One of the men who masterminded Daniel Dubois’ victory over Anthony Joshua has warned the latter to steer clear of going straight into a second clash with the Londoner.
Despite going into the contest a wide betting favourite, Joshua was brutally dismantled by Dubois inside five rounds at Wembley Stadium last month.
So one-sided was the nature of the defeat, that some pundits have even called for ‘AJ’ to retire, though the two-time world champion has revealed that he intends to carry on.
An immediate rematch between the pair is said to be the preferred choice of Turki Alalshikh, who put the initial fight together on a stacked Riyadh Season show.
However, Dubois’ coach Kieran Farrell told BoxingScene that he would tell Joshua to go in a different direction if he was part of his team.
“If I was advising Joshua, I wouldn’t be telling him to jump back in with Daniel Dubois – a young, hungry, 27-year-old lion.
“What I see day in, day out, I know what he is capable of, and Joshua does too now.
“If Daniel has somebody hurt, they ain’t going to see the final bell. He’s a devastating puncher and I’m only talking facts here.
“He’s like a modern-day Mike Tyson. But a bigger version.”
As well as a rematch with his countryman, a long-awaited showdown with Deontay Wilder has also been floated for the 2012 Olympic gold medalist.
And Farrell believes this would be a more sensible route to go down.
“𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀’𝙎 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙔 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙊𝙉… 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙔 𝘽𝙊𝙏𝙃 𝙒𝙀𝘼𝙍 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙍𝙏𝙎” 🤷♂️
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“There are other fights there for Joshua. He can do the [Deontay] Wilder fight.
“That would be a good fight between two massive names who both need a big win right now. A win for either of them in that fight would give them a load of confidence.
“They’ve been linked together for a long time and are both now coming off defeats. It would make sense to do that fight.”
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn believes his charge would be wise to wait and see how the December 21 rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury plays out before deciding what to do next.
IBF champion, Dubois will feel he is more deserving of a shot at the winner of that bout, be it a rematch with Usyk or another blockbuster, domestic dust-up against Fury.
