Comments Thread For: Shock and awe as Daniel Dubois bulldozes Anthony Joshua

[Joseph]

Dubois fighter of the year? I mean he’s had a VERRRRRRY impressive run lately.

[Smash]

but he beat wallin & ngannou better than fury did...........

[Smash]

That last count was the only time I've seen a boxer try to pull off a breakdance move with one leg in the air and his tongue stuck to the floor.

Well done Daniel.

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[rudy]

He well and truly done

[BrankoB]

It was always going to be that way.

Yet Joshua seemed to be the only person who didn't realise it. When the bell rang he came out for a 'feeling out' first round and Dubois came for a fire fight. Inside 20 seconds there was only one winner.

It took Joshua 4 rounds to realise it was a fire fight. By then he was so damaged it barely mattered.

I actually though Joshua looked scared from the very first minute of the first round. Timid just means afraid. I don't know why - maybe Joshua remembered their sparring but he did not like Daniel's menacing presence in that ring. He was intimidated from the get go.

[exkluesive]

This has been a brutal year for Eddie Hearn. Without Turki Alalshikh, DAZN would be costing $300 a month.

All jokes aside, the outcome of this fight is not that far fetched. The fact of the matter is - Andy Ruiz broke Anthony Joshua, flat out. Heavyweight boxing is so volatile that it takes incredible mental fortitude to rebound from a loss, and maintain being a winner. Dubious himself was not too long ago called a quitter and we were singing the praises of Joe Joyce, who at THAT time was supposed to be a real life Juggernaut. All of this can change in a moment's instance so you can't triangle theory things, or overlay one fight outcome to mean another.

And another thing: I'm sick of people saying, "Oh now, we'll never get Joshua-Fury, we'll never get Joshua-Wilder" . YES YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN GET THOSE FIGHTS. The fanfare and the glitter may not be the same but all these dudes are under 40 and are marketable.

[1Eriugenus]

Gotta feel sorry for Josh Padley, he's there thinking 'well, huge bill, every favourite has won but I scored the upset of the night'. Sorry, Josh, you won't get many headlines outside the S Yorks Express.

[Slip jab]

If he didn’t swerve Wilder, AJ could’ve been an undisputed champ before the hype mobile came crashing down. Protected fraud

[Joseph]

They can still make a profitable fight with Fury and call it Usyk’s Table Scrap(s). I’m here all week (though secretly posting from a wedding).

[VislorTurlough]

It was a magic night in British boxing.