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TYSON FURY is already turning his back on a fight with Anthony Joshua following defeat to Daniel Dubois. Fury was part of the British-record 98,000 at Wembley who watched Dubois knock AJ out in five rounds. Tyson Fury watched as Daniel Dubois knocked Anhony Joshua outCredit: PADubois celebrates his victoryCredit: ReutersOleksandr Usyk was also at Wembley StadiumCredit: GettyThe Gypsy King saw his touted blockbuster with Joshua go up in smoke alongside his next opponent Oleksandr Usyk. So now Fury will look to avenge his loss to Usyk before challenging Dubois. He said: “I’ve got to fight my man haven’t I? The f***ing rabbit. “And I’m gonna take all my belts back once again. Guarantee you. I’ll get that back as well. READ MORE IN BOXING”When I fight Usyk in December and beat him, I’ll bring all the belts that I should never have lost and then then I’ll fight Dubois and take that off him as well. That’s my plan.”Fury, 36, lost the WBC belt and his undefeated record in May after defeat to Usyk, 37, with the pair set to rematch on December 21. But Usyk was forced to vacate the IBF title to proceed with the sequel as Dubois, 27, got elevated from interim champion. And in his first defence, he dropped Joshua, 34, FOUR times before a brutal round five right hand closed the show. Most read in BoxingRound by round: How Dubois demolished JoshuaANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.ROUND 1Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.ROUND 2Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.ROUND 3AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.ROUND 4Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.ROUND 5Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. Dubois scores a stunning KO win.CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSAs revealed by SunSport, AJ and Fury were being lined up for a stunning two-fight deal. But after the shock loss, Fury reacted from ringside: “That’s cost me £150 million, the silly c***.” Anthony Joshua’s ironic final words before brutal Daniel Dubois KO revealed by coach Ben DavisonJoshua now has the chance to exercise an immediate rematch clause after confirming he will not retire. He is still contracted to one more bout with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season – and it could still be against Fury. Promoter Eddie Hearn said: “We have another fight with Riyadh Season and His Excellency Turki Alalshikh.”Dubois is part of that plan, but so could be Fury or another heavyweight. “We fancied winning tonight and facing the winner of Usyk vs Fury, now we may end up fighting the loser of that fight if it’s Fury.”Joshua with promoter Eddie HearnCredit: Reuters More

ANTHONY JOSHUA appeared to taunt a fan just moments before he was brutally knocked out by Daniel Dubois.The former world champion was second best throughout the contest and Dubois proved a worthy winner after landing a shot AJ could not recover from in the fifth round.Anthony Joshua stuck out his tongue at a fanCredit: X formerly Twitter / @boxingontntHe also pursed his lips moments before he was KO’dCredit: X formerly Twitter / @boxingontntDubois floored the former world champion in devastating fashionCredit: GettyJust seconds before, Joshua was spotted taunting the crowd in a video filmed by a fan ringside.In the clip Joshua sticks out his tongue, seemingly towards another fan in the front rows, as the referee split him up from Dubois.He then pursed his lips towards the audience while nodding his head, blissfully unaware of what was about to happen next.Joshua traded blows with Dubois and confessed afterwards that he was trying to land a punch that would end the contest – but his opponent beat him to it.READ MORE IN BOXINGAJ was floored with a brutal right hook, leading his team to throw in the towel.Joshua tried to pull himself back to his feet but his legs wouldn’t support his weight, leaving the Watford-born ace with his head pushed into the floor.After the clash he explained that a big reason behind his defeat was his failure to set up his punches.He said: “I caught him with a good shot I think and then I tried to go for it and then I got caught with an overhand right when I was throwing the upper cut.