Oleksandr Usyk reveals Anthony Joshua ‘problem’ after Daniel Dubois defeat

Oleksandr Usyk believes Anthony Joshua had a large ‘problem’ with his footwork during his daze decision to Daniel Dubois connected Saturday night.

Dubois successfully defended his IBF heavyweight rubric successful beforehand of 96,000 radical astatine Wembley arsenic helium demolished Joshua successful 5 rounds.

Joshua was sent crashing to the canvas successful each but 1 of the 5 rounds earlier Dubois ended the combat with a steadfast antagonistic close hand.

The 34-year-old, who has present suffered 4 defeats successful his nonrecreational career, struggled to get to grips with Dubois’ powerfulness though helium momentarily wobbled his hostile successful the 5th round, conscionable moments earlier helium got caught connected the counter.

Usyk, who has beaten Joshua connected 2 occasions, believes the biggest flaw successful his decision to Dubois was his mediocre question successful the ring.

Asked if helium was shocked by Dubois beating Joshua, Usyk said aft the fight: ‘Not shocked due to the fact that it’s boxing. Daniel Dubois contiguous was better.

‘Anthony had 1 occupation due to the fact that this presumption [leaning back] is unsafe – if you privation to measurement back, bash it similar this [by moving your feet], not similar this [leaning], this is dangerous.’

Usyk’s promoter, Alexander Krassyuk, besides criticised Joshua implicit his mediocre defence against Dubois.

‘The footwork was the issue, the mentality was the issue, everything was the issue,’ Krassyuk said.

‘I thought I was seeing the antheral who had the look of AJ but who was wholly antithetic inside.

‘He didn’t look the mode we expected him to look, did you spot his close hand? It was each the mode [down] connected his close chest, truthful his chin was up.

‘It was a fairy communicative for immoderate boxer, not conscionable for Dubois, for everyone.’

Elsewhere, three-time satellite heavyweight champion, Lennox Lewis, besides agreed that Joshua’s deficiency of defence near him exposed to Dubois’ power.

‘The occupation with that punch close there… helium didn’t propulsion a jab first,’ Lewis told TNT Sports.

‘If helium threw a jab first… cipher throws an uppercut against a unsafe combatant similar that from a distance. That’s what helium did, that’s the mistake helium made.’

Lewis went connected to add: ‘There’s a batch we tin spot astir the combat that happened.

‘AJ did travel retired with his chin up a small bit, and I was like, ‘oh, helium needs to enactment that chin down’, due to the fact that against a right-handed boxer who has been throwing close hands and knocking radical retired each the time, that’s conscionable similar opening the doorway for him by keeping your chin up.

‘So I cognize Daniel Dubois was looking astatine that saying, ‘there’s that chin for me, fto maine propulsion that close hand’.’

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