Narrow margins as Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois weigh in

Heavyweight punching pair ready for fireworks after tense staredown

Steve Wellings

20th September, 2024

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 20: Anthony Joshua (left) and Daniel Dubois during a weigh-in as part of the Riyadh Season - Wembley Edition card at Trafalgar Square on September 20, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

ANTHONY Joshua and Daniel Dubois remain difficult to split in every sense, as the pair weighed in barely four pounds apart in Trafalgar Square, London.

After the weigh-in, both men had a few words to say, starting with the champion.

“I’m ready to get in the ring and fight now; let’s go,” said Dubois, dismissing the tense faceoff as having no bearing on the fight itself.

“We’ve been working hard, man. A lot of work has gone into this. The talking is done.”

And a final prediction from ‘DDD’: “A win, by any means necessary.”

Anthony Joshua was in good form when thanking the weigh-in attendees for supporting him through thick and thin.

“If I can ask you for one favour, go home and make a prayer for me that I will become three-time heavyweight champion of the world,” said the 34-year-old. “I look at myself as a gladiator who is stepping into the ring to perform for the people who love blood, guts and glory. So I’m pumped and ready to perform for the people.”