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‘I Feel Sorry For Joshua’ After Knockout Loss To Dubois – Fury
Joshua entered the fight as the favourite but was ultimately overpowered by Dubois, who secured a knockout victory in the fifth round, marking the 32-year-old’s fourth loss in his professional career.
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Joshua’s ambitious attempt to reclaim his status as a three-time world champion ended dramatically, as Dubois knocked him down several times in front of 98,000 fans at Wembley Stadium. The bout concluded with a devastating right hand from Dubois in Round 5, leaving Joshua on the canvas.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed that Joshua’s next fight will either be a rematch with Dubois or a showdown against Fury.
Before any potential clash with Joshua, Fury is set to face unified champion Oleksandr Usyk on December 21 after previously losing to the Ukrainian in May. While eager for a future fight with Joshua, Fury admitted he felt sorry for his rival after the recent setback.
“I feel sorry for him at the minute, being cleaned out in the last fight in five rounds, so he’ll have to do that again—or not—and then decide his future,” Fury told Sky News.
“When an adversary loses, and it’s not to you, you do feel down and depressed about it. I felt sad for him. It was heartbreaking to see a worthy opponent lose his crown.
“I’d still fight him whether he’s got five losses, 10 losses, or 20. It’s not important because, at this stage of our careers, it’s about having good fights.
“I think it would still be an entertaining and interesting fight for the paying pundit.”
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However, Fury says his immediate goal is for a third fight with Usyk, after previous trilogies versus Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora.
“I would like to have a trilogy with Usyk. It would be 1-1, and then we would have to do a rubber match, and I’d be the only heavyweight in history to have three trilogy. That would be quite impressive.”
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