Anthony Joshua drove a report attendance to Wembley Stadium for his newest battle towards Daniel Dubois. The difficulty is he introduced a full home in to observe himself get knocked out.
Joshua, who walked second for some unknown cause regardless of being the challenger, was harm by the primary change towards Dubois and by no means recovered. Delusions of grandeur have been firmly put of their place as World Boxing Information acquired a twelve-year vindication for persistently informing readers that the Londoner wasn’t all he was promoted to be by Eddie Hearn.
He definitely wasn’t the second coming of Muhammad Ali. After the fifth-round KO, Dubois positioned himself as the most effective British heavyweight on the planet as Tyson Fury watched in awe.
Turki Alalshkih, visibly shaken by what transpired, knowledgeable the entire report crowd. He mentioned, “I’ve simply been knowledgeable that the ultimate attendance quantity in the present day at Wembley was 98,128.”
Within the aftermath, CompuBox revealed the statistics of Joshua’s well timed demise.
“Dubois got here out firing within the opening body and knocked Joshua down within the closing seconds of the spherical with an overhand proper. On the finish of two rounds, Dubois had landed 18 energy punches, and Joshua had landed 5.
“Dubois scored a second knockdown within the third spherical. Joshua landed a left hook in the beginning of the fourth spherical solely to be shaken by a Dubois jab and finally knocked down once more.
“In a determined try to vary the tide of the battle, Joshua tried to leap on Dubois within the opening seconds of the fifth spherical.
“Joshua appeared to stun and again up Dubois, however a Dubois counterpunch put Joshua down and out at 59 seconds of the fifth spherical.
“The ultimate stats replicate a one-sided drubbing. Dubois landed greater than twice as many whole punches than Joshua. Joshua threw 35 energy punches. Dubois landed 49 energy punches and scored 4 knockdowns.
Joshua vs Dubois undercard outcomes:
Hamzah Sheeraz vs Tyler Denny
Sheeraz landed a left hook on Denny’s temple, leading to a knockdown within the first thirty seconds of the battle. Denny survived however couldn’t get inside Sheeraz’s large attain benefit with out absorbing punches from Sheeraz. One other sequence of left hooks to Denny’s head put him down once more within the second spherical. Denny bought up, however the referee halted the about at 2:05 of the second spherical. Sheeraz landed 35% of his jabs and 45% of his energy punches.
Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson
Buatsi landed 150 physique punches on Hutchinson, whereas Hutchinson landed 18. 68% of Buatsi’s landed energy punches have been physique pictures. A flurry of physique punches had Hutchinson doubled over on the canvas within the sixth spherical. He survived and tried to mount a spirited comeback, solely to be docked some extent within the seventh spherical for main together with his head. One other physique punch despatched Hutchinson right down to the canvas within the ninth spherical. One choose inexplicably scored the battle for Hutchinson 113-112. The opposite two judges scored 117-108 and 115-110 for Buatsi.
Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington
Warrington did his finest work within the second spherical when he bought in shut and peppered Cacace with physique pictures. From the third spherical on, Cacace discovered his vary. On the halfway level, each combatants had landed 51 energy punches. By the top of the battle, Cacace held a 14-power punch landed benefit. The scores have been comprehensive- 118-110 and 117-111 twice, all for Cacace.
Josh Kelly vs Ishmael Davis
A outstanding twelfth spherical for Davis, the place he landed ten punches and had Kelly clinging on to outlive, was not sufficient to swing the battle in Davis’ favor. The final spherical was Davis’ finest spherical and Kelly’s worst, making the ultimate stats look nearer. Kelly was the busier fighter and landed extra punches in most rounds. One choose scored it a 114-114 draw, and the opposite two scored it 115-113 and 115-114 for Kelly.
Josh Padley vs Mark Chamberlain
Chamberlain and Padely have been separated by 5 landed punches. Chamberlain landed seven extra jabs, whereas Padley landed 12 extra energy punches. One in all Padley’s energy punches, a left hook, dumped Chamberlain on the canvas in spherical 8. When the referee docked him some extent for repeated fouling, issues bought worse for Chamberlain. All three judges scored the battle for Padley, 96-92 twice and 95-93.
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