Several pro fighters took to social media after Daniel Dubois scored a brutal fifth-round knockout victory over Anthony Joshua.
Dubois (22-2) and Joshua (28-4) collided for the IBF heavyweight title earlier tonight in Wembley, in a contest scheduled for twelve rounds.
Daniel Dubois was of course returning to action for the first time since claiming the vacant IBF heavyweight title with an eighth-round TKO victory over Filip Hrgovic this past June.
Meanwhile, Anthony Joshua had entered tonight’s bout sporting a five-fight winning streak, his most recent victory being a brutal second-round knockout of former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in March of this year (see that here).
Although Dubois entered the fight with Joshua as the betting underdog, he proved the oddsmakers wrong with a brutal fifth-round knockout victory (see that here). ‘Triple D’ was able to overwhelm the former WBA, IBF and WBO champion from the opening bell, scoring his first …