Joseph Parker was impressed with Daniel Dubois’ efficiency in stopping beforehand unbeaten Filip Hrgovic to say the IBF interim heavyweight title final Saturday night time in Riyadh.
Parker feels that Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) would be the underdog in opposition to Anthony Joshua if he faces him subsequent September at Wembley and might want to battle loads higher to be victorious in opposition to the two-time former heavyweight champion.
Dubois won’t must battle higher if Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) can’t deal with his punching energy. The punches that the 26-year-old Dubois hit Hrgovic (17-1, 14 KOs) with to bust him up and rating an eighth-round technical knockout is likely to be sufficient to defeat Joshua.
We’ve seen Joshua harm in lots of his fights in opposition to guys with much less punching energy than Dubois. If Joshua can’t get to Dubois early, there’s a good chance the youthful fighter wins. Dubois is a gradual starter, and he’s not at his finest till the second half of his fights.
Parker is appropriate in saying that Dubois could be the underdog in opposition to Joshua as a result of he lacks expertise. Nonetheless, he was the underdog in opposition to the 31-year-old Hrgovic, and we noticed how that match ended.
The 34-year-old Joshua isn’t a spring hen, and whereas he’s regarded good recently, he’s accomplished it in opposition to 4 consecutive restricted heavyweights.
Joshua’s final 4 opponents:
– Francis Ngannou
– Otto Wallin
– Robert Helenius
– Jermaine Franklin
Dubois the Underdog Towards Joshua
“For me, Daniel Dubois stunned me essentially the most. I assumed Hrgovic was the favourite going into the battle. He did begin out very robust, however Dubois was very constant, utilized strain, and obtained the win in the long run. I feel that was one of many largest wins of his profession,” stated Joseph Parker to Secondsout, giving his view of who he felt stunned him essentially the most throughout final Saturday’s 5 vs. 5 occasion in Riyadh.
Going into final Saturday’s contest, only a few folks believed that Dubois had any likelihood in opposition to the extra skilled 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Hrgovic. The notion was that Dubois had give up twice up to now and would do the identical when issues obtained powerful in opposition to Hrgovic, however proved everybody mistaken. He may do the identical in opposition to Joshua.
“In the event that they do collide at Wembley Stadium in September, I see Dubois being the underdog,” stated Parker about Dubois being the underdog if he faces Anthony Joshua in September. “He regarded excellent in opposition to Hrgovic, however Joshua is the favourite going into that battle.”
Joshua has regarded so good recently that you simply’d should make him the favourite in opposition to Dubois, however the identical apply if AJ had been going through Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk. Going off his current performances, Joshua could be the favourite in opposition to any heavyweight within the division.
“We’ll see what he [Dubois] can deliver to an even bigger and a greater problem. I feel he would want to deliver extra focus, extra number of punches, and a bit extra motion and a bit extra punch selection,” stated Parker.
“Joshua is a beast, and Joshua regarded good in his final two fights, and I really feel Dubois has to deliver much more than he did in opposition to Hrgovic,” stated Parker.
