Daniel Dubois celebrated his birthday today by hitting his birthday cake with a likeness of Anthony Joshua with a right hand ahead of their fight 15 days from now on September 21 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Dubois turned 27 today and has the youth advantage over two-time heavyweight champion Joshua, who turns 35 next month on October 15. Age is starting to catch up with the Eddie Hearn-promoted AJ, and it could be the end of the road for him if he gets knocked out by rising star Dubois.
Hearn’s Rebuilding Efforts: A Band-Aid?
Hearn has done a man’s job rebuilding Joshua, feeding him four sub-level opponents after his second loss to Oleksandr Usyk two years ago on August 20, 2022, but those tins have changed nothing.
Rather, it was a case of Joshua being propped up to ensure he brought the batter in a little longer. You can’t blame Hearn for hitting the emergency button with Joshua to feed him a weak position and save his sinking career because he brings total cash every time he fights.
As we’ve seen in Jsohua’s last four fights, it doesn’t matter who he’s fighting. The British public can’t get enough of him.
IBF heavyweight champion Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) is looking forward to destroying odds-on and fan favorite Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) and knocking him off his high horse.
Joshua’s fans and promoter Hearn believe he is better than ever because of the supposed changes his trainer Ben Davison has made since he took over as his trainer in 2023.
The only change Davison has made with AJ is that he’s throwing more right hands, but the opposition he’s fought over the past year has been nothing short of awful. Hearn matched Joshua against these four tomato cans to mentally bring him back from the depths after his collapse following the second loss to Usyk:
– Francis Ngannou
– Otto Wallin
—Robert Helenius
– Jermaine Franklin
Wait for it… 😳🎂
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