Joseph Parker, along with the favorite, Anthony Joshua, will defeat the IBF heavyweight champion, Daniel Dubois, with a sixth round knockout on Saturday night.
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Joshua last packed a big punch in his fight against 41-year-old Wladimir Klitschko in 2017, and he wasn’t young like Dubois. Klitschko didn’t have the chin that Dubois had or the courage that he had. If he did, Joshua would have been knocked out within two rounds because he was in trouble with the handful of power punches Wladimir hit him with.
Many fans put a lot of emphasis on Joshua’s recent four wins over substandard fighters that his promoter Eddie Hearn set him up with to turn him around when his career was sinking after back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk.
Hearn used his vulture-like ability to track down lame prey for AJ to prey on to bring him back from the brink of career implosion. It’s sneaky, but it worked because the naive fans are none the wiser.
Former WBO heavyweight champion Parker, who lost to Joshua in 2018, feels he will be too much for Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs). How much of that is wishful thinking is unknown, as Parker could make millions in a rematch with Joshua, far more than he made the first time they fought six years ago.
“The conventional wisdom with most people is that Joshua will get the job done within the first six,” Gareth A. Davies told talkSport Boxing. channeland picks Anthony Joshua to defeat Daniel Dubois.
(If Joshua wins), he will become a three-time heavyweight champion of the world. Just as important as being that and just as important as winning that IBF belt tomorrow night is Anthony Joshua getting rid of one of the upstarts with very dangerous power is saying, ‘Okay, Tyson Fury. It is now up to you to deliver on December 21 in Riyadh. Then we can have the greatest fight of all time.’”
Gareth needs to forget about Fury getting past Usyk in their rematch next December, because it probably won’t happen. The Joshua-Fury fight will still happen, but under bad terms, likely with both aging fighters coming off knockout losses and competing for old time’s sake.
“As soon as the action starts, there will be a lot of bombs thrown. There will be many shots. I agree that AJ will get the job in six,” Joseph Parker said. “I’ve been wrong many times, but I feel this time I’m going to be right.
If Parker had nothing to gain from beating Joshua, it would be easier to take him seriously, but he can make a lot of money in a rematch, and he wants that second fight. So, you have to take what he says with a grain of salt and think that he thinks Dubois will win, not Joshua.
