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DANIEL DUBOIS is connected unreality 9 aft beating Anthony Joshua - but helium had to upwind immoderate storms connected his mode to the top.
Five rounds of devastation from Dubois saw Joshua KO'd successful the fifth circular arsenic 'Dynamite' defended his IFB satellite rubric for the archetypal time.
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He floored AJ 4 times successful a show that marks him retired arsenic 1 of the champion heavyweights successful the world.
It has been an arduous travel to the apical for Dubois, who started boxing astatine seven-years-old and was made to bid by his father 2 years earlier that.
A prodigious amateur, Dubois was invited to bid successful the GB Boxing programme astatine 16-years-old, but rejected an accidental to combat astatine the Olympics successful favour of turning pro.
He made a bully commencement to his nonrecreational vocation arsenic helium won his archetypal 15 fights and respective titles on the way, including the British Heavyweight loop against Nathan Gorman successful 2019.
A twelvemonth aboriginal his came up against the archetypal large trial of his vocation successful Joe Joyce, successful beforehand of an astir bare arena owed to Covid restrictions.
Dubois fought good but succumbed to defeat aft Joyce's devastating jab near him with a fractured oculus socket.
The swelling meant Dubois could not spot retired of his near oculus and helium was counted retired after taking a genu successful circular ten.
He was ahead connected 2 of the 3 judges' cards erstwhile the combat was stopped, starring immoderate to impeach Dubois of being a "quitter".
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Round by round: How Dubois demolished Joshua
ANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the level against Daniel Dubois - until helium could nary more.
AJ was floored 4 times successful 5 rounds by Dubois earlier a thudding antagonistic close closed the amusement successful melodramatic fashion.
Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.
ROUND 1
Dubois comes retired crisp with the jab arsenic Joshua bounces astir struggling to woody with the piston-like left.
Huge close manus from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands acold excessively debased from the opening bell.
Joshua made to wage for the mistake arsenic helium circles retired with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.
ROUND 2
Joshua - saved lone by the doorbell aft being floored - struggles to get going arsenic helium takes shots to the face.
AJ is tottering and teetering astir the ringing with his defender again dangerously debased and inviting unit on.
Joshua is attempting to get backmost into the bout but his jab looks acold excessively lazy - helium doesn't look to person recovered from the knockdown.
ROUND 3
AJ comes retired with much intent but swings wildly with a close and connects with lone bladed air.
Dubois pours connected the unit and hammers Joshua into the country scoring different knockdown.
The doorbell sounds but Dubois lands 1 oregon 2 afterwards - again AJ is saved by the timepiece arsenic the penning looks connected the wall.
ROUND 4
Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored erstwhile much - losing his equilibrium arsenic helium touches the canvas.
The referee gives AJ different warring accidental and Dubois lands a debased stroke - giving the challenger immoderate invaluable respite.
Dubois slows down arsenic 4 rounds travel to a adjacent with Joshua showing sensational resilience to bent successful there.
ROUND 5
Joshua lands a immense close manus and Dubois legs buckle - an astonishing turnaround looks to beryllium connected the cards.
AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts 1 of his signature uppercuts but the countering close manus gets determination first.
Joshua is caught flush connected the chin, dropped erstwhile much and this clip retired for good. Dubois scores a stunning KO win.
Carl Frampton and David Haye were amongst the critics, with the second saying helium was "very unhappy with the mode that helium took a knee".
While Frampton said: "I deliberation that we each similar Dubois, he's a likeable guy.
Fight STOPPED arsenic lights spell retired astatine Wembley during undercard earlier Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois rubric bout
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'Are you not entertained? I'm a gladiator' - What Dubois and Joshua said aft brutal fight
DANIEL DUBOIS annihilated Anthony Joshua’s imagination of becoming a three-time satellite heavyweight champion, writes Wally Downes Jr.
Joshua was floored FOUR times arsenic Dubois landed an astonishing fifth-round knockout successful beforehand of a grounds 96,000 Wembley crowd and millions of TV viewers to clasp his IBF belt.
AJ, 34, ne'er recovered aft being downed successful the archetypal circular of past night’s Battle of Britain showdown arsenic a immense Dubois right-hand haymaker caught him flush connected the chin.
Here's what they said aft the fight:
DANIEL DUBOIS
“Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator, a warrior to the bitter end. This is the biggest triumph of my career. I couldn’t fto this accidental spell and present I privation to spell to the apical level of this game.
“I’ve been connected a roller-coaster thrust and this is my time. I’m not gonna halt until I scope my afloat potential.”
ANTHONY JOSHUA
“As p***ed disconnected arsenic I am, it is what it is.
“I had a sharp, accelerated hostile and determination were a batch of mistakes from me. Credit to my hostile and his team.
“We rolled the dice and came up short. You cognize I’m p***ed but I’m going to support chill and springiness respect to my opponent.”
FRANK WARREN (DUBOIS' PROMOTER)
“It was a phenomenal fight, like Hagler v Hearns.
“A superb combat and everybody has seen a champion’s show tonight.
“Daniel has shown his courage, his skills.
“AJ caught him with a changeable towards the extremity and I was worried, but what a fabulous, fantastic fight.”
EDDIE HEARN (AJ'S PROMOTER)
“AJ shipped a immense close hand successful the archetypal circular and was warring connected heart.
“He wounded Daniel astatine the extremity of the 4th and past again successful the fifth, but got greedy and walked connected to a close manus and that’s each she wrote.
“I’m definite Anthony volition workout the rematch clause.”
"But if it's idiosyncratic we didn't similar we'd accidental he's a quitter. And I deliberation helium discontinue there.
"I person to beryllium brutally honest, let's telephone a spade a spade, helium took a genu from a changeable successful the eye.
"His oculus was a mess, his oculus was closed but I get dragged retired of the ring. I wouldn't instrumentality a genu and get pulled out."
Dubois responded to the acceptable backmost by winning his adjacent 4 bouts to acceptable up a combat with satellite champion Oleksandr Usyk, who had twice defeated Joshua.
Again the Londoner fought good and thought helium had scored a knockdown, but the referee judged his punch to beryllium beneath the belt earlier Usyk showed his people and secured a knock-out triumph successful the ninth round.
Dubois was downbeat aft the nonaccomplishment but Usyk assured him of his potential and told him not to springiness up anticipation of becoming satellite champion.
The Ukrainian said to him successful the ring: "It's not bad. It's boxing. It's not ballet, it's not dancing.
"Daniel, you're young. You can. You tin dream. Man, unbend it's boxing. It's a pugnacious athletics brother."
Again Dubois took bosom from a decision and bounced backmost with awesome wins implicit Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic, starring him to instrumentality implicit the vacant IBF satellite rubric loop and unafraid a showdown with Joshua.
Still the underdog, helium came retired with a constituent to beryllium and rocked Joshua with a monolithic close manus successful the opening round.
He dominated from that constituent connected and landed much punches than AJ successful each round, earlier landing the slayer stroke successful the 5th to cement his spot connected apical of the world.
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