![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-kod-aj-in-sparring-and-he-had-to-be-helped-to-his-feet-i-even-beat-fury/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/anthony-joshua-looks-heavyweight-fight-836645676.jpg&description=PAY THE PRICE Published : 14:18, 7 Aug 2023 Updated : 14:18, 7 Aug 2023 DAVID PRICE claims Anthony Joshua had to be "helped up" after he knocked him out with a "big right hand" in sparring. He even beat Tyson Fury as an amateur but has now hung up his gloves. 5 Anthony Joshua was once KO'd by David Price Credit: Getty 5 David Price, 40, has now retired from boxing Credit: Getty AJ and Price, both British heavyweights, were former training partners at Team GB's Sheffield HQ. And one session in 2011 stands out among them all as Price floored then-amateur champion AJ . Opening up on the incident, Price told iD Boxing : 'I just caught him with a big right hand and down he went. "He had to get helped up, type of thing, and ushered out the ring. "And it was no big deal to me at the time, and there was no shame in that happening to you if I hit you.' Joshua was one year away from winning Olympic gold in London, which later paved the way for two unified world title reigns in the professional ranks. And in 2018 he admitted to being put down by Price, just hours after leaving a police cell . Joshua revealed: 'I had come out of a police cell the day I went up to training. I won't use it as an excuse. 'I was coming up to training camp, Thursday to Sunday, because I was on a development course. 'But I got nicked on the way to training camp – for just trouble – and I got out on the Saturday. 'I started sparring as soon as I got up there, straight from the station, I do think he was very good at the time, very strong and I was making too many mistakes. "Those circumstances don't help when you're sparring an elite fighter. 'I even had to get the train to Sheffield because they took my car – just to show my commitment. What I learnt was you cannot stop someone like me. 'They say you have two types of fighters; those that get dropped and stay down. "But the ones you have to be wary of are the ones who keep on coming. You just cannot stop someone like that. "I learnt it will take more){kind=link}
DAVID PRICE claims Anthony Joshua had to be “helped up” after he knocked him out with a “big right hand” in sparring.
He even beat Tyson Fury as an amateur but has now hung up his gloves.
AJ and Price, both British heavyweights, were former training partners at Team GB’s Sheffield HQ.
And one session in 2011 stands out among them all as Price floored then-amateur champion AJ.
Opening up on the incident, Price told iD Boxing: “I just caught him with a big right hand and down he went.