Kiwi heavyweight Joseph Parker wants a quick return to the ring, despite suffering his first career knockout against Britain Joe Joyce at Manchester.
Fighting for the WBO interim world title and a shot at Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk for the outright crown, Parker was battered for 11 rounds, before finally succumbing to Joyce's left hand, unable to regather himself to continue.
His third defeat casts doubts over his future as a title contender, but Parker, 30, insists he still has plenty to give before his time is done.
"Straight back in," he insisted afterwards. "I've just got to keep training hard.
"It wasn't my night tonight, but I want to be straight back in again... end of the year."
Parker's fortunes have stagnated, since he lost the WBO title to Anthony Joshua in 2018, then suffered another defeat to Dillian Whyte in his next outing, but under new trainer Andy Lee, he rebounded for back-to-back victories over Derek Chisora to set up the clash with undefeated Joyce.
"I still feel I have a lot to give boxing," he said. "I just have to keep working and listening."
Despite his most recent loss, Parker showed his courage and actually came back into the fight late, before he could withstand Joyce's power no more. He fronted for the post-fight media conference with a cut above his right eye and swelling around his left, but was quick to deny a broken nose.
"Not broken, just a little bit bleeding," he insisted. "It still looks alright, doesn't it."
Certainly better than Lee, a former middleweight champion.
"When you're taking big punches like that, plans go out the window and it's very hard to control yourself... control your thoughts and control your emotion," said Lee. "Both of them were throwing big punches and these guys should be applauded for the fight they just put on.
"There are so many fighter in this game who aren't fighting each other, because they're afraid of losing. This man is a warrior with a heart bigger than this whole arena."
While the fight agreement between Parker and Joyce guaranteed the latter a return contest, no such deal was made for Parker, so his next fight is very much unknown.
"There's no real point dwelling on it - a loss is a loss," he insisted. "I just go back to training and putting in the work.
"If you dwell on it, that will hold you back. What we'll do is just relax for a bit and when the time is right, Andy and I will watch the fight over, and look at what we did positive and negative.
"It's all learning. I will fight anyone out there, I don't care who it is."