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS’Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator’ – What Dubois and Joshua said after brutal fightDANIEL DUBOIS annihilated Anthony Joshua’s dream of becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion, writes Wally Downes Jr.Joshua was floored FOUR times as Dubois landed an astonishing fifth-round knockout in front of a record 96,000 Wembley crowd and millions of TV viewers to retain his IBF belt.AJ, 34, never recovered after being downed in the first round of last night’s Battle of Britain showdown as a huge Dubois right-hand haymaker caught him flush on the chin.Here’s what they said after the fight:DANIEL DUBOIS“Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator, a warrior to the bitter end. This is the biggest win of my career. I couldn’t let this opportunity go and now I want to go to the top level of this game.“I’ve been on a roller-coaster ride and this is my time. I’m not gonna stop until I reach my full potential.”ANTHONY JOSHUA“As p***ed off as I am, it is what it is.“I had a sharp, fast opponent and there were a lot of mistakes from me. Credit to my opponent and his team.“We rolled the dice and came up short. You know I’m p***ed but I’m going to keep cool and give respect to my opponent.”FRANK WARREN (DUBOIS’ PROMOTER)“It was a phenomenal fight, like  Hagler v Hearns.“A brilliant fight and everybody has seen a champion’s performance tonight.“Daniel has shown his courage, his skills.“AJ caught him with a shot towards the end and I was worried, but what a fabulous, fantastic fight.”EDDIE HEARN (AJ’S PROMOTER)“AJ shipped a huge right hand  in the first round and  was fighting on heart.“He hurt Daniel at the end of the fourth and then again in the fifth, but got greedy and walked on to a right hand and that’s all she wrote.“I’m sure Anthony will exercise the rematch clause.””Thing is, I wasn’t setting shots up. In a shoot-out like that you’ve really got to be a bit more sniper-esque.”But when you’ve been hit a few times you’re in survival mode, I just want to get him out of there.’That’s cost me £150m, silly c–t’, rants Tyson Fury in immediate aftermath to Anthony Joshua’s KO vs Daniel Dubois”We had a shoot-out and he hit me.”Round by round: How Dubois demolished JoshuaANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.ROUND 1Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.ROUND 2Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.ROUND 3AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.ROUND 4Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.ROUND 5Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. 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ANTHONY JOSHUA has explained where it all went wrong after he was KO’d by Daniel Dubois.The former world champion believes the brawl descended into a shoot-out and it was his opponent who landed the killer shot.Anthony Joshua has explained why he lost to Daniel DuboisThe fighter was rocked with a huge overhand right in the opening roundCredit: Mark Robinson Matchroom BoxingAJ was knocked down four times and Dubois finished him off in the fifth roundCredit: PAJoshua, 34, was rocked badly in the opening round by an overhand right from Dubois, and it took him several rounds to recover.His game plan went out of the window and although he recovered to wobble Dubois in the fifth, he ultimately paid the penalty for his full frontal approach.Explaining why his lost, Joshua told BBC 5 Live: “I caught him with a good shot I think and then I tried to go for it and then I got caught with an overhand right when I was throwing the upper cut.”Thing is, I wasn’t setting shots up. In a shoot-out like that you’ve really got to be a bit more sniper-esque.READ MORE IN BOXING”But when you’ve been hit a few times you’re in survival mode, I just want to get him out of there.”We had a shoot-out and he hit me.”A fourth defeat for Joshua has led some to question whether he should continue, but he has remained defiant and insisted he will return as long as there is an appetite for it.Many fans believe his chance to fight Tyson Fury has gone but AJ insists he merely had a bad night.Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSAsked if he will retire, Joshua responded: “Nah. We’re gladiators. We had a bad night at the office. “Listen if people want to see me fight, I’ll fight. I’ll fight that’s it.”Round by round: How Dubois demolished JoshuaANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.ROUND 1Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.ROUND 2Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.ROUND 3AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.ROUND 4Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.ROUND 5Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. Dubois scores a stunning KO win.’That’s cost me £150m, silly c–t’, rants Tyson Fury in immediate aftermath to Anthony Joshua’s KO vs Daniel Dubois’Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator’ – What Dubois and Joshua said after brutal fightDANIEL DUBOIS annihilated Anthony Joshua’s dream of becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion, writes Wally Downes Jr.Joshua was floored FOUR times as Dubois landed an astonishing fifth-round knockout in front of a record 96,000 Wembley crowd and millions of TV viewers to retain his IBF belt.AJ, 34, never recovered after being downed in the first round of last night’s Battle of Britain showdown as a huge Dubois right-hand haymaker caught him flush on the chin.Here’s what they said after the fight:DANIEL DUBOIS“Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator, a warrior to the bitter end. This is the biggest win of my career. I couldn’t let this opportunity go and now I want to go to the top level of this game.“I’ve been on a roller-coaster ride and this is my time. I’m not gonna stop until I reach my full potential.”ANTHONY JOSHUA“As p***ed off as I am, it is what it is.“I had a sharp, fast opponent and there were a lot of mistakes from me. Credit to my opponent and his team.“We rolled the dice and came up short. You know I’m p***ed but I’m going to keep cool and give respect to my opponent.”FRANK WARREN (DUBOIS’ PROMOTER)“It was a phenomenal fight, like  Hagler v Hearns.“A brilliant fight and everybody has seen a champion’s performance tonight.“Daniel has shown his courage, his skills.“AJ caught him with a shot towards the end and I was worried, but what a fabulous, fantastic fight.”EDDIE HEARN (AJ’S PROMOTER)“AJ shipped a huge right hand  in the first round and  was fighting on heart.“He hurt Daniel at the end of the fourth and then again in the fifth, but got greedy and walked on to a right hand and that’s all she wrote.“I’m sure Anthony will exercise the rematch clause.” More

ANTHONY JOSHUA’S coach has revealed the two-time world champ’s final words before his knockout defeat to Daniel Dubois.AJ was beaten by Dubois with a fifth round knockout in front of a record-breaking Wembley crowd.Anthony Joshua’s final words before his defeat to Daniel Dubois have been revealedCredit: GettyBen Davison revealed AJ said, ‘These are the moments we live for’ just before his KOCredit: ReutersDavison said he and his team would take the blame for AJ’s defeatCredit: PADubois, 27, retained his IBF heavyweight title after decking Joshua three times in the opening four rounds before he dealt the decisive blow.But Joshua’s coach, Ben Davison, has now revealed the Brit’s final words before he was undone by Dynamite Dan.Speaking to reporters following the fight, he said: “I was asking for something from him.”And he let me know he was okay and was actually talking in there.READ MORE IN BOXING”And then he came back before the last round and said ‘this is the moments we live for’.”He also spoke about ‘rolling the dice’ and that is exactly what he did in that round.”People talk about when they are having an off night and it was an off night for AJ.”But I’d like to say, me and my team have received a hell of lot of credit for good performances he’s had, so it’s important we take responsibility for the bad performance as well.”Most read in BoxingCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSJoshua, 34, rubbished any idea he could retire following the defeat, while Eddie Hearn also revealed they were likely to exercise the rematch clause in the contract.Asked what went wrong, Joshua simply said: “The opponent.”Watch spooky moment Dubois’ comeback was predicted by Usyk 12 months ago after the Brit floored unified world champHe added: “Credit to him and his team, we rolled the dice at success and we came up short.“You know I’m p****d, you know I’m ready to kick off in the ring. But I’m going to keep my cool and keep very professional and give the respect to my opponent.”Round by round: How Dubois demolished JoshuaANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.ROUND 1Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.ROUND 2Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.ROUND 3AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.ROUND 4Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.ROUND 5Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. Dubois scores a stunning KO win.World champion Oleksandr Usyk – who appeared to predict Dubois’ ascendancy to a year ago – said he was “not surprised” of the result, and revealed what he felt was the key difference between the fighters.He said: “I’m not shocked because this is boxing. Daniel Dubois today was better. “Anthony had one problem. Because this position [leans back with feet planted], it’s dangerous.”If you want to, you step back like this [takes one foot back], not like this [repeats lean] because this is dangerous. We saw.”