Tyson Fury gives verdict on Daniel Dubois after Anthony Joshua win

Tyson Fury has delivered his assessment on Daniel Dubois' performance after the underdog knocked two-time champion Anthony Joshua out in a memorable clash at Wembley.

Dubois entered the fight looking to hold on to the IBF heavyweight belt but knowing that a fired-up AJ was aiming to join an elite group of boxers, including Muhammad Ali, who have been three-time world champions.

Played out in front of a record 96,000-strong crowd under the famous arch, the bout delivered on the promise of being a 'firefight' with neither fighter paying much attention to defending or point-winning, instead winding themselves up for a knockout blow.

And it was Dubois who produced a coming-of-age performance to dominate the two-time champion for four-and-a half-rounds before a dramatic exchange of punches in the fifth saw the underdog land the decisive strike.

After the fight, former champion Fury gave his verdict on the spectacle and slammed critics for 'writing Dubois off' beforehand.

He said: 'Fantastic job.

'He did a very good job and fair play to young Dan.

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'Everybody wrote him off you know. Coming here he was the world champion and everyone chatted like he was a bum.

'And he showed what he's made of and it's very good for him. Fantastic. Fair play.'

Asked about Joshua's display, Fury reminded viewers of his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in May in a fight which saw the Gypsy King lose on points after being rocked in the ninth and 11th rounds.

'Listen, it's heavyweight boxing - it happens, doesn't it,' he said. 'It happened to me, it can happen to anybody.'

After the fight, AJ expressed his frustration with the way the highly-anticipated fight had panned out, the result of which almost certainly ruling him out of a career-defining all-English clash with long-time rival Fury.

He said: 'Credit to [Dubois] and his team. We rolled the dice of success, but we came up short.

'You know I'm ready to kick off in the ring, but I'm going to keep my cool, keep very professional, and give respect to my opponent.  

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'I'm always saying to myself I'm a fighter for life... We keep rolling the dice.

'I had a sharp opponent, a fast opponent and a lot of mistakes from my end, but that's the game.'

The fight was contested at a dizzying pace from the very start of the first round, with Joshua experiencing an onslaught from his younger opponent that he will not forget in a hurry. 

An early set of jabs were followed by a huge right hand which rocked Joshua at the end of the round, leaving the former champion on his haunches.

Miraculously, Joshua made the count with the bell immediately sounding after to wrap up a stunning opening salvo.

The second set of three minutes followed on in similar fashion. A good shot early in the round had AJ rocked but the 34-year-old somehow balanced himself using the ropes and his opponent's body.

He was only lining himself up for more punishment, with Dubois landing another good left hand halfway through round two.

In the third, a zoned-in Dubois caught the Watford man with a right hand to send him staggering backwards once more as a shocked Wembley watched on almost in silence, shocked at the clinical display from Dubois. 

Getting tagged constantly on the body and the head, it was one-way traffic with AJ unable to offer as much as a jab in response.

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At the end of round three there was more chaos as Dubois rained down yet more costly blows, with the bell going before the referee could do his count. 

Once he got round to it, he was convinced that Joshua could fight on - but for how much longer?

A gripping fight threatened to turn into a farce after the former champion tripped over twice at the start of round four causing confusion at Wembley, with the referee counting the first as a knockdown and counting down a bemused Joshua who beat his chest defiantly.

A timeout was then called after Dubois punched slightly low providing a timely stoppage for a rocked Joshua but infuriating a crowd baying for blood - thousands booing at the stifling decision.

A fired-up Dubois then came straight out and rocked Joshua once more. After such punishment it was barely believable that the pre-bout favourite was still up and clinching.

Then, the show-stopping fifth.

In between the momentous rounds, Joshua could incredibly be heard chatting away to trainer Ben Davison in his corner with the key message, canted out almost hypnotically, being: 'roll the dice'.

And roll the dice he did.

The determined former champion struck Dubois with a strong right hand to cause the younger fighter serious trouble.

With Joshua sensing blood, Dubois then produced the punch of his career with a right hand just a split second before the two-time champion could land his own decisive blow.

Joshua was finished for good this time and so too, you would think, is a showdown with Fury.