The heavyweight fight between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois on Saturday is scheduled for 12 rounds. The chances of it going that far are remote.
Almost 90 percent of the boxers’ combined 54 fights have ended by knockout. That includes each of them getting KO’d, too.
Joshua (28-3 with 25 KOs) and Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) will battle for Dubois’ IBF heavyweight title and a likely shot against the winner of the Dec. 21 fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Improbably enough.
In 2022, Joshua was counted out – figuratively, at least – after back-to-back losses to Usyk. He has since won four consecutive, but the caliber of competition is questionable.
Anthony Joshua is on track to reach half a million ticket sales ahead of his next record-breaking fight.
AJ challenges Daniel Dubois for the world heavyweight title on Saturday at Wembley Stadium.
And an unprecedented 96,000 fans will pack the national football stadium to watch the all-British battle.
It means the record set by Tyson Fury in 2022 – when 94,000 watched his knockout of Dillian Whyte – will be broken.
Joshua first won the heavyweight title in 2016 after defeating Charles Martin.
He then had two title defenses before attempting to add the WBA belt in a duel with Wladimir Klitschko.
