Daniel Dubois stuns the boxing world by brutally KOing Anthony Joshua as he spoils Tyson Fury fight plan

Daniel Dubois brutally knocked out Anthony Joshua in the fifth round of a frantic fight on Saturday night.

‘Triple D’ had Joshua on the canvas four times en route to a dominant stoppage victory in entrance of 96,000 at Wembley Stadium.

With that, Dubois successfully defended his IBF heavyweight title and punched his ticket for a fight with the winner of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk II on December 21 – who had been both ringside on the night.

HE Turki Alalshikh had hoped to originate the long-awaited all-British showdown between Joshua and Fury next however Dubois has now substandard those plans emphatically.

Dubois got off to a assured commence up, forcing Joshua onto his heels in the opening round and trapping him against the ropes.

With Joshua attend peddling, ‘Triple D’ looped a supreme wanting overhand proper hand onto his adversary’s chin, which sent the Watford powerhouse tumbling to the canvas at the discontinuance of the opening stanza.

Fortunately, he was saved by the bell however when he made his methodology off the stool, AJ looked sorrowful.

In the 2nd round, he was in the present day in disaster again as Dubois landed a astronomical proper hand and piled on the rigidity.

The 34-year-passe held on for dear life and seen out another round by the skin of his enamel.

On the other hand, he wasn’t so lucky in the third frame as he was slumped against the bottom rope by a left hook and a sequence of uppercuts ahead of being downed again at the quarter-methodology tag.

Dubois persisted chasing the stoppage cherish a man possessed and in the fifth frame he in the end got it, as Joshua spread out and went out on his protect.

Joshua backed up ‘Triple D’ with two astronomical proper fingers however was caught by a clubbing straight on the methodology in and knocked unconscious.

Talking in the on the spot aftermath, an overjoyed Dubois acknowledged: “I’ve only got a few words to say: ‘Are you not entertained?!’

“Or now not it has been a protracted hump, I’m grateful to be on this region.

“I’m a gladiator, I’m a warrior to the bitter end. I want to reach the top level of this game and reach my full potential.

“I’ve been on a rollercoaster scoot.

“This is my time, this is my redemption story, and I’m not going to stop until I reach my full potential.”

Joshua then took to the mic, to assert: “Credit to him and his team. We rolled the dice of success, but we came up short.

“You realize I’m ready to kick off in the ring, however I dash to protect my frigid, protect very first rate, and give admire to my opponent.

“I’m always saying to myself I’m a fighter for life… We keep rolling the dice.

“I had a appealing opponent, a fast opponent and diverse errors from my discontinuance, however that is the sport.”

Despite the devastating defeat, it appears Joshua will get a second bite of the cherry, with his promoter Eddie Hearn confirming post-fight that there is a rematch clause in their contracts.

“It was the first round, after that, he was fighting on heart and need. I’m so proud as a end result of he by no methodology gave up, his legs had been deceiving him and he kept on trying.

“When you are in there with a massive puncher this is what can happen. He never stopped trying to get up, even when he couldn’t get up.

“Daniel deserves credit ranking, he’s a genuine-world champion. Congratulations to him…

“I’m sure he’ll exercise that rematch clause, it’s a given, it’s a dangerous fight because he’s growing in confidence all the time but he’ll believe he can beat him.”