The Telegraph
Daniel Dubois forced to quit in 10th round as Joe Joyce wins all-British heavyweight clash
Joe Joyce slammed the breaks on the Daniel Dubois hype prepare with a late stoppage in an exhilarating conflict in London. Dubois was the massive favorite heading into the highly-anticipated home dust-up, which had been postponed thrice because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Triple D had promised to make an announcement towards a fighter 12 years his senior, however the expertise of Joyce confirmed as he meticulously chipped away till Dubois mentioned no extra within the tenth spherical. It was Joyce on the entrance foot within the first spherical, discovering a house for his jab and reddening the nostril of his fellow Londoner. Dubois’ famend aggression arrived within the second and the 23-year-old landed together with his proper hand, forcing Joyce backwards. The large photographs stored coming, however Dubois was huffing and puffing by the top of the third spherical courtesy of a flurry of ferocious mixtures. However Dubois was unable to fell Joyce and the fourth spherical swung again in his opponent’s favour, because the Juggernaut fantastically used his jab to maintain Dubois at bay and do harm. Extra fast one-two mixtures triggered concern for Joyce, however there was noticeable swelling on Dubois’ left eye as he continued to abdomen stinging jabs. Dubois was admonished by his nook when he returned after the sixth with coach Martin Bower telling his fighter, ‘Don’t put your arms down’. Into the seventh and Dubois opened the spherical furiously, showing to harm Joyce, however as soon as once more his rival managed to side-step the onslaught. It was then that Joyce took management and produced spectacular successive rounds, even holding his arm up after the ninth bell. Dubois appeared exhausted within the tenth spherical and when Joyce landed a jab flush on his broken eye, Dubois out of the blue took a knee and by no means made a motion to return to his toes.
