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Anthony Joshua, who says he picked Dubois to win, discusses the Briton’s career-best win on the telecast. “I just said that Dubois’s been in tougher fights,” Joshua says. “Even though he may have come up short once or twice, he’s been in tougher fights, so he becomes hardened. I feel like this was his chance to showcase what he’s been through. Just because you’ve been knocked down don’t mean that you can’t get up, so he’s got back up and he’s climbing up the ladder. He’s had a couple good wins now and we’ll see what happens in the near future.”
One potential opponent for Joshua’s next fight, which he hints could take place on 21 September, was the just-vanquished Wilder. Joshua is asked whether he thinks the American’s loss to Zhang spells the end of his career.
“It’s completely up to him,” Joshua says. “I can’t say. I just look at it and say, if you want to do it, do it. It’s not a big deal, boxing. If you want to fight, fight on, and if you don’t want to do it, don’t do it anymore.
“It’s just where your heart’s at. He went in there against a good fighter in Zhilei. He’s an Olympian, Zhilei, people forget that. He’s come through. He’s got a great style. I fought him before in the [2012] Olympics and he’s still doing what he does now, so many years on. So [Wilder] was in with a real good, seasoned professional with great pedigree. So it doesn’t matter. Come again if you want, and if you don’t, you got your family. There’s another life outside of boxing, bro.”
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