Otto Wallin advises that Anthony Joshua shouldn’t take the rematch towards IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois after being destroyed by him in 5 rounds on September twenty first. The previous AJ knockout sufferer, Wallin, sees no purpose for Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) to take the second struggle except he thinks he can win.
Wallin says that given how simply Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) was capable of hit Joshua, it regarded like AJ wasn’t prepared defensively for him. They weren’t prepared for Dubois to struggle so aggressively, which made it tough for Joshua to set his toes to throw his proper hand.
Joshua can’t get full energy on his proper and hit with accuracy when he’s being pressured by incoming fireplace. That’s at all times been a flaw in his recreation, and Dubois took benefit of it.
“I wouldn’t advise for it,” mentioned Otto Wallin to Boxing Information when requested if Anthony Joshua ought to take the rematch with Daniel Dubois. “For now, I don’t see a purpose for it. The simple reply is to say no, he shouldn’t rematch.”
Joshua can be loopy if he took the rematch with Dubois as a result of this man is all mistaken for him. He’s too younger, highly effective, and durable to be messing round with. Dubois would doubtless knock out Joshua earlier within the rematch, and that might mess up issues for a struggle with Tyson Fury.
“Dubois did a extremely good job. With Joshua, I felt like he was caught off guard. He by no means obtained into the struggle. That was Dubois’ evening. That he got here out and was capable of hit Joshua really easy,” mentioned Wallin about what impressed him essentially the most about Dubois’ efficiency, and he saved touchdown.
“After I fought Joshua, he had good protection. I felt it was laborious to hit him, however Dubois landed every thing. He had his palms actually low, which shocked me, and he had his chin up within the air additionally,” mentioned Wallin about Joshua.
“He wasn’t ready to make use of his footwork as effectively. It regarded like Joshua had been engaged on countering, and I felt like they thought it was going to be straightforward to hit Dubois as a result of we noticed within the Hrgovic struggle that he obtained hit with numerous 1-2s. I feel they figured that Joshua was going to have the ability to land fairly simply,” mentioned Wallin.
Joshua and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, would have by no means taken the struggle with Dubois in the event that they didn’t consider they may capitalize on the leaky protection that he’d proven in his earlier conflict towards Filip Hrgovic. Hearn should have thought that Joshua would have little downside touchdown his proper hand towards Dubois as a result of there’s no likelihood they might have agreed to struggle him in the event that they thought he’d be laborious to hit or if his offense was deadly.
“You might see early within the struggle that Joshua threw the correct hand, however he couldn’t land it cleanly on Dubois, which was stunning. They should have labored on that protection.
“I feel they thought that Joshua was going to have the ability to sit down on his proper hand and take him out, however I feel what occurred was Dubois was so aggressive that he pushed Joshua again. So, it was a shock to them, and Dubois was type of laborious to hit for them on this struggle,” mentioned Wallin.
Dubois and his coach, Don Charles, appears to know that Joshua would wrestle by deliver pressured, and hit laborious. He regarded like he might load up his proper hand like he wished. When Joshua did clip Dubois within the fifth, it got here when Daniel gave him time by standing on the surface and hesitating slightly than attacking the best way he had accomplished in rounds 1 by means of 3.
