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DANIEL Dubois’ dad has revealed how he made a fortune after he started selling posters on a stall at Camden Market in the 1980s.He has also told how a spiritual vision then instructed him to put his unborn child into professional boxing.Daniel Dubois’ dad made his fortune from selling posters and a vision from God told him to put his kids into boxingCredit: GettyDad Dave, whose birth name is Stanley, struck gold after selling millions of copies of a now iconic alien poster.He told The Times: “I had a few artists draw me some images and I came out with a poster called, ‘Take me to your dealer’.”It was an alien landing on earth passing over a Rizla, and it just blew up. “That poster sold millions because people started wholesaling from me. I sold 80,000 copies to someone in France.”READ MORE BOXING NEWSDave printed the posters in 2,000 runs for 5p each and sold them for £2.He said: “We were taking 10 grand every Sunday at Camden Market.”He then brought seven employees with him on a trip to New York and made £30,000 in the first week selling on 125th Street in Harlem.Dave explained that Warner Brothers took him to court over a poster of Bugs Bunny smoking weed dubbed Buzz Bunny.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSDave added: “I used to have a lot of visions when I was young and I always followed them. “When I started doing the posters, that was a vision, and it worked. Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois face off one final time before contesting for the World Heavyweight ChampionshipANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at Wembley”Then I got another vision saying I needed to have some children and put them into boxing, so that’s what I did.“It was like I had been blessed by God or something. Everything I touched turned to gold.”Son Dubois said: “Dad believed me and here we are. It’s all worked. His word is powerful. He’s almost like a prophet.”Interim champ Dubois faces AJ for the IBF title in front of more than 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.Joshua, 34, is the clear favourite – the Watford-born boxer seeks to become a three-times world champion.But Dubois has rallied from defeats against Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk that ended in accusations of him quitting.Sister Caroline claimed the WBC interim belt after dropping Uruguayan Maira Moneo in a unanimous points decision in August.READ MORE SUN STORIESThe unbeaten 23-year-old is targeting a future fight against WBC lightweight champion Katie Taylor.And youngest boy Solomon, 12, is one of the best boxers in the country for his age.AJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information… More

TERENCE CRAWFORD was spotted in Hyde Park as he joined hundreds of people for a morning run.The boxing legend joined the Fight Day 5k run in Hyde Park this morning ahead of the Wembley showdown between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois.Terence Crawford was seen alongside Eddie Hearn for Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Day 5k runCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingCrawford joined the runners in Hyde Park on Saturday morningCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingJohnny Fisher, left, and Derek Chisora, right, also turned out for the runCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingHundreds of runners attendedCredit: X/ MatchroomBoxingPictures shared by Matchroom Boxing on Saturday morning saw multiple world champion Crawford, 36, joined by several big names on the run as well.It saw runners meet at 9:45am at Marble Arch.Promoter Eddie Hearn was pictured in a grey coat for the run.Heavyweight boxers Derek Chisora and Johnny Fisher also tagged along.READ MORE IN BOXINGCrawford shared a video of the run on his Instagram page.He was seen at the front of the pack as music was blasting in the background.A second video showed him jogging alongside Hearn.The American has held multiple world championships in four weight classes.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSThese range from lightweight to light middleweight, and include the undisputed championship at light welterweight and welterweight.Joshua is looking to get a title back under his belt, with Dubois the current holder of the IBF world championship title after having his interim title upgraded.Daniel Dubois out to steal Anthony Joshua’s thunder as he forecasts night of glory at WembleyAJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information…ANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at Wembley More

