Daniel Dubois knocked out Anthony Joshua in the fifth round on September 21, 2024, at Wembley Stadium, in the first defense of his IBF heavyweight title. Joshua, who went in heavily favored, was down in the first, third and fourth rounds before a right to the jaw finished it 59 seconds into the fifth.
How Dubois beat Joshua
The crowd was 96,000, which ESPN reported as the biggest postwar crowd for a boxing event in the United Kingdom. Joshua started composed, but an arcing right hand dropped him near the end of the first round and the bell saved him. He was still shaky in the second, and Dubois put him down again in the third and fourth.
The finish came early in the fifth. The result left Dubois at 22-2 with 21 knockouts and handed Joshua, then 34, the fourth defeat of his career, at 28-4 with 25 knockouts. It also denied Joshua a third reign as world heavyweight champion.
What happened next
Dubois went on to fight Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed title at Wembley on July 19, 2025, and Usyk stopped him in the fifth round. Joshua came back on December 19, 2025, and knocked out Jake Paul in the sixth round.
| Fighter | Next fights | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Dubois | Oleksandr Usyk, July 19, 2025 | Lost, KO 5 |
| Anthony Joshua | Jake Paul, Dec. 19, 2025 | Won, KO 6 |
Joshua’s next fight is Tyson Fury on Friday, December 11, 2026, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, confirmed by ESPN on September 24 and to be shown on Netflix. The fight had looked off earlier in September, when Fury indicated on Instagram that it was off and challenged Usyk instead.
For bettors
Dubois was the champion and still the underdog, which is the lesson of this fight: a price reflects reputation as much as form. When Fury and Joshua are priced for December, turn each number into a chance first. -200 implies 66.7% and +170 implies 37.0%, and a fight bet is worth making only when you rate a fighter higher than the price does.
Our Paul vs. Joshua and Usyk vs. Dubois pages cover the fights that came next, the boxing section has what is coming up, and our sportsbook reviews compare books.