Joshua, Dubois February Rematch in Doubt

The expected February 2025 rematch between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois could fall through as AJ is said to be doubting himself.

“AJ knows he is a good fighter and he is a great motivational speaker. Unfortunately, it seems like he doesn’t listen to his own advice,” said Johnny Nelson.

Shaing his views on a potential February rematch between Joshua and Dubois being delayed, Nelson said AJ’s “doubt from within” could be the reason after he was KOd by his British rival last month.

“I am not surprised if this fight gets pushed back, I don’t think this will be AJ’s next fight.”

“I think it is more of a mental thing with AJ, not physical, in my opinion. He got knocked out, had a hard training camp, and you don’t know what effect the knockout has had on him.”

The doubt is from him within. He has to want it more than anyone else. I think that’s the reason for the delay.

We know he is fit but he has to get through the mental impact the first fight had on him. The only one in two minds is probably him and he has to figure out what went wrong against Dubois.

“It probably wasn’t the gameplan as if he carried out the gameplan then there was something fundamentally wrong.”