A bizarre exchange took place at the press conference ahead of the world title fight between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois.
Joshua will challenge for Dubois’ IBF belt at Wembley on Saturday, with a British record sale of 96,000 tickets.
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The two appeared face to face at a press conference just 48 hours before sharing the ring.
And the two were investigated for a heated exchange two months ago, when AJ threatened to shove a chair into Dubois’ face.
“He said, ‘Let’s go now,'” Joshua, 34, said. “I was thinking for a minute, and I asked, ‘What does he mean?’
“And then he repeated it again. And I feel like anybody here…”
Dubois, 27, interjected: “This is boxing. This is what happens, this is boxing. These things happen, that’s why we’re competing on Saturday. Let’s go.”
“As I was saying,” Joshua said, drawing laughter from the crowd.
“You should never let anybody back down an inch in a press conference, because they’ll eventually back down a mile. See what I mean, Dan?”
A confused DuBois replied: “Excuse me?”
Joshua vs Dubois fight predictions
This weekend will see one of the greatest British battles ever staged at Wembley.
But who will emerge victorious under the leadership of this famous boxer? Some of boxing’s biggest names have had their say…
Oleksandr Usyk“My favourite is Anthony Joshua, but I’m really bad at making predictions. But I would predict Anthony Joshua.”
Dillion Whyte“I think it’s one of those fights where it’s really a 50/50 fight in my opinion.”
Joe Joyce: “I was initially going with Joshua but I don’t know, Dubois is coming forward.”
Frazer Clarke“As powerful as Dubois is and as good a fighter as he’s becoming, I’d still have to go for Joshua.”
Francis Ngannou: “Even though Joshua lost twice against Usyk and Dubois fought Usyk and almost knocked him out and almost won, I would still give this award to Joshua.”
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Once again, those in attendance burst into laughter, and fans online were also enjoying the bizarre interaction.
One said: “Excuse me? Dubois is a funny guy.”
Another said: “Gotta love Dubois.”
Tensions escalated further when the issue of the infamous fight between the two was raised.
AJ had to deny that Dubois had knocked him down several years ago, but he did admit that he was shaken up by a left hook.
“He shattered me with a great shot and on Saturday I have a chance to take revenge on him,” Joshua said.
“I’m looking forward to it. We’ve competed for hundreds of rounds, right?”
Dubois said: “This is combat. Now we’re fighting, it’s different. Now move on. Now we can move on. Move on.”
The defending champion goes into the fight without head trainer Don Charles, sparking rumours they have sensationally split just days before the bout.
But Dubois and his camp say Charles is actually sick with the flu and is expected to be in the corner on fight night.
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Dubois said: “Everything is fine. As long as he’s with me on fight night. Everything went well, training camp was great. Let’s go.”
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