When you are a marquee name like Anthony Joshua, there is no ‘this is it’.
‘AJ’ is a maverick. He has been able to do things nobody has done. He has paved the way for other fighters.
He could lose to Daniel Dubois on Saturday and everybody would still want to see him fight Tyson Fury. That will not change.
Of course, defeat will be damaging to Joshua’s reputation and career but it is not something he could not bounce back from. He has done it before.
To keep the momentum and wider interest in the bigger fights going, however, he has to win, and I think he will.
Joshua is too experienced, too strong and his boxing IQ will be too high for Dubois. It is a cliche but there are levels to the game and Joshua is just a few too many levels above Dubois.
The exciting thing about heavyweight boxing, though, is that they are so big, strong and powerful that even when there are levels, all it takes is one punch and it is over.
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