Comments Thread For: Can Anthony Joshua contain his demons and shock the world in Daniel Dubois rematch?

[Roberto Vasquez]

I feel this article has made one crucial mistake and it can be summed up in the following quote:

"The loss to Dubois, however, came to a younger man he has felt superior to for a long time.
Joshua never particularly rated Dubois, the young buck who’d dared to disrespect him"

I don't believe that to be true. The way Joshua looked in the first round was telling. He looked, scared, frozen. It looked like the minute he stepped into that ring, his body remembered their previous sparring session and the fear took over him. People talk about him not putting his hands up and sticking out his chin, leaving it exposed, forgetting the fundamentals, but I think this was done by a paralyzing fear that just took over his body. Only at the start on round 5 for about 1 minute he looked different, but by then it was too late. The damage had been done.

What will happen in the rematch? Same thing - Joshua will be overtaken by the same fear once again, except it will be even worse this time around because of the terrible beating he just took. That's all she wrote.

Don't forget they sparred over 300 rounds. I doubt he particularly remembered a sparring session. I think all that sparring stuff was mostly made up esp since Daniel went quiet when AJ said "So i heard you knocked me out in sparring Daniel?"

I agree he looked frozen though.

Chisora also thought AJ froze even before the fight started and he is Aj's biggest supporter so could be something there.

I don't think he will freeze again - I think that is why he was quite happy after the fight. Maybe his greatest fear finally happened and he got through it?

Hard to see AJ winning, but if he boxes better he has a chance at least

[VislorTurlough]

Never have so many articles been written about a talent so minor

[Bob]

A pointless article, nothing is going to be decided until after Usyk Fury 2.

Consider this, if Usyk wins & moves back down as he's said, that's 3 empty belts.
You can be dam sure the path of least resistance Eddie & Aj machine will already making moves for the belts, legally & under the desk especially to the wbc about an empty belt shot against Wilder, & theyre all corrupt enough to do that.

[Bob]

Don't forget they sparred over 300 rounds. I doubt he particularly remembered a sparring session. I think all that sparring stuff was mostly made up esp since Daniel went quiet when AJ said "So i heard you knocked me out in sparring Daniel?"

I agree he looked frozen though.

Chisora also thought AJ froze even before the fight started and he is Aj's biggest supporter so could be something there.

I don't think he will freeze again - I think that is why he was quite happy after the fight. Maybe his greatest fear finally happened and he got through it?

Hard to see AJ winning, but if he boxes better he has a chance at least

It's been confirmed by other sparring partners, catch up. He caught Aj concussed him, Dubois was respectful enough not to go in for the kill & Ajs coach told him to take a rest.

[Oregonian]

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
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Only AJ loyalists will justify a rematch and somehow believe their guy can beat Dubois.

[BrankoB]

It's been confirmed by other sparring partners, catch up. He caught Aj concussed him, Dubois was respectful enough not to go in for the kill & Ajs coach told him to take a rest.

That is pretty much what I read several times, although one poster who claims to have inside knowledge (I believe it was Phase III) claimed that Daniel knocked AJ out cold. Either way, I KNOW that Joshua was frozen. It was obvious. I am just assuming it was fear as a result of his previous experience with Daniel. Of course I don't know this for sure - it is just an educated guess based on life experience.

[The D3vil]

No.

Next question.

Oh wait, I forget, Boxing Scene's owned by some Brits, now.

No wonder we have to keep pretending AJ was some great fighter.

[Oldskoolg]

Why would anyone want him to or care at this point?

[richardwince]

Not the biggest aj fan ,especially after he grabbed the microphone at the end of the second uysk fight and said some ****** stuff ,hes a decent fighter but the hype train was a bit much for me,,i did say dubious had a punchers chance which he obviously did, but i did pick aj to win it like a lot of others ,he will not win a rematch ,i think its a dumb move to go into a rematch right away ,but he will probably try it

[richardwince]

Why would they block the word ****** ,its not profanity