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Conor McGregor urges Anthony Joshua to skirt retirement after brutal KO loss: ‘Of course he can come back’

Former two-division UFC champion, Conor McGregor has urged former two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua to skirt a potential retirement from combat sports, claiming the Watford veteran is a “legend” and has no business calling time on his career.

Joshua, who returned to the ring overnight at Wembley Stadium, suffered a hugely-dominant fifth round knockout loss against IBF heavyweight champion, Daniel Dubois, in which he was dropped on five separate occasions en route to another knockout defeat.

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And seeing his four-fight winning spree halted by IBF titleholder, Dubois as a result, Joshua, who has now dropped a pair of defeats to Ukrainian star, Oleksandar Usyk and a knockout blemish against Mexican veteran, Andy Ruiz Jr.