2 weeks Ago By Harvey Burton, Bloody Knockout
Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois last fought against one another, but one of their common opponents is finding success in another combat sport entirely. Anthony Joshua boasts a record of 28-4, with 25 of his wins coming by knockout. Jermaine Franklin, Andy Ruiz, and Joseph Parker are the only three men to survive his power.
Daniel Dubois is 22-2, with just one man surviving to the final bell against him – Kevin Johnson. One man who has faced both heavyweight champions did not hear the final bell, but has found success instead in bare-knuckle boxing. Opponent Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois blitzed in two rounds scores huge bare-knuckle knockout Dorian Darch first faced Joshua in 2014.
Darch had a record of 7-2, including a loss to Hughie Fury, whilst Joshua was just 3-0. The Olympian hadn’t gone past the second round in his first three fights, and, unfortunately for Darch, wouldn’t go to round three this time either. Joshua blitzed Darch with a second-round knockout win.
Darch picked up a few wins before facing Dubois, who was stopped by Joe Joyce , in 2017. He was 12-5-1 at the time, where Dubois was only 5-0. Darch, again, wouldn’t make it to the third round, as Dubois, who has an 87.
5% KO rate , stopped him in two. He fought six times since his loss to Dubois, losing every one of them. He finished his career with 12-12-1.
EASY AS YOU LIKE. "Darkfruits" @dorian_darch with a QUICK victory. #BKB40 #BareKnuckle #BKB pic.
twitter.com/zd0lrtVHrx However, he has since moved from boxing to bare-knuckle boxing, and scored a knockout win in his latest match. This marks just one of many fighters transitioning to bare-knuckle, as Jack Cullen has also moved to bare-knuckle fighting , as well as Canelo’s opponent Austin Trout, who is a bare-knuckle champion now.
Though not bare-knuckle, Deontay Wilder has even considered a move to MMA . Dorian Darch’s bare-knuckle career has had its ups ad downs Darch, who is now 40 years old, has had his ups and downs in bare-knuckle boxing, with many of his losses coming by way of doctor’s stoppage. Speaking to TalkSport , he said: “I was born with rubbish skin and that is it, you can’t do anything about it.
” “I just have to knock someone out before they cut me.” Speaking on his fight with Joshua, Darch said: “”Unfortunately, against Anthony Joshua, I only landed one and that p—– him off. “He’s just f—— massive.
Until you see someone in the flesh, you don’t realise how big they are.” “I think we actually weighed the same on the day, but he looked about two stone heavier than me stood next to me.” This article first appeared on Bloody Knockout and was syndicated with permission.
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