Boxing
'He has the better boxing ability!' - Ricky Hatton picks his winner ahead of Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois
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Anthony Joshua is the better boxer in his bout with Daniel Dubois, and Ricky Hatton believes that any other result than victory will constitue an upset.
The all-British bout will take place at Wembley Stadium this weekend as Dubois defends his IBF heavyweight crown against the former two-time world champion, live on DAZN.
Despite heading into the battle without a belt to his name, Joshua is the favourite to succeed in front of a postwar record crowd for a boxing match in the United Kingdom.
Now Hatton, the former two-weight world champion, has weighed in on the bout and admits he can only see it going one way despite the talent of Dubois.
"I can only see Anthony Joshua winning," he told Action Network. "He’s in a happy place now and I know he is.Â
"He’s added more fluency to his movement and his combinations of what he is letting go. The fluency in the Francis Ngannou fight to get that shot in was fantastic.
"He’s using his boxing ability and has added more fluency. He is more likely to land on Daniel Dubois than the other way around.
"If Dubois does land, then it goes without saying. Dubois is going into this fight so confident because he has improved massively.
"I just think it’s a case of who you think will land first and Joshua has the better boxing ability and fluency, and the more speed."
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