Absolutely terrible… Joshua - Miller - Whyte - Zhang - Ruiz - Bakole in a warm up before fighting Fury next year… The fact that every time Joshua losses he gets a second chance is just ridiculous, walking in second after Dubios who is the champ was also ridiculous the whole thing is a farce!
You know what I'm largely middle ground on Joshua, but walking 2nd for me was ill advises and disrespectful, in my opinion a proper man would have said absolutely not
He had the hump over the younger guy stepping to him in that sit down didn’t he, so he probably wanted to get any minuscule edge that he could. He comes across as so insecure even though he won Olympic Gold (well gifted) and unified belts, when much better boxers haven’t done either. Very odd, but everyone’s different.
This is exactly what is happening DDD knows he smashed a chinny AJ into retirement. AJ's soul left him the moment an 18 months on the sofa 42 year old Wald clocked him. Was never the same again after that night and its 7 years ago. He showed heart to get up from that and win but it did something to him he was never a destroyer again, the beatdowns that followed from Ruiz and DDD and the schoolings of Usyk destroyed him as a fighter. DDD knows this so why not get another bucket of cash for an easy night.
2 things for me I don't wanna hear any badman talk from AJ the way he got packed in the first time around. Dubois better be getting paid more. I wont see dividends but you cant beat someone up as badly as that and not see more in rematch
This will be his third title shot in just over two years. Hrgovic, Zhang, Joyce, Kabayel and the resurgent Parker are all still waiting for their first. Having paid their sanctioning fees and taken (and won) tough contests (more impressive than anything Joshua has done in recent times).
Parker has already been world champ. The only legit one there is kabayal. The rest lost the fight that was most likely gonna be prior to a world title shot.
I would expect Dubois is getting handsomely paid for the rematch and after what he did in the first fight I'm sure he believes no doubt he does same the again and maybe in even more impressive fashion. Joshua for me even after the one sided beat down in their first fight has to take this, if he can somehow find a way, he gets the belt, redeems himself and basically I would think he then faces the winner of Usyk vs Fury II. Of course, going by how the first fight went, it looks a all mighty tall ask for Joshua to turn it around.
He was never anywhere near elite in the first place - got him bang in the middle between elite and a bum.