WHETHER he agrees on a rematch or sails off in a distinct 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 overwhelmed Dubois, by ninth-round stoppage in a 2023 Polish affair.
Nonetheless, given Dubois’ success since that evening, 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, in fact. If Fury wins, relying on the circumstances, then a 3rd battle could possibly be on the desk, leaving the very best of the remainder to battle it out between themselves for scraps below the desk.
Anthony Joshua’s beautiful defeat has seen him drop beneath Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker, the latter being a heavyweight he has already overwhelmed. 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 doable Joseph Parker battle subsequent, is seventh, aiming to interrupt into the highest 5. Deontay Wilder (#9) and Filip Hrgovic (#8) are at the moment clinging to their respective locations.
