'Seek and destroy' Dubois' win no surprise - Campbell

Nick Campbell is not amazed Daniel Dubois defeated Anthony Joshua – because nan Scot had first-hand acquisition of nan Englishman's "seek and destroy" punching powerfulness while training together for Saturday's world title conflict astatine Wembley.

The 34-year-old spent 5 weeks sparring pinch Dubois and nan precocious person to boxing has been told by nan IBF heavyweight champion's coach to usage those sessions arsenic a springboard to his ain success.

Dubois dismantled Joshua successful 5 rounds, nan 27-year-old dropping his chap Englishman respective times connected his measurement to retaining nan IBF crown.

"I consciousness for illustration a batch of group disregarded Daniel, a batch of group ne'er gave him a chance, but moving truthful intimately pinch him – I thought he could do it," Campbell told BBC Scotland.

"He went from Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic, Anthony Joshua – 3 vulnerable difficult fights and he has travel done them each pinch flying colours, truthful I deliberation anybody that doubted him aliases had immoderate questions complete worldly that happened to him successful nan past, it has each been answered now."

Campbell has boxed pinch a number of nan world's starring heavyweights and believes nan ruthlessness of Dubois is thing that stands out.

"I person sparred Tyson Fury, I person been pinch Joseph Parker for a fewer camps, I person been successful pinch Agit Kabayel and Martin Bakole, truthful I person sparred a batch of nan boys successful nan apical 10," he said.

"I get asked this mobility a fewer times – who is nan biggest puncher you person ever been successful with? And, successful sparring, it is astir apt Daniel Dubois. I've shared astir apt complete 50 rounds pinch nan feline successful nan past 2 camps truthful I cognize really difficult he tin punch.

"But I will caveat that by saying Daniel's mentality is that erstwhile you are successful there, his occupation is to activity and destruct - it is simply a one-track mindset pinch him."

Campbell pointed retired that Dubois is not conscionable "a hellhole of a puncher".

"He is simply a bully boxer, he has sewage awesome feet, which doesn't really get spoken about, he has sewage a bully boxing brain, he has sewage a awesome jab," he said.

Campbell took up boxing arsenic an amateur successful 2017 pursuing a top-level rugby profession pinch Glasgow Warriors and Jersey Reds.

Since turning master successful 2021, he has won six of his 7 fights and will return to nan ringing successful Birmingham adjacent period brimming pinch renewed "confidence" from being asked again to spar pinch 1 of nan world's best.

"Don Charles, Daniel's coach, said to me, 'you request to usage this arsenic a springboard for yourself - you request to person this known that you person been successful location and shared nan ringing pinch personification of Daniel's people and calibre'," Campbell revealed.