How a couple of months, and a win or two, can drastically alter the opinion a fan might have in relation to a fighter and the way a doable future match up might go. Final evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Daniel Dubois scored the largest win of his profession (up to now) in busting up and halting an unbeaten, fairly closely favoured Filip Hrgovic. With the win, 26 12 months previous “Dynamite” virtually actually strikes into an enormous all-British struggle with celebrity Anthony Joshua.
As followers know, Turki Alalshikh has a giant present deliberate for Wembley in September, and newly topped IBF interim heavyweight champ Dubois will virtually completely (if that’s a phrase!) be the subsequent dance companion for AJ that evening. And swiftly, after Dubois’ gutsy, at occasions most dominant win over Hrgovic, this struggle isn’t any foregone conclusion.
Don’t get me mistaken; AJ needs to be seen as a fairly large and agency decide to win this one – Joshua has, we should not overlook, been in there with the likes of Usyk, Klitschko, Ruiz, Parker, Povetkin, and loads of others.
And Joshua appears to have gotten his mojo again the way in which Dubois appears to have come into his personal as a fighter; with Dubois having now picked up wins over Jarrell Miller and Hrgovic. And now, after seeing how Dubois confirmed a terrific chin final evening, together with nice composure and virtually whole perception, it’s a query effectively price asking: who wins if/when Joshua and Dubois get it on?
Dubois can actually bang, and the way proud would Joshua have been if he’d stopped Hrgovic the way in which Dubois did? Dubois additionally maybe confirmed a greater chin than ever (and disgrace on these people who referred to as Dubois a quitter after his loss to Joe Joyce all these years in the past; this when Dubois suffered a ugly eye harm – additionally, a Dubois-Joyce rematch, anybody?)
Joshua, although, is a confirmed champion, and everyone knows he can punch like a mule. And AJ holds a giant, massive edge in expertise over Dubois. However swiftly, this struggle, which can effectively occur, isn’t any mismatch. It’s no joke. As a substitute, Joshua-Dubois is a struggle that might promote out Wembley, the truth is it is going to virtually actually accomplish that (and with the customary stacked card Alalshikh places on, this could possibly be some massive present).
Joshua is 34, Dubois is 26. Will youth be served? That and Dubois’ power, aggression, energy, alongside together with his newfound perception – loads of it led to by coach Don Charles? Or will the expertise, energy, and sheer class of Joshua see him to victory?
Virtually in a single day, this British heavyweight showdown makes a lot sense. And if the struggle occurs, it could possibly be a lot enjoyable to look at.
