Daniel Dubois might have had the “wake up call” he wanted to beat Anthony Joshua, suggests prime coach and boxing skilled Adam Sales space.
Dubois will combat Joshua for the IBF world heavyweight championship at Wembley stadium on September 21, dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace.
Now upgraded to world champion, after Usyk needed to vacate the title, Dubois was the IBF’s Interim belt-holder after his June victory over Croatia’s Filip Hrgovic.
It wasn’t a completely routine victory for Dubois, however Adam Sales space believes that would make him extra harmful in his combat with Joshua.
“The fact that Hrgovic found the right hand so many times could be the wake up call for Daniel that he needed to make that adjustment. You’d have to be a fool not to realise that you need to take Anthony Joshua’s right hand away from him,” Sales space advised Sky Sports activities.
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Talking on Toe2Toe, Johnny Fisher says Dubois is the toughest puncher he is ever sparred with.
There’s a issue that each Joshua and Dubois do share, in addition to their respective punch energy. Each boxers are settling in with new trainers, Joshua with Ben Davison and Dubois with Don Charles.
Joshua has regarded spectacular in consecutive stoppage wins over Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou, as has Dubois who floor down each Jarrell Miller and Hrgovic.
Their new-look corners do make them unpredictable.
“Although we know more about AJ at that level, because there’s much more of a body of work, working with a new coach there’s always going to be a slight change. I think that Dubois is actually on the up because his last two performances I think are going to make him a much better fighter,” Sales space mentioned.
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Joshua and Dubois have been pulled aside by safety forward of their IBF world heavyweight title combat at Wembley
Sales space, famend for his work with David Haye, understands high-profile heavyweight fights from the within.
“In the heavyweights with a big rivalry and a big stadium sometimes it’s the one that can keep their head when these little moments of the firefight kick off or when the dangerous shots are being looked for, it’ll be the one that keeps their head,” he mentioned.
“AJ has proven that he can make the mistakes but still keep his head and that’s still for Daniel to prove.”
Watch Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois dwell on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace on September 21.
