ANTHONY JOSHUA could wake up as heavyweight world champion again on Sunday – but he will still have to do the washing and ironing.
AJ challenges for Daniel Dubois’ IBF belt in what is expected to be a record 96,000 sellout at Wembley Stadium.
It would put him in an exclusive heavyweight club alongside Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis and Vitali Klitschko as three-time champ.
But Joshua said: “Do you know what’s crazy, on Sunday morning you wake up and it’s the same.
“Your bills still come out of your account, you’ve got to do your washing, it’s all the same.
“When I was in Saudi in the Airbnb I was just there ironing and washing after the Francis Ngannou fight. It’s mad.
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“The only difference is that it hurts losing. It takes a few weeks to get over but time is the best healer.
“When you win, you’re on a high and you want to experience that. When you lose, you get low and it takes time to get back balanced.
“After the Ngannou fight, everything was good, you’re riding that wave and hopefully we do that on Saturday as well.”
Joshua first won gold in 2016, knocking out Charles Martin for the same red strap he challenges Dubois for eight years later.
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He then added the WBA and WBO belts to unify but lost them to Andy Ruiz Jr in a stunning 2019 upset.
It set up a heroic rematch victory six months later but Joshua again dropped the titles to Oleksandr Usyk, 37, this time failing to win them back in the rematch.
AJ has since won four on the spin and goes into his fight with Dubois, 27, as confident as ever.
He said: “Of course he is dangerous, but let me tell you, this is the thing with fighting; it takes more than being strong to be a champion and to be a complete fighter.
I truly believe from what I’ve studied, read and what great people who have come before me have said, it takes more than being a physical specimen.
“It’s a good attribute but when you come across someone who is willing to take that from you, you’ve given them your best shot and they are able to take it, that’s when you figure out what it takes to be a champion.
“That’s what I’ve done. I’ve been to the well. He’s fighting someone who is willing to die in there – who wants to give it everything to be victorious.”
Joshua vs Dubois fight predictions
THIS weekend Wembley will witness one of the biggest all-British fights of all-time.
But who will emerge victorious under the famous arch? Some of the biggest names in boxing have been having their say…
Oleksandr Usyk: “My favourite is Anthony Joshua but I am very bad at predictions. But I will predict Anthony Joshua.”
Dillian Whyte: “I just think that it’s one of those fights where it is a genuine 50/50 fight in my opinion.”
Joe Joyce: “I was initially edging with Joshua but I don’t know, Dubois is coming on.”
Frazer Clarke: “As heavy-handed as Dubois is and as good a fighter as he’s becoming, I still have to go for Joshua.”
Francis Ngannou: “Even though Joshua lost against Usyk twice and Dubois fought Usyk and almost knocked him down and almost won, I would still give this to Joshua.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
