Comments Thread For: Daniel Dubois on Anthony Joshua KO: 'I proved everyone wrong'

[vitali1999]

Dubious has become a much better fighter after his loses. Whoever wins in December is gonna have there hands full with him

[Boomer]

Lets call it like it is..Dubois just 0pened a 55 gallon drum of woopass and poured it on Joshua!! He just beat the crap out of that boy plain and simple.

[automaton89]

Not quite that simple, Dubois won this fight off his killer jab in the first round which set the plate for Dubois to eat all night.

Ngannou doesn't have the boxing nuance or power to do what Dubois did to AJ...

Case and point - he kept his style exactly the same with the lead hand flared out guarding against the throw away lead hook Fury uses to create room for the right hand against AJ...

Anyone with a modicum of boxing IQ would've known to not use the same defensive and offensive tactics against different opponents.

The only thing Ngannou done well in either of his boxing matches was flaring his elbows in the clinch to avoid being mauled by Fury and to impose his own strength on Fury but you'd expect an MMA fighter to be more nuanced when it comes to clinches.

Joshua did not have his hands down against Ngannou. He had his hands down when Dubious clipped him with the first devastating right hand. That's evidence of taking Dubios lightly. Ngannou hits harder than Dubois. Dubios had to throw hundreds of punches to get both Josua and Hrgovic out of there.

[Bob]

In hindsight.... Oh that's right I said Aj hadn't faced an opponent with power since 41! Year old Klitschko or a young man on the up & i had the same feeling as before Usyk 1.
Even the ring walk Dubois looked like an animal reminding me of Tyson all in black & Aj...looked in shock.
I now hope Dubois is given the same grace as when Aj won the ibf off Martin, Aj boxed Molina & Brazeale, 2 9 fight novices in his first 2 defences.
But you know entitled to Aj... Gotta have a rematchroom clause.
I hope Turkish tells Aj to p155 off & go fight Wilder.
The fact Dubois the belt holder was the B-side in everything in this promotion was so wrong.

Dubois fighting the winner talk. Usyk said he's moving back down, Beterbiev has said he's moving up, what a fight for both to finish on. I got that feeling.

[Boricua181]

Dubious has become a much better fighter after his loses. Whoever wins in December is gonna have there hands full with him

Exactly! DDD mopped the floor with AJ, it was a pitiful sight to see.
I'm not saying that Joshua is finished, but he can be hurt, dropped, and stopped.
That's a major disadvantage to have in the fight game, so I don't see him ever becoming heavyweight champion again.
DDD will be a hand full, and then some for anyone in the heavyweight division to contend with.

[Bob]

i agree . Joshua comeback wins were smoke and mirrors when you look at his competition, while Dubois come back wins were against legit dangerous fighters.

His entire resume is smoke and mirrors.
Look at his defences without the names.
9 fight novice
9 fight novice
41 yr old
Prospect Parker
38 year old
38 year old
Ranked 15 Ruiz
40 year old
Usyk.
6 of his defences were shot past it old men or novices.

[Boro]

Joshua did not have his hands down against Ngannou. He had his hands down when Dubious clipped him with the first devastating right hand. That's evidence of taking Dubios lightly. Ngannou hits harder than Dubois. Dubios had to throw hundreds of punches to get both Josua and Hrgovic out of there.

So what if AJ didn't have his hands down against Ngannou?! doesn't change the fact Ngannou doesn't have the boxing acumen or power to do what Dubois done to him.

Also what's that got to do with what I said, the right hand in the first round was landed because Joshua became immediately tentative when the ramrod jab landed.

Nothing to do with his hand placement, he's not the most defensively savvy either way so he would've landed it and nothing was stopping him from making adjustments mid fight!?

And let's not act like he hasn't used this low lead style against a puncher before e.g. Povetkin.

But Dubois isn't ready to draw his pension yet in fact he's the youngest person AJ has faced in 6 years (Parker) and in fact the only guy who's been 5+ years younger most have been years older...

[teaser]

Barn door swing from waaayyy back in right field took him down the first time ..if he couldn't dodge that well enough said .

[Patsfan bri]

His entire resume is smoke and mirrors.
Look at his defences without the names.
9 fight novice
9 fight novice
41 yr old
Prospect Parker
38 year old
38 year old
Ranked 15 Ruiz
40 year old
Usyk.
6 of his defences were shot past it old men or novices.

100%. well said

[Patsfan bri]

Anything can happen when two heavyweights collide. This said, Joshuahaha looked like shiat tonight. And he's looked liked this a few times. Too much money, lack of talent, overhyped by Hearn?.. Bit of all I guess.

this had nothing to do with Aj looking like crap. Dubois took the fight to him from the opening bell. Dubois attacked and never stayed on the outside which would allow Aj to use reach and set up the long range right hand, so he was starting to throw uppercut in hopes to catch Dubois, which is the right punch to throw against a pressure fighter but it didn’t work and everything was happening so fast he never went to the body.