<body><div> DANIEL DUBOIS said he claimed victory over Anthony Joshua before their fight had even started. Dubois dropped AJ four times on the way to a <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/12508601/anthony-joshua-daniel-dubois-round-by-round/" rel="nofollow"> stunning fifth-round knockout </a> in front of a British-record 98,000 fans. <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12527529"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2MPowQ_0vht6TYS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2MPowQ_0vht6TYS00" width="960" height="608" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Daniel Dubois walked to the ring second before Anthony Joshua </figcaption> PA </figure><figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12527530"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3gCoUw_0vht6TYS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3gCoUw_0vht6TYS00" width="960" height="659" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Joshua came out second at Wembley </figcaption> Getty </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> But the reigning IBF champion actually walked out first – <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/12508159/anthony-joshua-daniel-dubois-broke-protocol-ringwalks/" rel="nofollow"> despite being the one defending the belt. </a> It mattered little as Dubois instead got the last laugh – <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/12513075/anthony-joshua-retire-daniel-dubois-ko-muhammad-ali/" rel="nofollow"> KOing Joshua after winning the battle of the ring walks. </a> He said on <a href="https://talksport.com/sport/2081298/daniel-dubois-break-boxing-tradition-anthony-joshua-fight/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> talkSPORT </a> : “It’s not right really for the champion to come out first but at the end of the day, I was in my mindset. “We had a great ring walk, it was perfect, the whole occasion was just huge, the opportunity, everything. “I was just soaking it up. When I was in the ring we lit up the place. That was the best ring walk, don’t you think? “I was all business from the moment I left the dressing room to when I got into the ring. “Once I was in the ring, it was like ‘No looking back now, it is on’.” <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Joshua, 34, was boxing in his sixth stadium showdown while the stage had never been set higher for Dubois, 27. <img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=20hoGC_0vht6TYS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=20hoGC_0vht6TYS00" width="861" height="959" > CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS But he said: “I was not going to freeze, I wasn’t overawed by the occasion. “To me, it was like a stroll in the park walking in there, I had to be in the right mindset to go in there and do what I did. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> “It was doing everyone proud, doing my family proud, my dad, my team that is around me. “I couldn’t let them down, I did months and months of training for this and I was in the gym every day, hating what I was doing. “But I’ve done it so there are no excuses… I’m always my biggest critic so I look where I can improve on but I’m proud. “I did myself proud, I believe, all of the fights I’ve had back to back have been top-level fights and I’ve come through them so I’m proud of myself.” A rematch is now on the cards after <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/12516801/anthony-joshua-retirement-future-dubois/" rel="nofollow"> Joshua refused retirement. </a><a href="https://www.the-sun.com/sport/12508685/anthony-joshua-retire-daniel-dubois-rematch-clause/" rel="nofollow"> His promoter Eddie Hearn claimed there is a rematch clause </a> but opposite number Frank Warren argued they are not obligated for a second fight. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> But Dubois remains open, as he added: “Yeah, if that happens down the line then yes. If that happens next then yeah. I want to go for it. “I want to do even better next time. I know where I need to improve as well, so as a champion and a fighter I want to prove people wrong every time and that’s what we have been doing… “I think I would, I can do a lot better than that. It was a great showing but next time I believe I’ll be more clinical. More sharp, everything.” <figure class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_12527531"><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4BpVwq_0vht6TYS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4BpVwq_0vht6TYS00" width="960" height="593" ><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Dubois knocked out Joshua in round five </figcaption> Getty </figure><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div></body>

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DANIEL DUBOIS said he claimed victory over Anthony Joshua before their fight had even started. Dubois dropped AJ four times on the way to a stunning fifth-round knockout in front of a British-record 98,000 fans. But the reigning IBF champion actually walked out first – despite being the one defending the belt. It mattered little […]