Daniel Dubois’ coach has told Anthony Joshua not to get back in the ring with his man for a rematch. Dubois comprehensively dispatched the Watford-based star in the fifth round in front of 96,000 people when the two fighters went head-to-head at Wembley last month.
Joshua maintained there was more in the tank in the aftermath of the showdown as he dismissed any talk of retirement, but has since been told by his promoter Eddie Hearn that he may only have three fights left.
And Kieran Farrell, who assists Dubois’ head trainer Don Charles, has sent out a word of warning to Joshua.
“If I was advising Joshua, I wouldn’t be telling him to jump back in with Daniel Dubois – a young, hungry, 27-year-old lion,” Farrell told BoxingScene.
“What I see day in, day out, I know what he is capable of – and Joshua does too now. If Daniel has somebody hurt, they ain’t going to see the final bell. He’s a devastating puncher and I’m only talking facts here. He’s like a modern-day Mike Tyson. But a bigger version.”
Farrell has instead advised Joshua to turn his attention elsewhere and has insisted Deontay Wilder could be an appropriate opponent for him.
He explained: “There are other fights there for Joshua. He can do the Wilder fight. That would be a good fight between two massive names who both need a big win right now.
“A win for either of them in that fight would give them a load of confidence. They’ve been linked together for a long time and are both now coming off defeats. It would make sense to do that fight.”
And discussing Dubois’ victory at the national stadium, Farrell added: “We did it relatively easier than we thought we would do it, I’ll be honest with you.
“But we’ve been there every day, dedicated to this. We were on Don’s farm every day for 12 weeks and Daniel put the work in.
“You do something every day for that length of time and it can get boring, but the enthusiasm Daniel has for training, he doesn’t show that. It’s great. He enjoys it. They say a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter and you saw proof of that against Joshua.
“The first thing we said to Daniel was: ‘Go out and give him something so that he knows he’s in the ring with you’. That’s exactly what he did. He went out there and slammed that jab down and that jab is like a f***ing back hand. It’s a powerful weapon.”
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