Promoter Eddie Hearn insists that Anthony Joshua is an excessive amount of of a “sniper” for his battle towards IBF heavyweight Champion Daniel Dubois to show right into a struggle on September twenty first at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
Joshua’s Prime and Current Trajectory
Hearn feels that Joshua, 34, is within the absolute prime of his profession after breezing by means of 4 consecutive opponents and turning his profession round. Joshua’s prime was again in 2016, and he’s been on the downward slope since 2019.
That stated, many followers really feel that Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) is simply as susceptible as earlier than and is heading in direction of oblivion towards Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs), able to be uncovered once more.
For instance, Joshua is coming off of a second-round knockout win over Francis Ngannou (0-2) on March eighth, a fighter who didn’t belong in the identical ring with him, and it was a travesty that the battle was sanctioned as knowledgeable match.
Doubts and Considerations Over Joshua’s Vulnerability
The truth that Joshua was prepared to battle that stage of opponent says loads about how far he’d sunk after his two defeats towards Oleksandr Usyk. These losses took loads out of Joshua’s self-belief, leaving him prepared to battle a 0-1 man, Otto Wallin, Robert Helenius, and Jermaine Franklin earlier than that.
“It’s not an excellent time to battle AJ. The important thing factors for me are two large punchers of their absolute primes,” stated Eddie Hearn to Probox TV about Anthony Joshua’s battle towards IBF heavyweight Champion Daniel Dubois on September twenty first.
It’s a good time for Dubois, 26, to battle Joshua as a result of Joshua is an older fighter, about to show 35 in October. He’s prone to come out slugging, which can put him liable to being knocked out by the youthful fighter.
Dubois’s Alternative and Battle-Examined Expertise
If this match turns into an early shootout, it’s a must to favor Dubois as a result of he’s battle-tested and has taken laborious pictures from high quality fighters in his current matches towards these guys:
- Filip Hrgovic
- Oleksandr Usyk
- Jarrell Miller
“Some folks name it a shootout, however I feel AJ is a high sniper,” stated Hearn. “He’s too correct; he’s too good; and I feel should you’re going to get hit towards Anthony Joshua, you’re going to have severe issues, and AJ’s not going to face in entrance of him like Filip Hrgovic and simply chip pictures.”
Joshua was a sniper towards Ngannou, however solely as a result of he confronted a one-fight novice with out expertise. That wasn’t knowledgeable fighter who put his time in grade and belonged within the ring with him. A battle like that’s completely unfair. It’s like going to the native YMCA, discovering some no one, and signing them up for a battle.
