Anthony Joshua is on the heart of a surprising fallout over his defeat to Daniel Dubois after seen mass cheering at Wembley Stadium.
For the reason that worst lack of his profession, Joshua’s future is just not solely in tatters, however his status can also be on the ropes. A number of hundred social media posts and movies, together with one the place Conor McGregor delighted in seeing Dubois obliterate Joshua, make it clear the previous Olympic champion is now not the darling of UK boxing.
At one level in his profession, AJ may do no flawed. All beloved him, and even social media ‘hacks’ the place he championed Robert Mugabe and made ‘superior black’ racial feedback went unpunished.
Antics within the ring after shedding to Oleksandr Usyk appeared to change the general public’s mindset as Joshua’s persona advanced into one in all entitlement and disrespect. This situation transpired regardless of the Londoner telling his opponents to not disrespect him and claiming he was ‘humble’ to the core.
To many, Joshua bought his simply deserts after years of ramming his whiter-than-white picture down everyone’s throats. To not point out his promoter, who knowledgeable everybody that Joshua was the second coming of a boxing Christ regardless of figuring out full effectively that his man had a number of flaws.
These noticeable downsides would have been higher served being specified by public and would undoubtedly have put Joshua underneath much less stress. Because it transpired, that stress ate Anthony Joshua alive, in the end resulting in his demise from 2019 onwards.
In opposition to Dubois, CompuBox labeled it a ‘one-side drubbing’ – which is tough to argue with. They mentioned, “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 firstly of the fourth spherical solely to be shaken by a Dubois jab and ultimately knocked down once more. In a determined try to vary the tide of the struggle, 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.”
As well as, Joshua insisted on ring-walking first, and the entire charade had a whiff of privilege that was undeserved given his current kind. Dubois had earned the appropriate to be the champion, if solely by his achievements since 2022, however he was clearly not allowed to train that proper because of Joshua’s ego.
Concerning his entrance to talkSPORT, IBF heavyweight champion Dubois got here throughout effectively in his evaluation.
“It’s not proper is it actually for the champ to return out first? I feel we had an amazing ring stroll. I used to be simply soaking it up. We lit up the place,” mentioned Dubois.
“I used to be all enterprise from the second I left the dressing room. As soon as I used to be in that ring, there was no wanting again. Now, it’s on.”
Anthony Joshua ring walks first
On Joshua’s extended ring stroll, Dubois replied, “I didn’t actually watch it. I heard it. It was quiet and lame. We positively received the primary battle within the ring walks.”
Followers commented on Joshua in the course of the aftermath, with one distinctly British detractor saying, “I do know lots of followers went to Wembley to see Joshua lose and hopefully get knocked out.”
One other added, “Joshua bought deservedly knocked the f*** out. Outboxed, outclassed, and shedding massively on factors and doing s*** like this [pulling tongues]. Fraud came upon big-time.”
Boxing coach Stephen’ Breadman’ Edwards most likely summed all the pieces up greatest after his feedback on Joshua pulling tongues, disrespecting Dubois, and calling him ‘s***’ moments earlier than getting worn out.
Edwards acknowledged, “By no means be dismissive of your opponent. You may’t name a man s*** who dropped you a number of occasions.”
It’s a becoming finish to the entire debacle.
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