ANTHONY JOSHUA is one win away from a potential HALF-A-BILLION-POUND Tyson Fury two-fight mega deal.Victory for Watford’s 34-year-old Olympic legend, over Daniel Dubois tonight at a 96,000 sell-out Wembley, will make him the hottest ticket in boxing.Anthony Joshua is a throw’s stone away from fighting Tyson FuryBut must beat Daniel Dubois at Wembley on SaturdayFury himself must avoid back-to-back defeats to Usyk in their December rematchAnd – as long as Fury isn’t violently knocked out and injured in the Oleksandr Usyk rematch on December 21 – the wheels are already in motion for FINALLY making the fight everyone in England wants to see.Our AJ may dream of getting one back on the 37-year-old Ukraine icon who dominated him twice to snatch away his WBA, IBF and WBO belts.And a win over 27-year-old Dubois – with bright young trainer Ben Davison – would rightly make him a confident boost about a shot of revengeBut outside of Team AJ and cheerleader Eddie Hearn – there is no clamour at all to see Joshua vs Usyk 3 – especially when the best he can do is drag it back to 2-1 against a man who would be pushing 40 with four kids indoors to worry about.READ MORE AJ V DUBOISFor all of AJ’s incredible success and downright decency – London 2012’s legacy, his singlehanded revolution of British boxing, and saving of hundreds of local gyms with personal donations in lockdown, when the Government left the sport to die – it is a stain on his record that he never faced a peak and and undefeated Fury or Deontay Wilder.He has been the golden goose and the cash cow in a sport that is usually a bit of a pigsty – his status as a British sport legend is cemented for eternity.But across the Pond in America – which will return as the boxing Mecca when Saudi get bored or achieve their goal with funding fights – he is seen as a dud.Most read in BoxingThe violent knockout loss on his one and only trip to the Big Apple, left a bitter taste over there and snatching a win back over Usyk will not help his reputation outside of his diehard fans.BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSAJ will challenge interim title holder Dubois for the IBF world heavyweight beltCredit: ReutersANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS: All the information you need ahead of huge world title fight at WembleyBut taking on Fury – in what would most likely be a two-fight deal with the opener in Riyadh and the return leg in England – might charm any of his remaining critics and doubters.The great men from previous eras – that AJ studies and admires – did all face their finest rivals, some – like George Foreman and Larry Holmes – even across generations.Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois face off one final time before contesting for the World Heavyweight ChampionshipBut if he hangs up his gloves with the Gypsy King and Wilder on his record, then people will have the right to frown when his name is mentioned among the pantheon of greats.But two great Fury fights – each likely to do around 2m pay-per-view sales at a guess of £30-a-pop – with one likely to sell out a 100,000 seater UK stadium at an average of maybe £500 a ticket – would be a spectacle right up there with the Fight of the Century, Thrilla in Manilla and Rumble in the Jungle.The world will stop to watch the build-up – let alone the fight.Imagine the antics John Fury would get up to, what Team Fury’s Brady Bunch of brothers and pals would say to AJ and his boardroom brotherhood.The brilliant old stories will be dragged up.The 2010 sparring session at Finchley where rising pro Fury offered his Rolex watch to any man who could floor him and an uppercut from the reformed bad-boy bricklayer almost clocked him.The fight was almost made twice but collapsed over money and ego.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.”Click here for more fight predictions for Anthony Joshua vs Daniel DuboisAJ watch Fury’s defeat to Usyk sat alongside Cristiano RonaldoThe bizarre time they bumped into each other in Marbella and – despite all his tirades and taunting – Fury was polite to his verbals victim.Us hacks will definitely drag up the hilarious times Fury would video call Joshua totally unannounced and wind him up.Carl Froch will back Fury and say Joshua is useless, John Fury will offer Froch a fight. Wladimir Klitschko will land back on the scene and support Joshua.It would be magnificent, hilarious, historic, slapstick, tense, dark and drenched in Saudi slush funds.And every man, woman, child and dog and duck will want to be there – the trendies who reckons Oasis were never that good – might pretend they don’t care.READ MORE SUN STORIESBut the PPV sales and the ticket revenue and the sponsorship deals and the broadcast offers will not.Joshua versus Fury in the Spring of 2025 will kickstart the filthiest richest fight of the modern era – AJ just has to survive Dynamite Dan to light the fuse.AJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information… More

EDDIE HEARN was involved in a heated on-stage confrontation with a rival boxing promoter ahead of Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois.Hearn, who promotes Matchroom Boxing, was seen on stage next to BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom, who was promoting Tyler Denny who is fighting on the undercard. Eddie Hearn and Ben Shalom were seen in conversation ahead of Joshua vs DuboisCredit: Instagram / @ringwalkmedia12Hearn allegedly threatened to ‘knock out’ ShalomCredit: Instagram / @ringwalkmedia12It comes after Shalom made a jokeCredit: Instagram / @ringwalkmedia12But Hearn has now responded to the commentCredit: Instagram / @ringwalkmedia12The pair shared centre stage on the AJ v Dubois undercard press conference on Thursday night.However, video shared to social media from the event appeared to show Hearn and Shalom getting into a heated conversation with one another.And Shalom has claimed that Hearn threatened to “knock him out”.Speaking to IFL TV afterwards, Shalom said: “He said he was gonna knock me out. I thought he wasn’t rattled? READ MORE IN BOXING”I said as a joke, ‘I didn’t realise this was your fight,’ during Joshua Buatsi’s face-off. “It was literally a joke. But yeah he wasn’t too happy… “To be threatened to be knocked out by a guy who’s nearly 50 was an interesting one.”But Hearn, 45, has insisted he did mean it as a joke.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSJoshua 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.”Click here for more fight predictions for Anthony Joshua vs Daniel DuboisHe told Boxing Social: “It was a joke really. He said, ‘What are you doing in this picture?’ I said, ‘I’ll knock you out.’ “I felt bad because he froze like a ghost and now he’s doing all these interviews saying he got threatened… Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois in final showdown before crunch heavyweight title bout”He said he was joking, so was I. I spoke to lost and found and asked if anyone finds his a***hole to let us know.”The main card gets underway at Wembley tonight and ring walks are expected to be at around 11pm.AJ vs Dubois: Build up to the big fightANTHONY JOSHUA and Daniel Dubois go head-to-head at Wembley THIS Saturday.Ahead of the all-British heavyweight showdown, here’s all the biggest stories and need-to-know information… More