Promoter Eddie Hearn explained the post-fight confrontation, which took place in the ring, with Anthony Joshua's father Robert.

Hearn was confronted by Robert in the aftermath of Joshua's shock defeat at the hands of massive underdog Andy Ruiz at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Joshua was dropped four times, before the contest was finally waved off by the referee in the seventh round.

There was video footage being circulated, which showed AJ's father in a very angered state and yelling in the direction of Hearn.

Hearn explained that Joshua's father was angered by a number of things - and it got to the point where AJ had to intervene to diffuse the situation.

"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," Hearn told iFL TV.

"He was gunning for everybody but unfortunately I got copped on TV. He said he was unhappy with the house, the set up of the house, with the referee, a whole load of stuff. Then when I went round the back he started again and Josh went just said ‘Dad, it's me, it’s on me, I lost, no one else's fault’. That was all that was said."

Joshua will get the opportunity to secure his revenge in the fall.

The British superstar has exercised his contract clause for an immediate rematch.

The second fight will likely take place in the UK, but the second fight could also head back to the United States.