{"id":114361,"date":"2024-09-22T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114361"},"modified":"2024-09-22T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:37:12","slug":"dubois-knocks-out-anthony-joshua-in-5th-round-retains-ibf-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dubois-knocks-out-anthony-joshua-in-5th-round-retains-ibf-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubois knocks out Anthony Joshua in 5th round, retains IBF title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1810880281941494178\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Britain\u2019s Anthony Joshua is knocked to the ground by Britain\u2019s Daniel Dubois during their heavyweight boxing match for the IBF world title at Wembley Stadium in London on September 21, 2024.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDaniel Dubois was too strong and good for Anthony Joshua, winning all five rounds and knocking down Joshua in four of them to retain the IBF world heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old dominated the opening stages of the bout, dropping the two-time former unified heavyweight\u00a0 champion multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>In a dramatic fifth round Dubois was momentarily stunned by two right hands and just as Joshua looked to pile on the pressure, the 34-year-old was caught by successive right hands himself and he was down again, this time unable to beat the count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you not entertained?\u201d Dubois said to huge cheers at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a gladiator. I am a warrior to the bitter end. I want to get to the top level of this sport and reach my potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Oleksandr Usyk became boxing\u2019s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion in May when he beat Tyson Fury, simultaneously holding the IBF title along with the WBO, WBC and WBA.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian agreed to a rematch with Fury rather than facing mandatory IBF challenger Dubois.<\/p>\n<p>Dubois won the interim IBF title in June and was elevated to world champion status when Usyk vacated the belt.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s Anthony Joshua is knocked to the ground by Britain\u2019s Daniel Dubois during their heavyweight boxing match for the IBF world title at Wembley Stadium in London on September 21,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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