Daniel Dubois issues ‘quit’ warning to Anthony Joshua ahead of world title showdown

Daniel Dubois has vowed to marque Anthony Joshua ‘quit’ erstwhile they conscionable successful their satellite heavyweight rubric showdown connected Saturday.

Newly-crowned IBF champion Dubois puts the rubric connected the enactment successful beforehand of 96,000 astatine Wembley Stadium with Joshua seeking to go a three-time heavyweight king.

The Londoner picked up his archetypal large satellite rubric after a crushing triumph implicit Filip Hrgovic successful June, having besides scored an awesome last-gasp knockout triumph implicit Jarrell Miller successful December.

Dubois has antecedently been labelled a ‘quitter’ by immoderate of the biggest names successful boxing aft taking a genu successful his 2020 decision to Joe Joyce. Dubois again saw his bosom questioned aft coming up abbreviated against Oleksandr Usyk past year.

But the 27-year-old believes helium tin present crook the tables connected Joshua and interruption the two-time satellite champion connected the biggest stage.

‘I’ve got to marque him quit, interruption him down, That’s my mindset going into this. Making him quit, breaking him,’ Dubois told Sky Sports. ‘I judge I can.’

Victories implicit Miller and Hrgovic person helped dispel the ‘quitter’ tag with Dubois anxious to acceptable the grounds consecutive erstwhile and for each against Joshua.

‘I’m turning it circular present astatine this signifier of my career. I’ve travel done my ups and downs, conscionable turning it round,” Dubois said.

‘Enjoy the moment, fto each the talking beryllium done, fto each the statements beryllium made. I’m successful a bully spot close present and I’m acceptable to fight.’

Things kicked disconnected betwixt the heavyweight giants during a tv conception successful June erstwhile Dubois challenged Joshua to ‘go close now’.

Ready to oblige him, Joshua stood up and accused Dubois of disrespecting him, threatening to ‘smash a chair’ implicit his rival’s caput before information waded in.

The 2 came face-to-face again successful the London sunshine connected Monday evening with tensions inactive simmering.

‘I looked into his eyes, and I don’t know, I’m truthful utilized to it now. It’s portion of the game,’ Dubois said.

‘Of people they are [underestimating him], he’s going to beryllium successful for the daze of his life.’

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