How secret weapon made Anthony Joshua ‘absolutely devastating’ again with warning Daniel Dubois will ‘go to sleep’
ANTHONY JOSHUA has been moulded into a devastating knockout machine under trainer Ben Davison.
Joshua joined the young coach’s Harlow gym last December before taking apart Otto Wallin in six rounds.
He then brutally knocked out Francis Ngannou in March just five months after the MMA star dropped Tyson Fury in a controversial decision loss.
Joshua, 34, heads into his third bout under Davison on Saturday at Wembley challenging for Daniel Dubois’ IBF title.
And former champion David Haye believes AJ is back to his destructive best – or maybe even better.
He told William Hill’s Up Front with Simon Jordan: “Until he started working with Ben Davison, he didn’t mould his style around his strengths.
“He’s now got some pre-determined punch sequences that are absolutely devastating, he just waits for the right time until he needs to pull the trigger – then people go to sleep.
“AJ is a much better fighter now having lost those two fights than he would’ve been if he’d won – he’s learnt from his mistakes.
“The new Anthony Joshua would smoke the old Anthony Joshua in one round, plain and simple.
“Everything is strategised and sequenced now, and that’s the Ben Davison effect.
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.”
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“He’s starting to understand his strengths and implement them.”
Dubois, 27, comes into the fight having come from behind to beat Filip Hrgovic, 32, for the belt.
He took a succession of right hands before battling back to stop Hrgovic in eight rounds.
But Haye warned Dubois will not be afforded the chance to turn things around like that against in-form AJ.
He said: “If the version of Daniel Dubois who fought Filip Hrgović turns up against AJ on Saturday who was eating right hands all night, I think he’ll have a really tough time.
“He’s got a great chin though, no one can question that.”