Hearn Believes Dubois May Crack Under Pressure Against Joshua

Eddie Hearn believes Daniel Dubois could break under the pressure when he faces Anthony Joshua in front of 96,000 fans on September 21 at Wembley Stadium in London. Hearn expects Dubois’ game plan to quickly fall apart during the fight, but he doesn’t know if that will bode well for Joshua.

Hearn’s attempts to take down Dubois

Matchroom promoter Hearn needs IBF heavyweight champion Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) to deal with the pressure from the fans and face fighter Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs), who has British boxing on his back. It’s been a decade since I became champion in 2013.

Hearn is trying his best to disappoint Dubois, 26, because he doesn’t want the AJ gravy train to end. He has been a huge money maker and a prominent recruitment tool to bring other fighters to Matchroom, such as the legendary Hamelin.

If Joshua, 34, loses this fight, especially if it is against Dubois, it will be on him. Yes, he would take the rematch, but Dubois would put the final exclamation point on his career by destroying him a second time.

It would be wise for Hearn to talk to Joshua not to fight Dubois again if he loses because this is not Andy Ruiz, and he can count on him eating until he gets fat. Dubois will stay in shape for a rematch and do a number on Joshua for the second time.

Will Dubois’ Game Plan Fall Apart?

“It will be interesting to see how he is [Dubois] it speaks at this time because, for AJ, this night is his bread and butter,” said Eddie Hearn on the talkSport Boxing YouTube channel, expressing doubt that Daniel Dubous will be able to withstand the pressure of facing Anthony Joshua on September 21 in front of the team. a massive crowd of 90,000+ at Wembley Stadium in London.

If Dubois hasn’t been mentally sharp in his last three fights against Filip Hrgovic, Jarrell Miller, and Oleksandr Usyk, he won’t fail to fight Joshua in front of a big crowd. Hearn needs to worry about Joshua, who comes off unfocused when under pressure, and is a mental wreck. He stopped losing to Andy Ruiz and it looks like he did the same in his first fight against Usyk.

“I know Dubois has beaten Usyk in Poland before, but this is different. “I came out with 96,000,” said Hearn. “His Majesty’s strategy for this week’s fight will blow your mind. I don’t want to give it away, but it will be a very big moment for Daniel Dubois that you have to have the right things for the whole week, the pressure and especially on the night of the fight. “

Dubois has proven in his last three fights that he has been tested and can fight in front of a big crowd in a tough fight. Joshua broke up in the middle of his second fight with Usyk, got excited right after, took his belts out of the ring, and said some crazy things to the audience. I was waiting for the men in white coats to take Joshua after putting the jacket on him.

“The ringwalk, the minute, and I think with Daniel, whatever the game plan is, it’s probably going to come out pretty quickly, which could make him more dangerous because he might just take it,” Hearn said.

Dubois’ game plan is obvious, right? Nothing will be resolved because Dubois will be following Joshua in the opening bell, pushing the pace, trying to take the lead. Dubois won’t fight slow because that will allow Joshua to line him up with one right hand to knock out Francis Ngannou and Robert Helenius.

“If he loses to Dubois, I don’t know where this conversation with Anthony Joshua will go because he lost to an unexpected person, he lost the battle of Britain. That robs him of his legacy,” Simon Jordan said of Joshua.

Loss Could Define Joshua’s Fate

If he loses, Joshua will probably want a rematch, but he should forget and go in another direction.

Honorable Turki Alalshikh says he wants the fight between Joshua and Tyson Fury to follow, and he doesn’t care if one of them loses the next fight. Joshua should take him and give him a chance and walk away from the loss to Dubois.

AJ can fight Fury twice and try to avenge his loss to Dubois if he chooses not to retire. By the time Joshua faces Fury twice, he will be 36 years old and too old to have a chance against Dubois.