‘In a retirement home’ – Daniel Dubois aims savage dig at ‘missing’ Anthony Joshua after rematch collapse
Daniel Dubois has savagely mocked Anthony Joshua with a cheeky jibe after his KO win in September. Dubois and Joshua met in a titanic all-British affair for the IBF world heavyweight title in September, which ended in utter jubilation for ‘Dynamite’. Dubois left Joshua’s third world title ambitions in tattersGetty As an underdog, he dropped AJ five times en route to a stunning fifth round stoppage win, to make a defence of the title he had been handed just weeks before the first bell rang. The pair looked set to meet in a rematch in February 2025, but Joshua has been forced to delay his return after suffering minor injuries. Dubois will instead face Joseph Parker in an IBF title defence on February 22, and a sequel with Joshua now looks off the table. ‘DDD’ is more notorious for his power as opposed to his verbal sparring, but he has surprisingly taken aim at Joshua. He joked: “Everyone is always talking about AJ but where is he? “I can’t find him. Where is he? I think I put him in a retirement home.” He then went on to insist he deserves more respect for his victory, and is getting agitated with focus remaining on Joshua, The 27-year-old added: “All this talk about AJ and people keeping him excuses for the loss. “It’s time for people to celebrate the new king. “I keep seeing people crying over AJ’s loss rather than celebrating the new king, come on people. Dubois will not face Joshua nextGetty “It’s almost like someone has died and the country has gone into mourning. “I don’t know if everyone else saw it, but I did.” It was a huge win for Dubois, who has now well and truly bounced back after defeats to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk. A win over Parker puts him in a prime position to challenge for the other belts, which are currently all held by his Ukrainian conqueror. Usyk will rematch Tyson Fury this weekend, which will determine the destination of the remaining belts. And Dubois has called for the winner to face him in a huge undisputed bout later in 2025. Joshua will now wait for the winner of Fury vs Usyk before deciding his next moveGetty He told talkSPORT: “I’m out here in Saudi and I want the winner on Saturday. “I want the winner, I want to fight for the undisputed. That is what the aim is now, that is the goal. “100 per cent [I would beat them]. This is my time now. “I have been through the ups and downs but I’m a new man. “I am a man of the future and I’m ready to fight for the undisputed and win and go down in boxing history.”
Daniel Dubois has savagely mocked Anthony Joshua with a cheeky jibe after his KO win in September.
Dubois and Joshua met in a titanic all-British affair for the IBF world heavyweight title in September, which ended in utter jubilation for ‘Dynamite’.
As an underdog, he dropped AJ five times en route to a stunning fifth round stoppage win, to make a defence of the title he had been handed just weeks before the first bell rang.
The pair looked set to meet in a rematch in February 2025, but Joshua has been forced to delay his return after suffering minor injuries.
Dubois will instead face Joseph Parker in an IBF title defence on February 22, and a sequel with Joshua now looks off the table.
‘DDD’ is more notorious for his power as opposed to his verbal sparring, but he has surprisingly taken aim at Joshua.
He joked: “Everyone is always talking about AJ but where is he?
“I can’t find him. Where is he? I think I put him in a retirement home.”
He then went on to insist he deserves more respect for his victory, and is getting agitated with focus remaining on Joshua,
The 27-year-old added: “All this talk about AJ and people keeping him excuses for the loss.
“It’s time for people to celebrate the new king.
“I keep seeing people crying over AJ’s loss rather than celebrating the new king, come on people.
“It’s almost like someone has died and the country has gone into mourning.
“I don’t know if everyone else saw it, but I did.”
It was a huge win for Dubois, who has now well and truly bounced back after defeats to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk.
A win over Parker puts him in a prime position to challenge for the other belts, which are currently all held by his Ukrainian conqueror.
Usyk will rematch Tyson Fury this weekend, which will determine the destination of the remaining belts.
And Dubois has called for the winner to face him in a huge undisputed bout later in 2025.
He told talkSPORT: “I’m out here in Saudi and I want the winner on Saturday.
“I want the winner, I want to fight for the undisputed. That is what the aim is now, that is the goal.
“100 per cent [I would beat them]. This is my time now.
“I have been through the ups and downs but I’m a new man.
“I am a man of the future and I’m ready to fight for the undisputed and win and go down in boxing history.”
