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

[TMLT87]

I honestly wouldnt count him out but of course hes a very clear underdog after what happened. The shot that finished him off was so ****ing easily avoidable though. He even got a clear warning shot from that same right hand right before he got knocked out, it should have signalled to him that he was being too reckless and open with his shots coming forward and that Dubois was throwing more tight and compact, but no, he comes straightforward with his chin out again throwing a ****ing rear uppercut.

[Bob]

I have alway's had an unhealthy hate for Aj since he went on a Sky tv interview with Johnny Nelson in 18 & told us he was going to duck Wilder. Eddie then told us Wilder 2020 & maybe he'll loose by then.... No respect for the sport or the fans.

Question, is easily concussed chinny? Because he keeps getting up. I think he's like Bruno & when he gets tagged he stays concussed & the lights are only flickering.

As for his head, before Usyk he kept asking others how he should box against him, what should he do?
Before Dubois he kept asking about Dubois power, He siht a brick on that walk.

[Toffee]

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.

See I don't agree. I think he thought he would dominate Dubois. I think he thought he was levels above him and would outbox him and then knock him out. Like one of those Lewis performances when he could drop his hands and smile at fighters like Briggs who were game but not on his level.

Even in the corner after round 4 he was saying "he's schitt". But I also think he was embarrassed by Dubois and surprised at how consistently he could hurt him.

He got it completely wrong. Dubois was always going to come straight at him. It ended up being the younger, hungrier fighter against the guy who didn't realise for one second that he was not what he used to be.

As for a rematch, Dubois would be and should be a huge favourite. But if the argument is that Dubois has the better chin (as many are stating) then it's not a great argument. The best chins are the ones that don't get hit flush. Dubois can't keep eating shots like he did against Hrgovic.

[pollywog]

I doubt it and hope there isnt a rematch.

[hugh grant]

All I heard was flip hit ddd so much, Josh hits twice as hard as flip, no way ddd wins? Why are boxing fans so clueless?
I kept having to read this nonsense. This idea that even flip v josh was a foregone conclusion, and that flip was nothing?
We will have to hope Josh performs better as underdog, then he might do well, because if he's underdog he might fight like one, where he keeps chin tucked, and hands high

[Boro]

Only one outcome is possible and is that the he get KO'ed in a worst fashion.

Two things:

1. He lacks a chin. I mean, he has one but his is below average. For the big boys game, you must have a solid chin or you won't be elite. You can have good wins here and there but you wont be consistent.

2. He loses his focus. Boxing is like a Formula 1 race, anybody who drive in the city can drive in the Formula 1 lane but can you keep focus along the way to turn so many times in a 0.000001 second?

You certainly don't have to have a good chin to do well at heavyweight, the perfect example of this is Wlad he has equally as bad a chin as AJ if not worst.

He just adapted his style to accommodate his vulnerable chin and he's also arguably the most consistent heavyweight in history, which is why most people thought he was boring...

[_Rexy_]

AJ can win as long as he doesn't get punched in the face.

[_Rexy_]

I honestly wouldnt count him out but of course hes a very clear underdog after what happened. The shot that finished him off was so ****ing easily avoidable though. He even got a clear warning shot from that same right hand right before he got knocked out, it should have signalled to him that he was being too reckless and open with his shots coming forward and that Dubois was throwing more tight and compact, but no, he comes straightforward with his chin out again throwing a ****ing rear uppercut.

I think the first shot dazed him, and he threw the uppercut out of instinct. It looked to me like when Foreman KO'd Moorer, he went down from the second 1-2 but he was knocked out on his feet from the first one.

[MrShakeAndBake]

He has a chance if he fought Dubois like Usyk did, but then again he is not that talented

[TheWinners]

Only one outcome is possible and is that the he get KO'ed in a worst fashion.

Two things:

1. He lacks a chin. I mean, he has one but his is below average. For the big boys game, you must have a solid chin or you won't be elite. You can have good wins here and there but you wont be consistent.

2. He loses his focus. Boxing is like a Formula 1 race, anybody who drive in the city can drive in the Formula 1 lane but can you keep focus along the way to turn so many times in a 0.000001 second?

Its the HW division. If you get caught with the right punch, you are going down! So if were measuring chins in the HW division, i would measure by the ability to take a big shot and get up to continue fighting. Something he did vs Dubois.

The man got knocked out twice his whole career. I dont get the logic.