Anthony Joshua sounds dismissive of the menace that IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois poses for him and his profession this Saturday in London.
AJ’s followers have been pumping him up with compliments and have satisfied him that he’s going slice via Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) like Oleksandr Usyk did in August 2023. Sadly, Joshua will not be that form of expertise to duplicate what Ushyk did.
In addition to, Dubois was arguably robbed of a knockout within the fifth spherical after dropping Usyk with a physique shot that the referee dominated was a low blow. Replays confirmed that it wasn’t low.
Joshua, 34, isn’t younger sufficient and hasn’t confronted the form of competitors in his final 4 fights to provide him the cavalier perspective that he has about his title problem towards the 27-year-old Dubois.
Of the 2, Daniel has regarded higher than Joshua in his final 4 fights and has confronted much better competitors. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn has carried out him no favors by glazing him the way in which he has, as a result of he needs to be making him perceive what he’s up towards on this struggle.
Dubois ticks each field when choosing out a fighter with all of the elements to destroy Joshua and ship him into his cash struggle towards Tyson Fury on a nasty word in 2025. If Dubois obliterates Joshua, his struggle towards Fury can be seen as two outdated codgers simply seeking to get one final payday on the public’s expense earlier than hanging up the gloves.
“It’s one other day for me. We’re going to do some media stuff. Spirits are good really,” stated Joshua to Matchroom Boxing. “I’ve ready for this, so it’s not taking trip of my schedule. It matches in properly. It’s one other day, one other lion within the jungle. It’s one other lion able to hunt. It’s simply one other day for me.”
Joshua is significantly deluded if he believes his struggle towards Dubois is simply “one other day” for him, as a result of that is probably the most harmful fighter he’s confronted throughout his skilled profession.
Even Wladimir Klitschko wasn’t this sort of a menace to Joshua as a result of AJ picked him out when he was 41 years outdated, coming off a protracted layoff and a loss to Tyson Fury. Dubois will not be outdated, and if he hurts Joshua, he gained’t let his foot off the fuel. He’s going to complete AJ and put him in a tough spot the place he’ll must both rematch him or slink into the Fury struggle, wanting like a washed-up has-been.
Undercard:
– Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington
– Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Tyler Denny
– Josh Kelly vs. Ishmael Davis
– Joshua Buatsi vs. Wily Hutchinson
– Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley
