Will have to agree to disagree there - Dubois WAS CLEARLY outboxing AJ before the haymaker - he was on him from the off, conecting with the jab - sometimes double jabbing, and AJ was instantly on the back foot and reticent. Sure Femi's wits were probably scrambled in round 2 and it allowed Dubois to get more offense off, but he was tagging with the jab at will, and I think would have walked AJ onto something big anyway, because AJ had his chin out, was leaning back and had his hands down - which is how he was tagged in the 1st place!
Another great video Rummy thx.Could you please do one on Mosses Itauma, i'd love to know what you think.
Dubois wasnt outboxing no one before the haymaker. It was a extremlly average first round until the haymaker happened. You can give it to Dubois, I probably would, but there was no outboxing at all in there. A few jabs from Dubois, a few jabs from AJ, Dubois connected 3 or 4 jabs more and AJ connected not-clean a right overhand and a right uppercut. That's all. Pretty standard everything, without any outboxing anywhere. I would give the round to Dubois for being more active and because AJ connected very dirty, that's all, a close round overall if we dont count the haymaker. Then the haymaker connected, and the fight was over.
Well done, Rummy. Eddie H will keep,his cash cow going with a couple De Mori like opponents then another beat down finally ending AJ'S career.
So, let's get this right. A professional fighter notices his opponent is retreating with hands down and chin high. Said fighter is trained by a trainer who has previously guided another heavyweight whose long, lopping right hand was a crude but effective part of his arsenal. Dubois does not usually throw this punch. But he did. And at exactly the right time. 'Lucky' my arse. Looked like something that had been added to the toolbag and drilled for just the right occasion.
Lucky because he will never find this situation again in his whole career. The same way kambosos will never find another one like teo's. He can launch this punch 100000000000 times again in round 1 in all his fights, he will never NEVER connect it again. NEVER. Yes, that's luck. No skill involved, no plan involved, no preparation involved. He just got lucky to hit the jackpot because AJ made a stupid mistake, threw the isolated haymaker while praying to connect and ... BINGO! he won the fight. Yes, pretty much the definition of a lucky punch.
No way he can repeat at will what he did in round 1. Not vs AJ not vs anyone. At least he didnt close his eyes when he threw the haymaker from a mile while praying. I see the point of a rematch, tbh.
If he gets another opponent stupid enough to stand in range with his hands down, I'm pretty sure Daniel can and will repeat it.
Dubois looked relaxed and confident in his ring walk. Joshua looked nervous and wound up. The moment the fight started, you could see this carried through to their ring performances. AJ was hesitant, nervous, seemed like he'd forgotten what he's been working on in training, while Dubois just got on with his game plan. And it seemed Dubois was far more capable of taking AJ's power than the other way around. AJ would be insane to go for a rematch. He'd be Frazier going for that rematch with Foreman. Deluding himself into thinking it could somehow turn out differently.
Yes, and Kambosos will win too if he finds another champion idiot enough to make the mistakes Teo did in that fight in round 1. But the truth is that it will not happen. Kambosos and Dubois were lucky enough to get gifts in round one. Those things happen, they capitalized and won. Congratulations. I have nothing against that. I'm only saying that the rematch could be way different and I'm curious. And that it was not Dubois' skill what paid the bills this time. Or at least "not only his skill", a bit of luck helped big time.
Dubois caught him with a big shot 30 seconds in and it set the tone. I think the ref missing the glove touch knockdown wound up hurting AJ because instead of getting a count and a break at the end of round 3 he took two hard left hooks on the way down. Joshua seemed to get his legs back in the 4th and caught Dubois with a bomb of a right hand but then really misplayed his hand. For a veteran you would think he would have jabbed to set up a follow up or judge Dubois better but he threw the same right hand with his left down and chin up. He even ate the same right hand counter prior to falling for it again. Really poor ring generalship from Joshua Dubois dominated that fight in a way that I did not expect. Joshua really kept backing out with his hands down and chin up in straight lines. He paid the price for these mistakes