Ricky Hatton makes Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois prediction and explains why Tyson Fury is still no1

Tyson Fury volition stay the champion heavyweight successful British boxing adjacent if Anthony Joshua knocks retired Daniel Dubois this weekend, according to erstwhile satellite champion Ricky Hatton.

The 2012 Olympian is seeking to go a three-time satellite champion when helium takes connected IBF king Dubois astatine Wembley Stadium.

Since back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua has reeled disconnected 4 wins successful the past 18 months against Jermaine Franklin, Robert Helenius, Otto Wallin earlier his destructive knockout triumph implicit Francis Ngannou successful March.

Dubois is besides a combatant successful the ascendancy, recovering from his decision to Usyk with 2 thrilling wins implicit Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic – leaving the Croatian battered and bloodied with a career-best show successful June.

Fury meantime is coming disconnected his archetypal decision against Usyk – who has beaten each British hostile helium has ever travel up against. While ‘The Gypsy King’ whitethorn inactive beryllium licking his wounds up of their rematch, British boxing fable Hatton says helium is inactive the antheral astatine the apical of the pile.

‘I don’t deliberation a triumph for AJ sees him ascent to the top, helium would inactive beryllium conscionable down Tyson Fury for me,’ Hatton told Metro.co.uk courtesy of Prime Casino.

‘Tyson didn’t enactment successful his highest show against Usyk, but I deliberation it was person than a batch of radical springiness him recognition for. Out of each of the fights that Usyk has had against British opposition, Tyson ran him the closest.

‘Tyson deserves the payment of the doubt. I anticipation I’m incorrect erstwhile I accidental this, but determination is simply a interest that possibly Tyson is getting excessively galore miles connected the timepiece now. He’s been successful immoderate wars, has Tyson, he’s taken immoderate large hits.

‘Wilder’s 1 of the biggest heavyweight hitters successful history, and you wonder, however overmuch did that trilogy instrumentality retired of him.

‘If you look backmost and deliberation astir immoderate of the problems helium had distant from the ring, to travel backmost and bash what helium did, it’s got to beryllium 1 of the top stories successful boxing history.  For those reasons, you person to enactment Tyson astatine the top.’

Hatton believes Dubois has proven galore of his doubters incorrect having antecedently been labelled a ‘quitter’ successful the aftermath of his decision to Joe Joyce. But helium inactive backs Joshua to get the occupation done connected the night.

‘I marque AJ the flimsy favourite successful this fight, simply due to the fact that of his pedigree,’ Hatton said.

‘If AJ catches him with a large right, it’s lights out. Game over. If you asked maine who I would enactment my past lb connected successful this fight, I’d instrumentality it connected AJ, but I’m expecting a war. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium a peculiar juncture for British boxing.’

Tony Bellew makes prediction for Joshua vs Dubois

Fromer cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew meantime is besides going for a Joshua win, backing his aged stablemate to get the knockout wrong 4 rounds.

‘I deliberation he’s getting knocked retired wrong 4 rounds,’ Bellew said. ‘With everything he’s bully at, I deliberation AJ is simply a small spot better. He’s a small spot faster, he’s a small spot stronger, he’s got amended footwork, and he’s got amended hands.

‘Everything Daniel’s bully at, AJ is better. The lone happening that you person to past look astatine is whether helium tin outlast him? That’s the biggest question for me. Can Daniel outlast AJ? That is 1 question we’re going to find out.

Carl Froch makes prediction for Joshua vs Dubois

‘At the infinitesimal I can’t abstracted them, but the astute wealth is connected Anthony Joshua to bushed him due to the fact that Dubois is rather casual to hit. He gets deed with large shots. I deliberation Dubois is going to consciousness the unit erstwhile the spotlights deed him.’