Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn says the fact Anthony Joshua took his shoes off before confronting a group of university students for abusing him sums him up perfectly.
Last week it was revealed the two-time heavyweight champion was walking through Loughborough University when a group of drunk students began shouting abuse at him from what they thought was the safety of their halls of residence.
Joshua was caught on camera confronting the students in their halls of residence
'AJ' took issue with the heckling, which was believed to involve accusations that he was ducking a Tyson Fury fight, and decided to give the youngsters the fright of their lives.
"Remember you're running your mouth, because when I bring people up here and I start cracking your glass jaws, none of you will like it," Joshua said when confronting the students, after storming up to their flat.
"When your jaws start breaking and people start chasing you out of this uni, none of you will like it.
"Watch your mouths because you don't know who you're talking to sometimes. I know, listen, all that public eye bulls***, I ain't into all that."
Joshua's promoter was keen to stress that his fighter hadn't been triggered by insults relating to his career, and was the victim of a much more personal and 'X-rated' attack.
"I saw a lot of stuff in the paper that they were shouting stuff about Tyson Fury, they really weren't. I'm sure they did at some point, but it was a lot more X-rated than that," Hearn told IFL TV.
AJ has been working with Hearn since he turned pro
"I'm not going to say exactly what was said but it was a lot of stuff you just don't say to people and if you're going to say it, you're not on Twitter.
"You're shouting to a heavyweight fighter and you're shouting personal insults to him, you can't not expect anything back."
Hearn couldn't help but laugh at the fact Joshua politely took his shoes off before entering the student flat to threaten to break the jaws of his abusers.
"I'm not being funny that really sums him up, he took his shoes off before he came in to give these guys a dressing down," he said. "Look, people interpret it how they want, and he told me a few things that were said.
"I think it was very polite of him to take his shoes off – that's my final comment on the situation."
Joshua was at Loughborough University checking out their boxing facilities as he continues to prepare for his upcoming rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, which was expected to take place on July 23 in the Middle East but has now been pushed back until mid-August.
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