Daniel Dubois ruined the plans for Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury mega-fight by knocking out AJ within the fifth spherical final Saturday night time at Wembley Stadium. Promoter Eddie Hearn instantly spoke about Joshua probably exercising the rematch clause to battle Dubois in 2025. He is aware of that Joshua can’t stroll away from that loss with out a minimum of attempting to show issues round in a rematch.
The destruction of Joshua (28-4, 23 KOs) by IBF heavyweight champion Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) makes it not possible for AJ to face Fury subsequent. That form of knockout loss was just like what a younger George Foreman did to Joe Frazier of their first battle in 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Joshua has no selection however to rematch Dubois to try to avenge the defeat as a result of the boxing world would slam him if he selected to battle Fury subsequent in early 2025.
We nonetheless don’t know what is going to occur with Fury in his rematch in opposition to unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first. Many followers consider Usyk will beat Fury once more, however this time by knockout.
Fury could be very outdated, restricted, and gradual for him to be victorious in opposition to a technically expert and extra bodily gifted Usyk. When Fury loses that battle, it will be foolish to think about an all-British conflict between him and Joshua to happen in 2025.
“AJ doesn’t have time to rebuild. So, if he desires to do it, he’s received to be thrown into the deep finish. Lions den stuff,” mentioned Spencer Oliver to talkSport Boxing about Anthony Joshua not capable of rebuild after his loss to Daniel Dubois on Saturday night time.
It was a mistake within the first place for Joshua to conform to the four-fight rebuild that he went via after his second loss to Usyk in 2022. Joshua was a sophisticated sufficient fighter to return again instantly from that defeat, and tackle a top-level fighter, like Filip Hrgovic for the IBF title slightly than letting Dubois take that battle.
“If you wish to do it and are available again, you’ve received to enter the instant rematch. You bought to write down the wrongs of that to place your self again on the highway. There are not any extra Jermaine Franklins and no extra Otto Wallins. Them days are gone,” mentioned Spencer.
“You both go straight again to the highest, and that’s the rematch successfully, otherwise you received to noticeably think about the place you’re at,” mentioned Spencer.
“He knocked Joshua out of his sport plan in spherical one,” mentioned Gareth A. Davies to Boxing King Media about Dubois wrecking AJ’s battle technique proper off the bat by hurting him within the first spherical, forcing him to battle cautiously from that time on.
