Shrewd defeat of Daniel Dubois showcased the sport’s best qualities before Mike Tyson took to the stage in LA
It’s always the quiet ones. And they don’t come a lot quieter than Joe Joyce, whose impressive if inconvenient stoppage of Daniel Dubois has hurled him into the heavyweight spotlight alongside Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, his compatriots who share all four world belts.
After making the 23-year-old Dubois quit in the 10th round at Church House on Saturday night – the
British, Commonwealth and European champion taking a knee then pawing an eye injury that was confirmed on Sunday as a broken orbital bone, along with nerve damage – the best-case scenario for the 35-year-old south Londoner is a mandatory challenge for Joshua’s WBO title.