Trainer Tony Sims points out that Anthony Joshua’s recent setback in his loss to Daniel Dubois is a sign of him getting old, as all fighters do sooner or later if they stay around the sport.
Matching Carefully
Joshua can still win if matched carefully, as his promoter Eddie Hearn had done for him recently, until his knockout defeat against Dubois. AJ has got enough left to defeat Tyson Fury next and continue on, but it would require that Hearn match him against non-punchers.
The 35-year-old Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) suffered his fourth career defeat, losing to IBF heavyweight champion Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) by a fifth-round knockout on September 21st in front of a large crowd of 96,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.
Joshua had looked good in his four previous fights against tune-up opposition, but he was overmatched against Dubois and was dropped four times in the fight.
It looked at one point like the referee was going to stop…
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