IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) dropped Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) four times before a record 96,000 fight fans at Wembley Stadium in London. Dubois came out aggressively and dropped Joshua at the end of the first round with an overhand right. Dubois continued to work over Joshua in round two. Dubois floored Joshua again at the end of round three. Joshua down again early in round four but survived. In round five, Joshua rocked Dubois, but then was caught and floored again for the count. Time was :59. Joshua was a 5:1 favorite.
Wow!
I did NOT see that coming. What a monster performance by Dubois. Total dominance. AJ couldn’t handle the shots from early in round one until he got laid out.
Mad respect for Dubois
Here’s my spontaneous top 10
Champ – Usyk
1. Fury
2. Dubois
3. Parker
4. Kabayel
5. Zhang
6. Bakole
7. Joshua
8. Hrgovic
9. Ajagba
10. Stretching on this one… Hunter? Wallin? Sanchez? Your guess is as good as mine.
10: What about the new kid in town, Itauma?
No Ruiz?
I didn’t see that one coming and neither did AJ. Man congratulations to Dubois, he is The Miracle Man or even The New Cinderella Man.
Congrats to Dubois! He looked better than ever. Not sure about Joshua’s game plan with the chin way up and hands down. He didn’t even clinch properly.
I think he ate the power early in the fight and abandoned his whole plan. No jabs, no working behind a jab, and the fundamentals went out the window. The adage applies, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Go from being someone labelled a quitter to this! Well done Dubois!
What can you say? DDD blasted AJ and I did not see it coming.
Dubois just finally murdered joshuas career! No point on joshua to continue fighting elites! Wilder vs joshua, maybe in the battle of the burntout as a fairwell bout from both! This was more than an easy walk to the park for Dubois! That was one hell of a career ending beating for joshua!
awesome. good for DuBois. nice to see change in the hvwt division.. Hopefully NO rematch clause.
lets see the hvwt division move forward.
Great job by Dubois, his jab was great. Good for him for overcoming adversity in his career and coming back better.
Terrible job by the ref. He warned Dubois 20 plus times, Joshua none. He was acting like he had money on Joshua.
– Go Daniel Dubois, go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO immediate rematch please. Hopefully NO rematch clause at all.
lets see the hvwt division move forward
I totally agree. Anyone mentioning a rematch should be charged with treason and threat to civilization. Really
I agree, no unfinished business here. That was a clear statement.
There IS a rematch clause.
OMG! Who would’ve thought that! Okay, I was wrong, now I’m gonna eat my words lol!
No excuses, joshua was done after the first round! The exessive holding kept him on his feet! It was just a matter of time before the boom shacka lacka bombastick hitta quitta KO came!
AJ couldn’t handle Daniel power.
Dubois dropped AJ in the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th.
In the 5th AJ buzzed Daniel and went for the kill, that was his biggest mistake since Daniel is a warrior.
AJ admitted after the loss that he made mistakes and Daniel was faster
I had a feeling this would happen but didn’t expect Dubois to come out with fire like that. They said it was like Hagler/Hearns. I saw a slower pace but for heavyweights it was the equivalent 🙂
AJ has always been overrated, because of his size and build.
AJs last 3 opponents were gifts to bring his career back and people are surprised he was knocked out? Really?
Best $20 PPV ever! Just as AJ looked like he had Dubois teed up, BOOM! Fun fight!
Ouch, thought Aj in 5. It felt like Dubois punched me in the face too. AJ wants to use his rematch? Best he move on from this.
DDD thanks for the 332.00 bucks, AJ’S chin was my deciding choice.
Boxing can be so unpredictable, that’s what makes it the sport it is. Dubois looked like a quitter just a while ago against Joyce. Now Dubois is right up there. Joyce destroyed Parker, but now Parker is far ahead of Joyce. Fury was said to be too big and too skilled for Usyk, and so on and on.
Told you so!!
The ref did his best to protect AJ. What were the warnings about?!
Brilliant from DDD!
Joshua’s eyes told the story during the refs instructions. I had hoped for a classic if Dubious could hold up to the early fire from AJ, but I didn’t expect a blowout. Dubious came in to win at all costs. All of his shots had heat behind them. I thought AJ turned things around at the end but he got a bit greedy and got caught by a picture perfect counter right. That was very close at the very end. Not sure about an immediate rematch. I’m sure AJ is concussed.
Dubois can fight just about anyone now. Maybe a fight with the other upset minded heavyweight: Joseph Parker.
As far as the fight that never happened, Wilder would have killed AJ as soon as that right would have landed and it would have, even if both were at their peak.
Guess the brutal KO of Francis 100% made Anthony believe he’s back on top form..