Anthony Joshua versus Daniel Dubois is a clash of two seriously big punchers.
Joshua’s campaign started as impressively as his amateur journey ended. After picking up an Olympic Gold medal at London 2012, he went on a knockout spree that took him all the way to the IBF world title in quick time.
After a few defences and adding the WBO and WBA titles to his collection, he first ran into trouble against late stand-in Andy Ruiz Jr in 2019, but after a shock knockout loss he managed to regain his belts in the rematch.
Since then he has taken two further losses to Oleksandr Usyk but once again got back to winning ways in the last year or so with four back-to-back victories.
Dubois was stopping men just as freely when he first started out before having his eye socket broken against Joe Joyce which caused him to take a knee and be counted out. After his own loss to Usyk, he has rebuilt and shown plenty of courage in tough fights with Fillip Hrgovic and Jarrell Miller.
Journeyman Dorian Darch was a feature in both men’s come-up and, speaking to Pro Boxing Fans, discussed the fight.
Darch was on the wrong end of a second round TKO loss to ‘AJ’ back in 2014 and then suffered the same fate in the same round against Dubois three years later.
The pair will meet at Wembley Stadium on September 21 when Dubois defends the IBF belt he was awarded once it was vacated by former undisputed champion Usyk.
