Who will you be rooting for: Daniel Dubois or Anthony Joshua?

AJ, because i'm looking at it from a best for business perspective. Dubois has one thing going for him in that respect, hes a lot younger. I suppose some people could see it as a potential passing of the torch situation. Problem is Dubois is never going to be anywhere near the star AJ was/is. Hes an absolute dullard with zero charisma.

Love em or hate em, once AJ and Fury are out of the picture British boxing is going to take a massive hit commercially.

 

Neither but I expect Joshua to win. I believe Joshua is the legit #2 HW of this generation behind Usyk

 

DDD has grown on me and altho I'm not too fussed either way I've picked Daniel because of his performances since Joyce.

 

I voted AJ. He is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. He may dominate in grand fashion, struggle mightily, or straight out get out boxed. The theater of the unknown everytime He steps into the ring.

 

Plenty of champs without personal charisma have had no problem selling fights if they're entertaining to watch in the ring. How about Evander Holyfield? There's nothing exciting about his personality or demeanor outside of the ring at all. Total bore. But he was fun to watch fight, so he was a pretty big draw.

 

I'm not talking about behind the ear shots. Hrgovic straight up punches people in the back of the head, especially during clinches. More than any other fighter except maybe Makhmudov.

 

Obviously you never seen Wilder fight.

 

I don't really care. That is true for all fights. On my weekend I just want to see a good fight and may the best man win without any controversy.

 

AJ for once. Dubois is a dirty cheater.

 

Big Dan, because I've watched him from the start and seen him develop. Early, pointless firefight with Richard Larty showed a bit of devil, he's always shown a shed load of power and his footwork is much better than he is generally given credit for. I had him as best of the 'new crop' bit had Joyce to beat him because at that point Joe was all wrong for Dan, even though I think Dan was the more skilled man with more potential.

I like AJ, but do wonder if the devil that was in his detail has left the building. He looks like a panto villain when he tries the intimidation stuff and Dubois did not look phased one bit. Now, many will laugh at this but I think big Dan can outbox AJ. He CAN box, he did well against Usyk even before the bodyshot, he has a spiteful, hurtful jab and could conceivablely get behind it. The thing that scares me about this tactic is his lack of head movement. Its not that he can't take straight punches down the pipe from AJ, it's that NOBODY can. I think Dubois actually has more power than AJ, but do concede whoever lands clean wins. I don't buy into the 'fact' that both have poor chins but both have phenomenal power. I do wonder if Dubois lands that jab often will we see AJ go into his shell and try a counter punching defensive style? The fans win this on talking points, it should be a proper brawl and I'd love to see Dubois get the redemption I sometimes think AJ has squandered.

 

Just looking forward to a good fight - whilst I think Joshua has the better skillset and has looked kore calculated and ruthless in his last few fights, Dubois has seemed to come through something of a rebirth against Miller, nad he took quite a few solid bombs from Hrgovic which means that it's interesting to see how Joshua will cope with the return fire if Dubois can take his shots and come back with his own.

 

I love Evander personality. And when I love something I never find it boring

 

Are you sure that Dubois has more one punch KO power?
Dubois has a phenomenal jab but AJ seemed really impressive when he knocked out Ngannou

 

Hypothetically speaking a professional boxer should look impressive against a novice fighter. I imagine Dubios could pull off a similar KO on Ngannou.