Lawrence Okolie Believes Daniel Dubois Is More Powerful Than Anthony Joshua

Lawrence Okolie a British boxer has trained with both Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua and he believes Dubois has the power advantage.

Dubois and Joshua are set to box at Wembley Stadium on September 21, as Dubois looks to defend his IBF heavyweight title. It’s an intriguing matchup and heading into the bout, Okolie says Dubois will have the power advantage.

“You know he will be a hard night’s work for ‘AJ’,” Okolie told Betway. “Daniel’s a young guy; full of ambition; made the most money he’s ever made and will be thinking, ‘If I win this fight, then there’s millions to be made on the other side of it’. It’s a hard one but AJ should be the favourite. But as they say, in heavyweight boxing, one shot can change everything and especially when you’re talking about someone as concussive as Daniel Dubois.

“Daniel is more heavy-handed. His hands are just naturally powerful if he lands, but AJ has speed power. He’ll be able to land a shot a lot quicker than Daniel Dubois. For example, let’s say Daniel is a 10 for punching power, AJ might be a nine, but AJ might be a nine for speed and Daniel might be a seven or eight, so it depends on what you like. You’ve got a mix of speed and power, so it makes it sharp and explosive and if it lands, we’ve seen what happens when Anthony Joshua lands with one shot clean,” Okolie added.

Entering the bout, Anthony Joshua is the -475 favorite as the oddsmakers expect him to get the win, but Lawrence Okolie knows people can’t overlook Daniel Dubois.

Anthony Joshua is 28-3 and riding a four-fight winning streak and coming off a KO win over Francis Ngannou.

Daniel Dubois, meanwhile, is 21-2 and coming off a stoppage win over Filip Hrgovic and before that, he beat Jarrell Miller by TKO to return to the win column after a loss to Oleksandr Usyk.