Anthony Joshua drinks Conor McGregor's stout moments after Robert Helenius KO

13 August 2023 , 00:01

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Anthony Joshua drinks Conor McGregor's stout moments after Robert Helenius KO

Anthony Joshua enjoyed some of Conor McGregor's Forged Irish Stout just moments after brutally knocking out Robert Helenius.

Former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua made up for a timid display against Helenius by landing a one-punch knockout in their fight at The O2 arena in London. Joshua was up on the scorecards despite looking cagey for the six rounds up until the fight-ending blow, but he silenced boos that echoed around the arena to pick up his first stoppage win in almost three years.

UFC legend McGregor was in attendance for the fight as his stout was one of the many sponsors. 'Notorious' rocked up to the venue with two of his own ring girls as he also walked to his seat alongside women's bantamweight world champion Ebanie Bridges. McGregor was watching on closely as Joshua won by knockout as he got in the ring after the fight for some great product placement.

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McGregor praised Joshua for his performance during an impromptu post-fight interview, stating: "Greatness don't rush. Joshua took his time, he landed a big heavy shot, I'm just happy Helenius got up. The fans should be grateful for the Finnish coming in, last minute replacement, no fear he gave a great performance, did himself proud and his team and I'm happy to see him get up.

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"Big congrats to AJ, big congrats to Eddie, big congrats Forged Irish Stout." The former two-weight UFC champion then shocked fans by calling out YouTube boxer KSI for bare-knuckle fight as he said: "I know your man KSI is in the crowd and he couldn't box eggs if he worked in an egg boxing factory. So if he wants to get in here I'll give him a final yoke, bare-knuckle if you want!"

KSI responded to McGregor's call-out on Twitter by writing: "Good KO from AJ, shame Connor got him to drink that filth kmt [kiss my teeth]. Lmao [Laughing my a** off] just seen this. Jake Paul must be crying that I’ve got Connor on my d*** already and I didn’t even have to fight an MMA fighter."

Joshua came to the defence of KSI after McGregor ridiculed him as the Irishman could be seen on camera calling him a "b****," to which 'AJ' responded "That's my guy!" KSI's manager has since confirmed to Mirror Fighting that the YouTuber has accepted McGregor's challenge in a statement read: "After KSI batters Fury, he’s coming to end Connor once and for all!"

Harry Davies