The British Daniel Dubois defeated by a brutal KO to his compatriot Anthony Joshua in the fifth round of the fight for the IBF world heavyweight boxing beltthis Saturday at the stadium of Wembleyin London.
The 27-year-old London boxer sent ‘AJ’ – 34 years old and two-time world champion – to the canvas at the start of the fifth round of a fight that he dominated from start to finish in front of 96,000 spectators in Wembleya record for a boxing match in Britain since World War II.
The mythical northern enclosure of London It is halfway between Greenwich and Waftordthe respective birthplaces of Dubois and Joshua.
“Aren’t you entertained?” he asked. Duboismore agile and with greater power than its rival, to great applause from the public of Wembley.
“I’m a gladiator. A warrior to the end. I’ve been on a rollercoaster, this is my time, this is the story of my redemption. I want to reach the top of this sport and reach my full potential,” proclaimed the Briton, the new star of world boxing.
It was the 22nd career win for the native of Greenwichsouth of Londonthe 21st by KO, for two losses.
Constantly on the attack, Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois took Joshua to the ropes and sent him to the canvas on several occasionsespecially in the third round, where everything indicated that the die had already been cast.
But it was not until the fifth round when victory came. Dubois. In a sporting manner, Joshua acknowledged his rival’s superiority on the microphone while admitting the “mistakes” he made in the ring.
“Before I came here, I was telling myself that I’m going to be a fighter for life. You keep rolling the dice. I had a fast, sharp opponent and there were a lot of mistakes on my part,” said the 34-year-old boxer.
Joshua I aspired in London to become a boxing legend since if he won he would enter the select club of three-time world champions, with Mohamed Ali and Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield. Dubois He thus retains the belt he won on an interim basis in June against Filip Hrgovic.
The world title was awarded to him permanently, but ‘Triple D’ recognized his desire to become legitimately worthy of the title by defeating Usyk.
Now, the British boxer could challenge next year Usyk vs. Tyson Furywho will face each other on December 21 in Riyadh.
Asked who he prefers to face, the new winner said this Saturday that “with the best, maybe Usyk“.
Source: Ambito
