Is Joshua ducking Dubois

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  1. carlingeight

    carlingeight Active Member Full Member

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    You know how it works mate. He fights Dubois next then he ducked Zhang. He fights Zhang next he ducked Dubois.

    If he'd never have fought Parker that would have been a duck too.
     
  2. Beale

    Beale Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joshua v Dubois is the right fight at the right time for both and the Saudi loot makes the financial arguments a nonsense these days.

    Hope I am wrong but I expect Joshua to take yet another low risk fight next such as Whyte 2 or Parker 2 which certainly is a disappointment for Britsh Boxing Fans.

    Far too many big fights never happened at the optimum time over the last 15 years such as Fury v Price, Brook v Khan, Joshua v Wilder, Joshua v Fury, John Fury v Micky Theo, Eubank Jnr v GGG and no doubt future Hall of Famers Connor Benn and Campbell Hatton will find a way to avoid each other when Hatton moves up the divisions.
     
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  3. Murderers' Row

    Murderers' Row Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Parker has improved tremendously and would be a very dangerous fight for Joshua. Not ashamed to admit that I've become a fan of this version of Parker.
     
  4. Kev2k83

    Kev2k83 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd actually like to see kabayel get the fight. Won't happen but that would be my preference. I thought they had to fight who their lord and masters told them to anyway?
     
  5. Kev2k83

    Kev2k83 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Parker always had talent since the early days. Just needed someone to finish it off. I actually thought Parker would do what ruiz did. Good chin, get inside and tee off with his fast hands.
     
  6. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    AJ v Dubois at Wembley this year is an absolute no brainer so it will happen.
     
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  7. brit abroad Roy

    brit abroad Roy Member banned Full Member

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    New and improved Parker throwing punches was brutalised by joyce and looked like he was in car crash. It was child’s play for Joyce who looked like a senior at school up against a toddler
     
  8. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Active Member Full Member

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    Parker is rated above Dubois in all of the major independent rankings, so it wouldn't be a bad fight. IF AJ fights someone outside Parker/Zhang/Dubois trio, then we can say he's taking an easy fight.
     
  9. Gregor1987

    Gregor1987 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    AJ vs Parker was so boring I don’t want to see it again. Either Zhang, Dubois or Kabayel would be fine.

    Please not Whyte. That’s a walkover at this stage.
     
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  10. Craigt93

    Craigt93 Member Full Member

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    Close to being announced. Apparently Team AJ are making enquiries to source the sparring video from 7 years ago,

    From someone who was present at the time… DD did not drop AJ. He caught him on the top of the head which wobbled him which subsequently stopped the spar.
     
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  11. Ding ding ding!

    Ding ding ding! Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah I'd agree with that but would like Zhang the least. Think that's an easier fight for Joshua than most think and don't get the clamour for it given his age and that being a subject of his previous opponents.

    Dubois is the obvious fight to make. And although I still have Joshua favourite, I think Dubois can really cause him problems and has a chance at an upset.
     
  12. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cmon man, aj annihaltes dubious. I like DDD seems a real likeable fella trying to do his best. But AJ is all wrong for him. Early KO.
     
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  13. Antsu

    Antsu Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    People were calling Usyk old and past it here before first fight with Aj, just because they were thinking Aj might beat him
     
  14. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Imo Parker 2 is a higher risk than dubious. Dubious is the perfect match ip for AJ.
     
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  15. Murderers' Row

    Murderers' Row Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The new and improved Parker after the Joyce fight, duh!