‘Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator’ – What Dubois and Joshua said after brutal fightDANIEL DUBOIS annihilated Anthony Joshua’s dream of becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion, writes Wally Downes Jr.Joshua was floored FOUR times as Dubois landed an astonishing fifth-round knockout in front of a record 96,000 Wembley crowd and millions of TV viewers to retain his IBF belt.AJ, 34, never recovered after being downed in the first round of last night’s Battle of Britain showdown as a huge Dubois right-hand haymaker caught him flush on the chin.Here’s what they said after the fight:DANIEL DUBOIS“Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator, a warrior to the bitter end. This is the biggest win of my career. I couldn’t let this opportunity go and now I want to go to the top level of this game.“I’ve been on a roller-coaster ride and this is my time. I’m not gonna stop until I reach my full potential.”ANTHONY JOSHUA“As p***ed off as I am, it is what it is.“I had a sharp, fast opponent and there were a lot of mistakes from me. Credit to my opponent and his team.“We rolled the dice and came up short. You know I’m p***ed but I’m going to keep cool and give respect to my opponent.”FRANK WARREN (DUBOIS’ PROMOTER)“It was a phenomenal fight, like  Hagler v Hearns.“A brilliant fight and everybody has seen a champion’s performance tonight.“Daniel has shown his courage, his skills.“AJ caught him with a shot towards the end and I was worried, but what a fabulous, fantastic fight.”EDDIE HEARN (AJ’S PROMOTER)“AJ shipped a huge right hand  in the first round and  was fighting on heart.“He hurt Daniel at the end of the fourth and then again in the fifth, but got greedy and walked on to a right hand and that’s all she wrote.“I’m sure Anthony will exercise the rematch clause.” More

EAGLE-EYED fans have spotted the moment Daniel Dubois hit Anthony Joshua AFTER the bell rang at the end of the third round.In boxing, fighters are not allowed to throw punches after the bell has sounded.Fans spot moment Daniel Dubois hit Anthony Joshua after the bell rang in the third roundThe late blow came in a fight in which Joshua was brutally knocked out by Dubois in the fifth round.Dubois, 27, started the fight with venom as Joshua was saved by the bell in the first and third rounds after dropping to the canvas on both occasions.But some controversy has arisen from a moment at the end of the third, after Joshua’s legs buckled him onto the ropes near his own corner.Dubois began laying into the former two-time heavyweight champ, catching him with an uppercut and sinking him into the bottom rope before the bell rung.READ MORE BOXING NEWSJoshua was taking the bangs, before Dubois – in full rhythm- unleashed a final punch AFTER the bell, as ref Marcus McDonnell pulled him away. The incident left some fans fuming, as one wrote: “That was a cheap shot from Dubois.”A second said: “What is the referee doing?! AJ’s gloves touch the canvas, Dubois lands a shot after the bell.😡”Another added: “AJ’s on the floor and Dubois is throwing punches after the bell. JOKE!”Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSOne more wrote: “Dubois didn’t notice the bell was rung. He was ready to keep going.”IBF rules state there must be a “clear discernible time lapse from the time of the bell and the throwing of the punch” for boxers to be disqualified.Joshua vs Dubois fans baffled as Conor McGregor turns up at Wembley with bizarre prop to watch fight ringsideDubois likely didn’t hear the bell in front of 96,000 screaming fans, as the Greenwich boxer did immediately retreat on the second ring.If Dubois had waited a while before punching Joshua after the bell, he could have been disqualified, but it was close enough for the ref and commentators to practically ignore it.After the fight, Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn took the chance to shed light on another rule bending moment.Hearn said: “Listen when Dubois hit him in the nuts in the third or fourth round, I’m screaming at AJ to take the full five minutes. “That’s actually a bit of inexperience. At that point when he couldn’t stand up after he’s been hit full blown in the conkers. “All he’s gotta do to the ref is ask. But that’s not AJ, he went ‘No, no I’m fine’ and I’m thinking what are you doing?”He came to fight. He gave everything. It was a hell of a fight.”