Anthony Joshua has it in him to avenge his fifth spherical knockout loss to Daniel Dubois within the rematch, if there may be one. Promoter Eddie Hearn believes that Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) bought it flawed along with his combat techniques final Saturday, leading to him getting damage within the first and by no means recovering.
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Few followers imagine that Joshua can win the rematch with Dubois, and so they suppose he ought to concentrate on preventing Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, or Deontay Wilder. Combating Dubois can be dangerous for Joshua, who seemed like he couldn’t take a strong shot from him with out happening.
Joshua’s nook would have performed him an enormous favor if they’d thrown within the towel after the third spherical as a result of he wasn’t preventing again. Though Joshua did land one good shot within the fifth that backed Dubois off, he wasn’t significantly damage as Hearn and a few followers believed. Dubois performed possum by backing as much as the nook, taking a few photographs earlier than knocking Joshua out with a proper hand to the top.
“If we don’t combat Tyson Fury, he ought to rematch Daniel Dubois. What are we within the recreation for? Have you ever ever identified AJ to take a joke to heat as much as one thing?” mentioned Eddie Hearn to iFL TV, about what Anthony Joshua ought to do subsequent. “He desires to be in massive fights, and that’s the choice that’s in entrance of him.”
If Hearn was severe about Joshua avenging his loss to Dubois, he wouldn’t be mentioning Fury so often. It appears apparent that’s Joshua and Hearn’s most popular possibility. In the event that they actually cared about avenging the loss to Dubois, they wouldn’t be speaking about Fury.
“Yeah, I imagine he can beat Daniel Dubois,” Hearn continued. “He has to get it proper. Clearly, the arrogance of Daniel Dubois going into it, however that combat is all in regards to the first three rounds.”
For Joshua to beat Dubois, he would wish to knock him out within the first spherical within the rematch as a result of he’ll be rapidly damage if the combat goes past one. Dubois will land his photographs, which will likely be each bit as onerous as the primary combat, and Joshua will crumble.
“He’ll desire a rematch,” mentioned Hearn when requested what is going to Joshua wish to do subsequent. “When any fighter will get beat, they only need the prospect to avenge the defeat. Have a look at Ruiz. Everybody advised me, ‘Don’t rematch Andy Ruiz.’ Everybody. He [Joshua] simply bought stopped. He went down 5 occasions. He gained each spherical within the rematch.”
It was telling that Joshua failed to say eager to take the speedy rematch with Dubois when he posted on social media on Monday. If he wished that combat, he would have mentioned one thing about preventing Dubois once more. He stayed silent in regards to the rematch, which might solely imply he’s not .
“When he misplaced to Usyk. ‘Don’t rematch Usyk.’ For me, what else do you do? We’ve got a contract with Riyadh Season for one more combat. One among our choices is to rematch Daniel Dubois,” mentioned Hearn.
It was a special story when Joshua misplaced to Andy Ruiz Jr and Usyk as a result of neither fighter was as highly effective as Dubois. Though Ruiz might punch, he was quick and obese for him.
“He was all the time making an attempt to win that. In rounds one, two, and three, I couldn’t imagine the combat was nonetheless occurring,” mentioned Hearn about Joshua being in unhealthy form after the primary.
Joshua was making an attempt to win, yeah, however he was getting damage far and wide in rounds one by three. He went down as soon as in rounds 1, 3, 4 and 5. These knockdowns had been brutal, and surprisingly, Joshua might maintain getting up.
