Why Joshua can beat anybody in the world - Eubank Jr

When you are a marquee sanction for illustration Anthony Joshua, location is nary 'this is it'.

'AJ' is simply a maverick. He has been capable to do things cipher has done. He has paved nan measurement for different fighters.

He could suffer to Daniel Dubois connected Saturday and everybody would still want to spot him conflict Tyson Fury. That will not change.

Of course, conclusion will beryllium damaging to Joshua's estimation and profession but it is not thing he could not bounce backmost from. He has done it before.

To support nan momentum and wider liking successful nan bigger fights going, however, he has to win, and I deliberation he will.

Joshua is excessively experienced, excessively beardown and his boxing IQ will beryllium excessively precocious for Dubois. It is simply a cliche but location are levels to nan crippled and Joshua is conscionable a fewer excessively galore levels supra Dubois.

The breathtaking point astir heavyweight boxing, though, is that they are truthful big, beardown and powerful that moreover erstwhile location are levels, each it takes is 1 punch and it is over.

I person known Joshua for years and person been to truthful galore of his fights. We person ever stayed successful touch.

Our journeys person been somewhat different but we some faced unit early successful our careers.

I tin subordinate to what he has gone done and you thin to gravitate towards guys who are connected that aforesaid level.

Joshua came retired of nan Olympics arsenic a heavyweight golden medallist and, rightly so, became nan poster boy of British boxing. Everybody was down him.

For maine it was a different type of scrutiny. I was a Eubank, carrying my father's legendary name, but I was an chartless entity and a batch of group did not want maine to win aliases judge successful me.

I had to beryllium those guys incorrect complete nan years.

But arsenic you turn older and get much experienced, you realise that what group expect of you and nan unit that they put connected you really does not matter.

As agelong arsenic you are contented and tin look astatine yourself successful nan reflector and opportunity you did your best, that is what matters.

Family matters. Being a bully human-being and respected matters. Not nan critics aliases nan haters. If you go obsessed pinch trying to please them, you will ne'er win.

Joshua is decidedly astatine a shape and property now wherever he has been done it, seen it, heard it and done it all.

He does not attraction what group think, now it is each astir solidifying his bequest and making nan money which will past him, his family and generations to come.

The measurement Dubois has travel backmost from defeats by Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk and improved has been impressive.

He has shown a never-give-up cognition and I really do respect that.

I person had losses and it is not easy. You spell into nan ringing pinch doubts and acheronian thoughts.

So to get complete that is simply a immense testament to Dubois' character.

There was a confrontation backmost successful June wherever Joshua felt Dubois was disrespecting him.

I genuinely do not deliberation Dubois is nan type of combatant who would disrespect people, but really overmuch respect tin you springiness to personification you are going to effort and return their caput off?

Dubois is up against an improved Joshua who will outgun him successful excessively galore different departments. I person seen nan advancement he has made since nan Usyk losses.

Joshua has been engaged pinch 3 fights past twelvemonth and Dubois will beryllium his 2nd of 2024.

Activity is truthful important to becoming a amended fighter. It is thing I americium benignant of irritated astatine successful my ain career, that I person not been progressive complete nan past year.

If Joshua goes into a conflict pinch nan correct mindset past he has nan skills to hit anybody successful nan world, and I would ever backmost my feline against Fury.

Fury mislaid to Usyk and showed he is not unbeatable aliases invincible. Joshua is smart capable to look astatine what Usyk did, spot nan holes successful Fury's crippled and do nan aforesaid point erstwhile they stock a ringing - which I americium judge they will.

The Fury talk is for nan future. For now, nan attraction is connected Dubois and Joshua and they should bask reaching nan pinnacle of boxing this weekend.

If you tin header astatine Wembley Stadium, you person made it. It does not get bigger than that.

Chris Eubank Jr was speaking to BBC Sport's Kal Sajad.