The closely contested heavyweight battle took place on the undercard of Tyson Fury’s victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

On Tuesday, it was announced that an estimated five million UK viewers tuned into Netflix to watch the two-time heavyweight champion return to the ring.

After taking a couple of days to let the disappointment sink in, 34-year-old Clarke (9-3-1, 7 KOs) took to instagram to share his thoughts on both the fight and his future plans.

“Didn't get the result I wanted, unfortunately. Close but no cigar and in this game, if you're not first, you're last. So, yeah, not a great feeling. Never will be, I’ll never get used to losing,” he said.

“But a lot of positive feedback off people, you know. A lot of messages talking about the performance and how it was a lot better, which I know. And I still know that there's better to come yet, if I'm honest.”

After a disappointing British title defeat to Jeamie TKV in December, Clarke left Angel Fernandez and joined up with The Ring’s 2015 Trainer of the year, Joe Gallagher, in Manchester.

Clarke admitted that he initially struggled to get upto speed in the highly competitive gym but threw himself into his task and jumped at the chance to face Huni (13-1, 7 KOs).

He tipped the scales at 259 pounds - his lightest since his professional debut - and will be hoping to roll one camp directly into another and continue building. “I felt good going into it. We worked really hard in the gym. Myself, Joe Gallagher and everyone really in the Gallagher's Gym,” he said.

“They pushed me along the way and helped me. Great fight week, great team effort and we've only been working together since January, really.

“The more time we spend together, me and Joe, and being in that environment, I'm only going to get better. But yeah, like I say, it sucks. I'm not by no means celebrating a loss, but what I will say is I feel the best is yet to come. I know every fighter says that, but I really do.”

After complimenting Huni’s performance, Clarke restated that he wants to continue fighting at a high level and indicated that he hopes to be back in the ring soon.

“I'll keep going. I'll keep working hard because that's what I do and like I say, we'll see what's around the corner and hopefully some big fight news again soon. I've been assured there will be.

“Let the good times roll.”