Comments Thread For: Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua Involved In Altercation Ahead Of Big-Fight Announcement

[Boxviewer]

I'm just shocked Joshua is finally fighting someone with a pulse again, even if it is Headbutt Dubois.

Not sure who wins; depends on Dubois maintaining his recent workrate and whether or not Joshua is still timid around anyone who will throw back.

Say something new that we haven't heard casuals parrottted a million times.

[joe strong]

Usyk is the only HW champion. He is undisputed with or without the titles. He consolidated them & has no reason to pay sanctioning fees anymore. He is the true champion. The winner of his rematch with Fury will still be the true undisputed champion & will remain so until they lose or retire. Dubois or Joshua will be nothing more than a paper champion.

[A.B Counterhooks]

Just building up the fight hype nothing new here.

[Boxviewer]

An insult to compare Ali's 3 time heavyweight champion status, to Joshua's potential 3 time heavyweight Belt holder status

Stop being sentimental. Statistics are Statistics.

[kafkod]

DDD was elevated to Champion posthumously. Its been done before. These titles, man.

Should be a great fight though. Hard to believe that Dubois is only 26.

Might be another 20+ years before we see a "Unified" Heavyweight Champion again, however; so keep your eyes on who the LINIAL Heavyweight Boxing Champion is.
Too many fans here had taken their eyes off that during the frustrating Fury era.

There was no lineal champion until Team Fury and PBC invented the imaginary lineal title for Fury and Wilder to contest.

[VislorTurlough]

Bonecrusher Smith. Bruce Seldon. Lamon Brewster. Like those guys, the winner is not heavyweight champion

[Hooded Terror]

There was no lineal champion until Team Fury and PBC invented the imaginary lineal title for Fury and Wilder to contest.

Circa 1987 the term lineal champion was used more and more just after Michael Spinks relinquished his IBF title (that he won from Holmes, who defeated shards of Ali, who defated Leon Spinks........etc) to face Gerry Cooney for more money than the HBO heavyweight tournament had offered. Tyson had the WBA/WBC and went on to win the IBF, which Tony Tucker had won in a box-off with Buster Douglas. By September 1987, Spinks was referred to by Ring Magazine as the true, lineal heavyweight champion. When Tyson obliterated Spinks in June 1988, true lineal recognition went to undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson....a lineage that could be traced back to John L.Sullivan....or somebody.

[ELPacman]

This might be a passing of the torch type fight depending how far AJ is willing to go in this fight. I saw Dubois's refusal to lose in his last fight despite being hit with a lot of good shots. He had that glow about him that he's willing to take it to become "the man". At least in that fight and maybe not so much when he fought Usyk, but perhaps he learned from that defeat.

This could turn into a real good fight and surprise loss for AJ.

[Boxingfanatic75]

Saying that if Joshua wins he joins Lewis and Ali as three time champion is LAUGHABLE at best and completely moronic at worst. Expect nothing less from these writers. The aforementioned won it by beating CHAMPS. Not through some corrupt sanctioning body that loves giving away their trinkets.

[Boxingfanatic75]

Stop being sentimental. Statistics are Statistics.

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