By Will Griffee For Mailonline
Published: 22:59 BST, 9 June 2019 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 9 June 2019
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Eddie Hearn lifted the lid on the extraordinary confrontation with Anthony Joshua's father Robert in the wake of the shock defeat by Andy Ruiz.
The promoter feared he was about to be 'chinned' by Robert in the Madison Square Garden ring as all hell broke loose following the Mexican's seventh-round stoppage.
AJ's father was incensed and footage showed him yelling at Hearn, who has revealed all about the incident.
Anthony Joshua had to restrain his dad as he tried to confront promoter Eddie Hearn
Richard Joshua could be seen speaking and pointing towards Hearn after AJ's defeat
'We don’t talk, like ever, and it was a bit of a shock and at the time, I was looking at (Joshua’s Dad) and thinking ‘He might chin me now!’
'It was one of those things where he was about to chin me, and I was thinking lets just talk after because I didn’t want that kind of situation in the ring,' he told iFL TV.
Rumours abounded about the primary reason for Robert's furious
