WHETHER he agrees on a rematch or sails off in a special route, Daniel Dubois’ crunching fifth-round KO of Anthony Joshua has actually left the 27-year-old in a considerably stronger place.
Dubois’ win has seen him climb up the Boxing Information rankings from sixth spot to 3rd in our world high 10. Solely two males stay forward of Daniel: Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, who meet in a rematch on December 21. Usyk had already crushed Dubois, by ninth-round stoppage in a 2023 Polish affair.
Nonetheless, given Dubois’ success since that night time, blended with the unending low blow controversy, adopted by wins over Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic, and now Joshua, the heavy hitter would fancy his probabilities in a second effort. Ought to Usyk defeat Fury, after all. If Fury wins, relying on the circumstances, then a 3rd struggle might be on the desk, leaving the most effective of the remaining to struggle it out between themselves for scraps below the desk.
Anthony Joshua’s beautiful defeat has seen him drop under Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker, the latter being a heavyweight he has already crushed. Zhang additionally misplaced to Parker however can be thought-about a handful for anybody. The Chinese language southpaw is rumoured to be near agreeing a conflict with one other heavyweight beast within the type of Boxing Information-ranked quantity 10 heavyweight Martin Bakole.
Quick-rising Agit Kabayel, who has been speaking a couple of attainable Joseph Parker struggle subsequent, is seventh, aiming to interrupt into the highest 5. Deontay Wilder (#9) and Filip Hrgovic (#8) are at present clinging to their respective locations.