‘Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator’ – What Dubois and Joshua said after brutal fightDANIEL DUBOIS annihilated Anthony Joshua’s dream of becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion, writes Wally Downes Jr.Joshua was floored FOUR times as Dubois landed an astonishing fifth-round knockout in front of a record 96,000 Wembley crowd and millions of TV viewers to retain his IBF belt.AJ, 34, never recovered after being downed in the first round of last night’s Battle of Britain showdown as a huge Dubois right-hand haymaker caught him flush on the chin.Here’s what they said after the fight:DANIEL DUBOIS“Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator, a warrior to the bitter end. This is the biggest win of my career. I couldn’t let this opportunity go and now I want to go to the top level of this game.“I’ve been on a roller-coaster ride and this is my time. I’m not gonna stop until I reach my full potential.”ANTHONY JOSHUA“As p***ed off as I am, it is what it is.“I had a sharp, fast opponent and there were a lot of mistakes from me. Credit to my opponent and his team.“We rolled the dice and came up short. You know I’m p***ed but I’m going to keep cool and give respect to my opponent.”FRANK WARREN (DUBOIS’ PROMOTER)“It was a phenomenal fight, like  Hagler v Hearns.“A brilliant fight and everybody has seen a champion’s performance tonight.“Daniel has shown his courage, his skills.“AJ caught him with a shot towards the end and I was worried, but what a fabulous, fantastic fight.”EDDIE HEARN (AJ’S PROMOTER)“AJ shipped a huge right hand  in the first round and  was fighting on heart.“He hurt Daniel at the end of the fourth and then again in the fifth, but got greedy and walked on to a right hand and that’s all she wrote.“I’m sure Anthony will exercise the rematch clause.”In the fourth round, ref McDonnell did pull Dubois up for what looked like a low blow and gave Joshua a few seconds to recover.What proceeded was one more thrilling round in which Dubois finished AJ off with a brutal knockout in the fifth.READ MORE SUN STORIESBefore that Hearn added: “The start was disastrous, but AJ did not give up. He went out on his shield. “He couldn’t have boxed must worse tonight. But Dubois was brilliant and we knew that he’d start well.”Round by round: How Dubois demolished JoshuaANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.ROUND 1Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.ROUND 2Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.ROUND 3AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.ROUND 4Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.ROUND 5Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. 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DANIEL DUBOIS is on cloud nine after beating Anthony Joshua – but he had to weather some storms on his way to the top.Five rounds of devastation from Dubois saw Joshua KO’d in the fifth round as ‘Dynamite’ defended his IBF world title for the first time.Daniel Dubois is on top of the world after knocking out Anthony JoshuaCredit: GettyHe floored AJ four times and landed a killer blow in the fifth roundCredit: GettyIt has been a tough journey for Dubois with losses to Usyk and Joyce along the wayCredit: GettyDubois was called a ‘quitter’ after his loss to JoyceCredit: The SunHe floored AJ four times in a display that marks him out as one of the best heavyweights in the world.It has been an arduous journey to the top for Dubois, who started boxing at seven-years-old and was made to train by his father two years before that.A prodigious amateur, Dubois was invited to train in the GB Boxing programme at 16-years-old, but rejected an opportunity to fight at the Olympics in favour of turning pro.He made a good start to his professional career as he won his first 15 fights and several titles along the way, including the British Heavyweight belt against Nathan Gorman in 2019.READ MORE IN BOXINGA year later his came up against the first big test of his career in Joe Joyce, in front of an almost empty arena due to Covid restrictions.Dubois fought well but succumbed to defeat after Joyce’s