Daniel Dubois responds to criticisms over his defence style ahead of clash with Anthony Joshua

Daniel Dubois has hit back at comments over his defence style, by claiming he won't have to take the same shots as he did from Filip Hrgovic when he faces Anthony Joshua. 

Dubois stopped the Croatian in June to set up the highly anticipated match-up with Joshua next month, but he faced questions over the amount of punishment he took in the early goings of the bout. 

So much so, former British champion David Price stated that if Dubois is as easy to hit when he faces AJ as he was in his previous fight, then Joshua will ease to victory. 

However, in an interview with Queensbury Promotions, 'Triple D' has responded to the comments aimed at him and declared that he knows what to do to break down Joshua. 

“I won’t take them shots," he said. 

Hrgovic is completely different to AJ, the way that he throws his shots is smooth, he is light and he is quick, he doesn’t load up or anything. It took me a while to get the hang of it but I found a way to deal with it. If you look at the fight properly, I was slipping, just subtly sometimes, doing what I had to do to win. 

“That is what I am going to have to do again, break Joshua up, break down what is in front of me and get the victory by any means necessary.

“Could he [Joshua] take them shots that Hrgovic was throwing? Everyone has got an opinion. Let them get on with it. Now it is time to do the work and see what they [the naysayers] say after this one.”

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