By Will Griffee For Mailonline
Published: 19:43 BST, 2 June 2019 | Updated: 19:54 BST, 2 June 2019
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Anthony Joshua is already fixated on winning back his world titles and avenging the shock upset by Andy Ruiz, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn.
Ruiz stunned the boxing world at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night with a seventh round stoppage having knocked down the previously undefeated champion four times.
Hearn offered an update to BBC Five Live on Joshua's state of mind after the worst night of his career.
Eddie Hearn thinks the first third round knockdown of Anthony Joshua changed the fight
Joshua's promoter believes his man was concussed and did not know much about the fight
'He's not the kind of guy to cry and sulk. He's going to go away, evaluate his performance and improve,' he said.
'Last night I saw I guy I knew wanted the belts back. This morning I saw a guy where that was the only thing on his mind, to become heavyweight champion of the world again.'
There has been plenty of speculation surrounding what went so wrong for Joshua but Hearn's assessment is more straightforward.
'I think this is simpler than people are