devastating jab left him with a fractured eye socket.The swelling meant Dubois could not see out of his left eye and he was counted out after taking a knee in round ten.He was ahead on two of the three judges’ cards when the fight was stopped, leading some to accuse Dubois of being a “quitter”.Most read in BoxingBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSRound by round: How Dubois demolished JoshuaANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.ROUND 1Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.ROUND 2Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.ROUND 3AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.ROUND 4Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.ROUND 5Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. Dubois scores a stunning KO win.Carl Frampton and David Haye were amongst the critics, with the latter saying he was “very unhappy with the way that he took a knee”.While Frampton said: “I think that we all like Dubois, he’s a likeable guy.Watch spooky moment Dubois’ comeback was predicted by Usyk 12 months ago after the Brit floored unified world champ’Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator’ – What Dubois and Joshua said after brutal fightDANIEL DUBOIS annihilated Anthony Joshua’s dream of becoming a three-time world heavyweight champion, writes Wally Downes Jr.Joshua was floored FOUR times as Dubois landed an astonishing fifth-round knockout in front of a record 96,000 Wembley crowd and millions of TV viewers to retain his IBF belt.AJ, 34, never recovered after being downed in the first round of last night’s Battle of Britain showdown as a huge Dubois right-hand haymaker caught him flush on the chin.Here’s what they said after the fight:DANIEL DUBOIS“Are you not entertained? I’m a gladiator, a warrior to the bitter end. This is the biggest win of my career. I couldn’t let this opportunity go and now I want to go to the top level of this game.“I’ve been on a roller-coaster ride and this is my time. I’m not gonna stop until I reach my full potential.”ANTHONY JOSHUA“As p***ed off as I am, it is what it is.“I had a sharp, fast opponent and there were a lot of mistakes from me. Credit to my opponent and his team.“We rolled the dice and came up short. You know I’m p***ed but I’m going to keep cool and give respect to my opponent.”FRANK WARREN (DUBOIS’ PROMOTER)“It was a phenomenal fight, like  Hagler v Hearns.“A brilliant fight and everybody has seen a champion’s performance tonight.“Daniel has shown his courage, his skills.“AJ caught him with a shot towards the end and I was worried, but what a fabulous, fantastic fight.”EDDIE HEARN (AJ’S PROMOTER)“AJ shipped a huge right hand  in the first round and  was fighting on heart.“He hurt Daniel at the end of the fourth and then again in the fifth, but got greedy and walked on to a right hand and that’s all she wrote.“I’m sure Anthony will exercise the rematch clause.””But if it’s someone we didn’t like we’d say he’s a quitter. And I think he quit there.”I have to be brutally honest, let’s call a spade a spade, he took a knee from a shot in the eye.”His eye was a mess, his eye was closed but I get dragged out of the ring. I wouldn’t take a knee and get pulled out.”Dubois responded to the setback by winning his next four bouts to set up a fight with world champion Oleksandr Usyk, who had twice defeated Joshua.Again the Londoner fought well and thought he had scored a knockdown, but the referee judged his punch to be below the belt before Usyk showed his class and secured a knock-out win in the ninth round.Dubois was downbeat after the loss but Usyk assured him of his potential and told him not to give up hope of becoming world champion.The Ukrainian said to him in the ring: “It’s not bad. It’s boxing. It’s not ballet, it’s not dancing.”Daniel, you’re young. You can. You can dream. Man, relax it’s boxing. It’s a tough sport brother.”Again Dubois took heart from a defeat and bounced back with impressive wins over Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic, leading him to take over the vacant IBF world title belt and secure a showdown with Joshua.READ MORE SUN STORIESStill the underdog, he came out with a point to prove and rocked Joshua with a massive right hand in the opening round.He dominated from that point on and landed more punches than AJ in each round, before landing the killer blow in the fifth to cement his place on top of the world.Usyk told Dubois to dream of becoming world champion after their duel More