The Collapse of “Boxing King”

Before the match, experts assessed: Despite losing to Andy Ruiz and Oleksandr Usýk and losing his titles, Joshua still proved himself to be a perfect boxer, with strength and tenacious fighting spirit. Before the match, Joshua was confident of winning. Joshua’s opponent was Dubois, with a record of 22/23 wins by knockout, he terrified his opponents with his strong and fierce fighting style. This 27-year-old boxer is the current IBF championdetermined to defend his championship belt against Joshua. Boxing fans were expecting an evenly matched match between the two opponents in the most anticipated match of 2024. However, the "King" disappointed hisfans when he was knocked down 3 times before being officially knocked out in the 5th round.

Having dominated since the opening rounds, Dubois completed the defence of his IBF heavyweight belt with a devastating overhand right to Joshua’s chin in the first one. Although Joshua quickly got up, he struggled to withstand the terrible pressure from his opponent until the end of the 2nd round. In the 3rd round, before the ending bell rang, another series of shots sent Joshua down for a second time, but he still held on through the 4th round. In the first minutes of the 5th round, Joshua began what would have been an unlikely comeback as Dubois started to tire. However, a powerful counter-attacking right hook from Dubois caused the British boxer to be officially knocked out this time.

Anthony Joshua is a British professional boxer who was born in 1989. Joshua also held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016. Joshua won a gold medal for Britain in the super heavyweight division at the 2012 Olympics, the world heavyweight champion, retaining the IBF title since 2016; WBA (Super) and IBO since April 2017... Although Dubois' crisp blow in the 5th round of the IBF heavyweight boxing championship match could be the end of the "King" career, Joshua has announced that he will "revenge" with a rematch soon.