Daniel Dubois accused of landing illegal blow in Anthony Joshua fight

Daniel Dubois knocked retired Anthony Joshua successful the 5th circular of their combat connected Saturday nighttime but the 27-year-old satellite champion has been accused of playing excessively adjacent to the line

Anthony Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn has accused Daniel Dubois of taking 2 amerciable shots against the two-time world champion.

Joshua was knocked retired by Dubois successful the 5th circular of their bout connected Saturday night. Dubois dominated for overmuch of the evening, with Joshua crashing down to the mat on respective occasions earlier the decisive blow.

While helium did not assertion Dubois' triumph should beryllium scratched out, Hearn did constituent to 2 moments wherever the 27-year-old played adjacent to the line. Hearn claimed Joshua was deed doubly successful the 'nuts' during the 3rd oregon 4th rounds.

But helium besides criticised Joshua for not taking the afloat magnitude of clip helium would person been allowed to recover. Hearn did though importune that Dubois deserved afloat recognition for his ascendant win.

"I said to him you've got to beryllium arrogant you adjacent recovered a mode backmost into the combat due to the fact that aft the 2nd round, for maine the fight's done, it's over. Even the past knockout, he's scrambling to get up," the Matchroom brag said.

"He couldn't person tried different inch. When you bash that you tin look yourself successful the mirror. He went each the mode successful the trenches. People privation to instrumentality astir taking a knee, spitting a gum shield out.

"Listen, erstwhile Daniel Dubois deed him successful the nuts successful the 3rd oregon 4th round, I'm screaming astatine AJ to instrumentality the afloat 5 minutes. That's really a spot of inexperience. At that constituent erstwhile helium couldn't basal up, he's been deed afloat blown successful the conkers.

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"He said to the ref 'I'm fine, let's go' and I'm similar 'what are doing?' Then it happened again. He conscionable came to combat tonight. It was a hellhole of fight. As gutted arsenic we are, Daniel deserves a batch of credit.

"Tonight is his crowning night. Not being elevated to interim champion, contiguous is the nighttime helium showed helium is simply a existent satellite champion. He's got a large aboriginal up of him arsenic well."

Joshua did not notation the seemingly amerciable shots helium took successful his ain post-fight media conference. Instead, overmuch of the absorption was connected his aboriginal successful the ringing pursuing different disappointing bout.

"Of people I inactive privation to proceed fighting. We took a changeable astatine occurrence and came up short. Are we going to tally distant present oregon unrecorded to combat different day? I'm a warrior. Always locomotion with your caput up high," helium said.

"We rolled the dice. That's 13 satellite rubric fights, not each of them person been palmy but they've each been amusive and entertaining. We privation to make past for British boxing and I deliberation we are doing that."