*** HIGHLIGHTS! Watch Dubois Wreck Joshua, Register ‘Knockout of the Year’ Contender In Riyadh! ***
Big boy boxing! Big, meaty men, slapping meat! And some other titles being contested on the undercard, but that’s not why we’re here (unless you’re perhaps related to one of the fellas fighting and plan on chiming in during the matches).
Welcome to MMAmania.com! Pull up a chair and join us today (Sat., Sept. 21, 2024), live from OVO Wembley Arena in London, England, for the biggest Heavyweight boxing matchup of this fall season: Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois for IBF’s Heavyweight title, streaming on DAZN PPV and PPV.com (click here to purchase).
The card starts at a crisp 11 a.m. ET / 4 p.m. U.K. The pair are expected to walk into the ring the ring around 5:30 p.m. ET.
This is Joshua’s (28-3, 25 KO) first championship bout since a pair of losses to pound-for-pound great Oleksandr Usyk back to back two and three years ago. Since then, he’s been on a 4-fight win streak as he’s built himself back up, knocking out Robert Helenius, Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou (watch here) and dominating Jermaine Franklin to a decision.
?@anthonyjoshua vs. @DynamiteDubois for the IBF World Heavyweight Championship #RiyadhSeasonCard: Wembley Edition#JoshuaDubois | Sep 21 | Live on DAZN: Click link in bio to buy | @Turki_alalshikh pic.twitter.com/bnpAYWznzU
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) September 20, 2024
Meanwhile, opponent and fellow Brit, Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KO), is on a two-fight win streak of his own, also since a loss to Usyk, having knocked out both Filip Hrgovic and Jarrell Miller.
The other main fight on the card is the Super Featherweight (Junior Lightweight) title bout between Anthony Cacace and Josh Warrington. Cacace is attempting to make his first defense of his IBF belt as well as his third defense of his (admittedly less prestigious) IBO strap. Warrington is looking to become the first three-time IBF SF champion in the belt’s history, having won it previously in 2018 and 2022.
JOSHUA VS. DUBOIS QUICK RESULTS:
225+ lbs.: Daniel Dubois def. Anthony Joshua — KO (Rd. 5, 0:59) — HIGHLIGHTS!
130 lbs.: Anthony Cacace def. Josh Warrington — Decision (Unanimous) 118-110, 117-111 x2
175 lbs.: Joshua Buatsi def. Willy Hutchinson — Decision (Split) 117-108, 115-110, 112-113
160 lbs.: Hamza Sheeraz def. Tyler Denny — TKO (Rd. 2, 2:05) — HIGHLIGHTS!
Tonight’s card is available on DAZN PPV (click here to purchase).
JOSHUA VS. DUBOIS LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY:
Daniel Dubois (c) vs. Anthony Joshua for IBF’s Heavyweight title
Round 1: Finally, we’re underway. Joshua in white, Dubois in black. Dubois with the first good shot of the night, an overhand right. AJ lands one of his own a short while later. Dubois with a jab. Joshua clips in the 2 of a 1-2. Dubois gets a warning for a headbutt. Joshua lands a counter right. Another one and another headbutt warning for Dubois. Uppercut from AJ, ducks a big right, then eats a huge right that sends him to the mat with about 15 seconds in the round!
10-8 Dubois
DOWN GOES JOSHUA!!!#JoshuaDuboispic.twitter.com/M7hGrj6SsK
— TrillerTV (@FiteTV) September 21, 2024
Round 2: Dubois pushing forward, knowing that he can hurt AJ. He’s flurrying and Joshua looks wobbly. AJ on his bike, trying to survive. Anthony with a punch and clutch. Joshua with his hands a bit low. Nice left by Dubois. AJ jabs, so does DD. They eat simultaneous jabs next. There’s a pair of rights by the champ. A right by Anthony in response.
10-9 Dubois
Round 3: Trading jabs, then Dubois continues with a hook that lands solid. Dubois buzzes AJ with a right and a left, but they both grazed. Dubois on the front foot, and Joshua is circling with his hands a bit low. AJ with two jabs. Make that 3. Dubois to the body, combo to the head just hits gloves. Big left hand and Joshua is wobbly. Ref doesn’t call that a knockdown, so Joshua stands on the ropes eating more shots. Finally, DD hits one clean and Joshua is sitting on the ropes. That’s a knockdown and he does beat the count at the end of the round.
