Eddie Hearn Predicts that Daniel Dubois won’t be able to stand up to Anthony Joshua’s Power on Saturday night if he starts landing right hands like Dubois’ previous opponent, Filip Hrgovic, did last June. Hearn believes that Joshua’s power will be too much for Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs_ to take without getting knocked out.
The real question is, can Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) handle the power of Dubois once he starts shelling him in the first round? We’ve seen many times that Joshua has a fragile chin, and he’s not fought a good opponent with power in many years. If Dubois starts fast on Saturday, he could destroy the 34-year-old Joshua.
The only puncher Joshua has fought with power since his two fights against Andy Ruiz in 2019 was 37-year-old Francis Ngannou, but that guy was a complete novice.
It was a joke that Joshua’s fight with Ngannou was sanctioned as a professional fight because he’d only fought once in a boxing match, and that was against an out-of-shape, washed-up Tyson Fury. Joshua vs. Ngannou should have been an exhibition because it involved a non-boxer.
“I think this is the first time in a long time that he truly believes in what he’s doing and he believes in the game plan and the tactics,” said Eddie Hearn to Boxing Social, talking about Anthony Joshua. “Ben [Davison] does a great job of showing the mistakes that you made that individual pay.”
Hearn is blowing smoke up Joshua’s backside by saying his trainer Ben Davison has him believing in his game plans. Joshua ia winning once again because his opposition has been pedestrian-level.
“He did that extremely well against [Otto] Wallin and extremely well against Ngannou,” said Hearn. “Dubois makes a huge amount of mistakes that AJ knows exactly how to punish. With AJ, he’s a smart guy. You can’t just bluff him. Dubois Is [also] dangerous. It’s a great fight.”
Otto Wallin was a journeyman. So, it’s not suprising that Joshua did well against him. Joshua could have beaten him training himself.
“If Dubois comes out hot as he did in the Hrgovic fight, he’s a handful, but there’s also a good chance he could get chinned inside three rounds,” said Hearn. “He won’t be able to stand up to AJ like he did against Hrgovic. He couldn’t miss him with the right hand, but he’s a handful.
“I do think it will happen, but it’s the size of the fight and the results,” said Hearn when asked if Joshua vs. Tyson Fury will still happen if one or both of them lose before then. “If Joshua wins against Dubois and Fury wins against Usyk, you’ve got the biggest fight in the history of the sport.”
