Anthony Joshua suffered the most brutal loss of his career thus far when he faced Daniel Dubois, but there is one opponent both men have beaten in very different fashions.
Anthony Joshua has won by stoppage in 25 of his 32 fights, with his most recent KO victory being a two-round blast of Francis Ngannou.
Daniel Dubois has an 87.5% knockout rate, and yet there is one man he wasn’t able to knockout in his 22 wins.
Anthony Joshua knocked out the one man who went the distance with Daniel Dubois
Of Dubois’ 22 wins, just one has come by decision, against Kevin Johnson.
Johnson took Dubois the full ten-round distance, and has also taken Tyson Fury, Kubrat Pulev, Derek Chisora, Andy Ruiz, Filip Hrgovic, Agit Kabayel and Vitali Klitschko the distance.
His record now sits at 36-22-2, but he has only lost three fights by knockout.
In 2019, Johnson lost to by fifth-round stoppage to Martin Bakole in his final stoppage loss. One year earlier he lost in the eighth round to Petar Milas.
His first KO loss, however, occurred in 2015 when Joshua flattened the hardy American in just two rounds in his 13th fight.
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have fought six of the same opponents
Joshua and Fury have faced six of the same opponents, but defeated them in very different ways.
They have both beaten:
Kevin Johnson: Joshua TKO2 | Fury UD
Dillian Whyte: Joshua TKO7 | Fury TKO6
Wladimir Klitschko: Joshua TKO11 | Fury UD
Otto Wallin: Joshua RTD5 | Fury UD
Francis Ngannou: Joshua KO2 | Fury SD
They have both lost to:
Oleksandr Usyk 1: Joshua UD | Fury SD
Oleksandr Usyk 2: Joshua SD | Fury UD.