News Joshua vs Dubois September 21st

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Dubois only has a puncher's chance. He needs an early KO otherwise Joshua beats him. If he thinks he'll be able to absorb right hand after right hand from Joshua like he did against Hrgovic then he's sorely mistaken. I've got Joshua sleeping him in the first half of the fight. Maybe 4 or 5 rounds.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

I think Joshua finishes this fairly early. Dubois won’t take Joshua’s right hands like he was eating hrgovics. He’s too open, he needs to land big first to win

Hoping they can get wardley vs Clarke on this card. That definitely needs to be run back even though I think Clarke won fairly clearly first time out

 

[treelo]

Joshua will win this within 3 rounds, unless Dubois just completely turtles up and doesnt throw anything, Joshua will just counter him and stop him after a few right hands

its a terrible fight for Dubois, and ive mentioned this before, he is still a very young HW and has had a lot of experience already, just build him up a little bit now, he could easily take over when all these guys retire but his management seem hell bent on throwing him in against everyone, it could ruin him

 

[LEWIS540]

So history books will see Joshua as a 3x world champion...........I wonder if even Joshua will believe it.

 

[treelo]

So history books will see Joshua as a 3x world champion...........I wonder if even Joshua will believe it.

if its good enough for the likes of Mayweather and Pacquiao, then its good enough for Joshua

 

[LEWIS540]

if its good enough for the likes of Mayweather and Pacquiao, then its good enough for Joshua

Sure I guess, but this one seems particularly egregious.......the guy who recently beat you twice, is forced to vacate, so you can beat another guy he also already beat.

 

[Nova44]

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Sure I guess, but this one seems particularly egregious.......the guy who recently beat you twice, is forced to vacate, so you can beat another guy he also already beat.

Usyk wasn't forced to vacate. He voluntarily gave up his IBF title for Joshua & Dubois to contest it. Nobody will wonder who the top heavyweight is. That's already been established.

 

[BOXINGLOPEZ]

 

[tank666]

Fun fight, whilst AJ clearly the favorite DDD can definitely take him out. Think AJ wins by stoppage in later rounds unless he gets careless.

 

[treelo]

thats a bit shite isnt it

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Fun fight, whilst AJ clearly the favorite DDD can definitely take him out. Think AJ wins by stoppage in later rounds unless he gets careless.

Later rounds? This fight won't go that long.

 

[BOXINGLOPEZ]

 

[BOXINGLOPEZ]

thats a bit shite isnt it

Weak by their standards for sure

 

[Mujeriego]

I think this AJ is a better fighter than before.
If he can take out DDD quickly and efficiently, I want to see Usyk-Joshua III, assuming Usyk beats Fury again.

 

[treelo]

I think this AJ is a better fighter than before.
If he can take out DDD quickly and efficiently, I want to see Usyk-Joshua III, assuming Usyk beats Fury again.

i'd rather see Joshua v Fury before he fight Usyk again, i actually hope Usyk retires before he has to do the third fight, he doesnt really have anyth8ng left to prove

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

I think this AJ is a better fighter than before.
If he can take out DDD quickly and efficiently, I want to see Usyk-Joshua III, assuming Usyk beats Fury again.

Joshua looks to have improved but there's really no telling how much he has. He looked great against Wallin & Ngannou but obviously neither are top fighters. Wallin was a fringe contender and Ngannou isn't even a boxer.

If you think about it Joshua had a combined 24 rounds to figure out Usyk. That's over an hour and he wasn't able to do it. The only way he'll ever beat Usyk is by father time catching up with him. I doubt Usyk fights him a third time. It's an unnecessary risk that won't do anything more for his legacy and he doesn't need the money.

 

[FlowchartRog]

Dubois KO 2

 

[LEWIS540]

I think this AJ is a better fighter than before.
If he can take out DDD quickly and efficiently, I want to see Usyk-Joshua III, assuming Usyk beats Fury again.

It's actually amazing what KO'ing Ngannou and stopping Wallin has done for his perception.

After the Usyk defeats and poor performances against Franklin and Helenius, alot of people were writing him off, and thought he was going to get smashed by Wilder.

I'd be amazed if Usyk ever fights Joshua again. Guys making 100m for the Fury fights, and will have nothing left to prove.

 

[LEWIS540]

i'd rather see Joshua v Fury before he fight Usyk again, i actually hope Usyk retires before he has to do the third fight, he doesnt really have anyth8ng left to prove

Exactly.

Joshua praying for a Fury victory, to set up that fight........which was always the true money fight until that pesky Ukrainian scuppered things.