10-8 Dubois
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— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) September 21, 2024
Round 4: Dubois comes out flurrying and down goes Joshua right away. He’s up again. Dubois continuing to put on huge pressure and AJ is on the canvas one more time! The ref is waiving his hands… no, he’s just calling it a slip, not waiving off the fight. Big shots again by Dubois. Two lefts. AJ finally gets in a punch with an uppercut. Joshua looks like he’s got his legs back, but he’s still getting beaten from pillar to post.
10-8 Dubois
Round 5: They trade jabs and Dubois lunges in with a left. Oh, there’s a huge shot by Joshua. He backs up Dubois. He lands again, HUGE COUNTER RIGHT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIN BY DUBOIS AND DOWN GOES JOSHUA! Joshua’s crumpled to the mat and he is NOT getting up. Amazing fight by the Londoner.
WOW DUBOIS KNOCKS OUT ANTHONY JOSHUA! CRAZYYYY #JoshuaDubois pic.twitter.com/8waFgNXIOy
— Haduucken (@Haduuuucken) September 21, 2024
Final result: Daniel Dubois defeats Anthony Joshua — WATCH HIGHLIGHTS!
Anthony Cacace (c) vs. Josh Warrington for the IBF and IBO Super Featherweight titles
Round 1: Cacace in black and red, Warrington in blue and white. Couple jabs from both men. Warrington lands a right. Both men bouncing punches off each other’s guards. Grazing left by Cacace. Another left, but better.
10-9 Cacace
Round 2: Warrington getting to the body. Cacace with a long left. Cacace hits a counter. Now Warrington has his turn to do the same. Nice uppercut by Warrington near the end of the round there. Cacace looked like that stung him a bit.
10-9 Warrington
Round 3: Warrington with a straight left. Cacace sneaks a right hand behind Warrington’s guard. Warrington doing good body work. Cacace with a snapping jab.
10-9 Warrington
Round 4: Warrington on the front foot. There’s a couple shots to the body. Cacace fires off a nice hook. Warrington is a bit dazed and clinches to stay safe. Warrington holding on here as he looks to regain his legs. Warrington clips a right, and another. Cacace jabs, evades the counter and lands a thumping uppercut. Warrington hurt again, but comes out firing. He circles off and gets in a right hand
10-9 Cacace
Round 5: Ref gives them both getting a warning as they both bend the rules a bit in the clinch. Nice three punch combo by Cacace. More right hands by the champ. There’s a jab. Cacace cracks in a left hook, but Warrington ate that one a bit easier.
10-9 Cacace
Round 6: Cacace is on the front foot now and he looks the bully on Warrington. Left hook from Cacace. Warrington with a pair of left hands to the guts. Warrington consistent with those body hooks, and one sneaks through every once in a while. Ref barking at them and Cacace earns a warning for punching on the break.
10-9 Cacace
Round 7: Cacace jabbing. Warrington mirrors one back. Cacace complains about a low blow, but we fight on. Not too much happening this round as Warrington is trying to smother the power blows of Cacace. Cacace thumping away, mostly hitting guard, but it’s more than Warrington this round.
10-9 Cacace
Round 8: Warrington just isn’t able to find a good range for himself (there might not be one, to be fair). Finally he gets in a left upstairs. Cacace tries to the torso. They trade decent left hands. Cacace backs up Warrington to the ropes and flurries to the end of the round.
10-9 Cacace
Round 9: Cacace ripping to the breadbasket. Warrington whiffs a big left. Left to the head for Cacace, one to the body in response. Cacace lands two nice right hands. Warrington not winning, but toughing it out against the bigger man here.
10-9 Cacace
Round 10: Fast right hand for the Irishman. Cacace seems OK with just keeping Warrington at Bay. The Brit finally receives a warning for the punching to the back of the head. Warrington gets out of a clinch, lands a pair of body shots. Cacace uppercut makes Warrington’s head turn into a Pez dispenser.
10-9 Cacace
Round 11: Cacace really likes his uppercut tonight, and it’s done yeoman’s work for him. Warrington to the back of the head again. Both men have slipped a bit in center ring tonight. Right hands sneaks through for Cacace. A second one. Solid shot to the ribs from Warrington. Triple jab by Cacace
10-9 Cacace
Round 12: Warrington with a leaping left. Cacace in cruise control at this point. Warrington fires off a few shots as Cacace appears to slip again. Warrington finds a home for a left hand up to the face. Cacace a bit on his bike now. He does land a right on the break that might’ve sent Warrington to the canvas, but the ref rules it a slip. Two shots get through by Warrington.
10-9 Warrington