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Welcome to this special edition of 5 Live Boxing with Costello on Bunts in the aftermath

of that staggering resultant Madison Square Garden at the weekend with Anthony Joshua

losing his three versions of the world heavyweight title against Andy Ruiz Jr.

And Steve, as is always the case after the shock, the fallout.

You know the expression, when the dust settles, well I've got to tell you there are certain

fights in boxing history and there are certain fights especially in heavyweight boxing history

when quite simply Mike, as you know, the dust never settles.

And I have a feeling we may have witnessed something in Madison Square Garden on Saturday

night in that famous old ancient and sacred ring that will never actually be finished.

There will be debates continually and constantly in 10 years, 15 years, 20 years about what

actually happened during the seven rounds.

Yeah, and we had scheduled to produce our next podcast from Las Vegas next Monday, but

so much has been said in the last 48 hours or so that those rumors and issues have to

be addressed, including whether Anthony Joshua was knocked down, even knocked out in training.

He wasn't well and the style above his right eye was an indication of something that was

more worrying in terms of an illness and the issue post-fight where Joshua's dad Robert

was seen ranting both at Eddie Hearn and at Eddie Hearn's right hand man Frank Smith.

So so much to deal with.

So much to deal with Mike, I'm going to never not quite sure where to start.

You and I had flagged up on the Monday, that's not being after time, as that's actually

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