after his loss to Oleksandr Usyk - and one fan bore the brunt of his anger.

The Brit put in a valiant effort in his second meeting with Usyk, but it was not enough, as the Ukrainian once again boxed his way to a points victory, keeping the belts in the process.

Usyk defended his WBA, WBO and IBF titles, while he also added the Ring Magazine belt to his collection and understandably emotions got the better of AJ.

In the immediate aftermath of the fight, Joshua threw two of the belts out of the ring, which included the WBA and Ring Magazine titles, and then appeared to exchange angry words with the champion.

AJ then delivered an impassioned speech to the fans in attendance.

Joshua's promoter, Eddie Hearn, said this was down to how much it meant to him, telling talkSPORT: "AJ, you saw his reaction, it's passion. But, he wanted to win so bad and he wasn't quite good enough.

"He lost a split decision to the pound-for-pound number one. So, I hope he's not too ashamed of that because it was a much better performance than the first fight."

Frazer Clarke, Joshua's sparring partner and former Team GB teammate, expressed that AJ's support network should have done a better job of tempering his emotional reaction to the loss.

“He might be mad at me for saying this and the whole team might be mad at me for saying this, but I feel like he was left out to dry by the team," he told Sky Sports.

“I feel like someone should have saved him.

“It's words but in the true reflection of boxing, that was Oleksandr Usyk's time to celebrate that victory and he didn't get to do it straight away.

"I just don't think that was right but once again, Anthony is a great person, he does a lot for a lot of people, he's done a lot for me, but I feel like he had a bit of a bad one there and it was out of character. There were no excuses, that was Oleksandr Usyk's time.

“To the people around him, where were you? Someone should have jumped in there. Someone should have stopped him and saved him from himself. It was only words, but it was the wrong time.”