Comments Thread For: Frank Warren: Change in Daniel Dubois has occurred outside the ring

[hugh grant]

I don't care for triangle theories either. They're meaningless in boxing. Dubois could fight Joshua totally differently than he did Hrgovic. It didn't seem like he was worried about the guys power.

That's suprising actually as I thought flip was supposed to hit hard. I saw him unload on bag years ago and he looked powerful

[PunchyPotorff]

Seems like Frank is trying to say dubois pre-fight trash talk game is going to make him win the actual fight.
IMO, Joshua's ring smarts will give him a TKO win by mid rounds. Should be an interesting fight though.

[hugh grant]

Josh don't go for ko, unless opponent is hurt. Going by how he beat Franklin and helenius, id say Josh likely to win on points

[MastaBlasta]

It's supposed to be a bit early for DDD to be here, but he has been rising to the occasion the past 18 months. It is a credible argument that he TKO'd Usyk with that body punch. (Yeah, I thought the punch was legal). DDD is for real and has persevered through adversity to get here. Is AJ the king of the Brit boxers? We're about to find out. I expect AJ to be at his best for the challenge by Dubois, he already feels disrespected that Dubois is wearing the belt and has no reverence for him. This is probably the most motivation Joshua will ever have to be a destructive force. But,

Dubois has been surprising and surpassing everyone's expectations. How high is that bar in his mind? This could get really good. Both guys have talent to spare for this, and both have turned into pretty mean characters with time. The biggest question is: how does Joshua react if he gets stunned by a big punch. Ruiz took something from Joshua with those big punches, and no on knows if everything that has happened since is enough ... for him to be confident after he takes a devastating punch. Can Dubois deliver that? He wore Miller and Hrgovic down with rounds of hard punches. They took their toll.

I don't think that will work with AJ. Dubois is going to have to disorient him. Otherwise this will be a fight to the end. Who's in better shape? Who can keep fighting when the bombshells are being returned? Who will make a mistake that changes the fight? AJ was very calm about dispatching Ngannou. Can he stay calm here?

I'm predicting Dubois will find a way or will have to be KO'd out. A bad mistake against AJ will get him KO'd. Without that happening though, I think Dubois wins. Dubois is capable of a KO or TKO also.