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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Thomas Hauser

Anthony Joshua, Daniel Dubois and boxing’s broken mandatory challenger system

Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will face off at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night.
Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will face off at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. Photograph: Mark Robinson/Getty Images

On Saturday Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will meet in the ring before more than 90,000 screaming fans at Wembley Stadium. It’s a quality match-up between two good fighters. But once again, boxing’s powers that be have chosen short-term gain over the long-term health of the sport by marketing Joshua-Dubois as a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world.

It isn’t.

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