Anthony Joshua: record, next fight and profile →
Matt Christie wonders whether Anthony Joshua would be best served going straight back in against Daniel Dubois, the man who stopped him in five rounds on Saturday
It didn’t take long for the opinions to come rolling in regarding Daniel Dubois’ stunning victory over Anthony Joshua.
There are some things in life a person will try once only to vow never to try again: childbirth, marriage, a marathon, a mind-altering drug, shoplifting, skydiving, a fist fight, a suicide attempt, love.
After stopping Daniel Dubois in the ninth round via a sharp right-hand jab – a punch of incredible accuracy but also enough innocence to reawaken questions about Dubois’ resilience – Oleksandr Usyk took pity on his defeated foe. He spoke to Dubois like a kindhearted coach might to an athlete who had just missed the cut for his varsity team:
Daniel Dubois would welcome a rematch with Anthony Joshua, the man he conquered so emphatically on Saturday night, but he'll be watching closely on December 21st when Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury meet in a rematch.
Eric Raskin examines the legacy of Anthony Joshua and his chances of being inducted into the Hall of Fame
It was a right hand thrown from so far out and with such an arced trajectory that Daniel Dubois’ black glove almost scraped the base of the famous Wembley arch. It dropped Anthony Joshua heavily, causing the man with the physique of a Greek statue to crumble onto his haunches and woozily stand, like a sap in a zephyr.
Declan Warrington wasn't accredited for Daniel Dubois-Anthony Joshua, but he went anyway to report on what could, and couldn't, be seen at Wembley Stadium.
Daniel Dubois’ stunning fifth-round demolition of Anthony Joshua produced the type of images that stay at the forefront of the mind for days and provoke an almost endless stream of questions, suspicions and opinions.
The journey is not over for Anthony Joshua, who has declared he “has a lot more to bring.”