Commentator Steve Bunce thinks Anthony Joshua gained’t have the identical kind of perception that he can defeat Daniel Dubois in a rematch as he did after shedding to Andy Ruiz Jr. in June 2019.
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Joshua (28-4, 23 KOs) is now 5 years older at 34, and Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) is way youthful at 27. He’s a a lot larger puncher than Andy Ruiz was, and he’s not going to social gathering and simple his method to 280+ lbs.
It’s unknown if Joshua will select to battle Dubois once more as a result of it’s dangerous, and he can make more cash combating Tyson Fury subsequent. If his promoter, Eddie Hearn, can devise a superb excuse to inform the general public why AJ isn’t combating Dubois once more, they’ll imagine him.
Joshua and Hearn discovered it a lot simpler to activate the rematch clause and battle Ruiz Jr. once more as a result of he’d placed on a lot weight. He was by no means an awesome expertise. He was only a common fringe contender that Joshua used as a substitute opponent when Jarrell Miller was popped on a drug check in 2019.
“He’s a bit older and he’s obtained to be questioning about what number of he’s obtained left. He was so satisfied after the [Andy] Ruiz battle that he would win the rematch,” mentioned Steve Bunce to iFL TV about whether or not Anthony Joshua will need a rematch with Daniel Dubois in the identical method he did after his loss to Andy Ruiz Jr. in June 2019.
If Joshua worries about how followers will understand him by ducking the rematch, he’ll push previous his concern and battle Dubois once more. However Hearn or somebody from his group might discuss him out of combating Dubois once more.
“I’m unsure he would have the identical confidence. He had whole perception that if he obtained Ruiz once more, he was going to beat him. It was whole perception. He’s not silly. I don’t suppose he would have whole perception that he would beat Dubois in a rematch. He would possibly say it, but it surely’s feeling it,” mentioned Bunce.
Joshua is not going to have the arrogance to beat Dubois as he did with Ruiz, however that goes with out saying. Towards Ruiz, Joshua wasn’t getting overwhelmed up within the first spherical, and he was combating effectively till he obtained clipped after dropping him within the third spherical on June 1, 2019,
“It will have been stopped a couple of rounds earlier. He appeared to be overthinking issues,” mentioned Diallian Whyte to iFL TV about Joshua considering an excessive amount of and never letting his palms go. “Generally, AJ may be an over-thinker. AJ was considering as a substitute of throwing his palms. Dubois was throwing his palms. Dubois was sharp. Credit score to him, his dad, and Don Charles.
AJ’s coach, Ben Davison, wouldn’t pull him out of the Dubois battle and threat angering him. We’ve seen Joshua change trainers a number of occasions, and it might be too dangerous for Ben to tug him out of the Dubois battle within the second or third spherical to save lots of him.
For trainers who’re assured they wouldn’t be fired for pulling their fighters out after they’re getting overwhelmed, it wouldn’t be a problem; given what number of occasions Joshua has swapped out trainers, Ben can be placing himself vulnerable to being fired if he threw within the towel within the first two or three rounds final Saturday.
“Joshua has made some huge cash and did massive issues. He can come again and nonetheless have good fights. He’s made some huge cash and achieved loads of fame. Perhaps that spark isn’t there,” mentioned Whyte.
Dubois harm Joshua not due to the wealth that AJ has achieved in recent times. Joshua was harm as a result of he couldn’t take Dubois’ energy or any fighter that hit onerous. Joshua’s chin has been weak since his battle in opposition to Wladimir Klitschko in 2017, and he’s been surprised quite a few occasions since.
Fighters which have Harm Joshua:
– Daniel Dubois
– Carlos Takam
– Alexandr Povetkin
– Andy Ruiz Jr.
– Oleksandr Usyk
– Kubrat Pulev
– Wladimir Klitschko
– Dillian Whyte
“That’s not a straightforward battle for Tyson Fury,” mentioned Whyte, reacting to being advised that Fury needs to beat Oleksandr Usyk on December twenty first after which beat Dubois to change into the undisputed champion. “Fury must be cautious as a result of Dubois has obtained that Ngannou kind of energy. Dubois can field loads higher than Ngannou. So, he’s obtained to watch out.
“Fury can tie Dubois as much as maintain him from combating as a result of Dubois let AJ tie him up so simply. It was loopy,” mentioned Whyte.
Dubois would nonetheless be loads of issues for Fury as a result of he can’t maintain and lean his method to victory in opposition to him like he did in opposition to Deontay Wilder. Fury’s chin isn’t pretty much as good because it as soon as was, and Dubois will hit him with tougher photographs than those Oleksandr Usyk harm him with.
Dubois’s physique punching will give Fury issues as a result of he tends to lean in opposition to the ropes to keep away from getting hit with headshots. His physique is at all times unprotected when he does that.
