Duke McKenzie presents the Future Tènue for Anthony Joshua if fighting against an opponent disconnected

Boxing analyst, Duke McKenzie, says Anthony Joshua is “Mentally fragile” Right now after his loss of fifth round to Daniel Dubois last year.

McKenzie believes that even if the ex-champion of two heavyweight Joshua (28-4, 25 kos) is fighting a “non-hoping” outside the first 15, will be vulnerable to being eliminated. Losing to a lower level non -container would finish AJ race. He claims that Joshua could fight to the level of his second -level opponent. Doing this against a motivated and beloved fighter, could end badly by Joshua, with him in a delicate “mentally” condition.

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn has mentioned four candidates for Joshua’s tune struggle in January or February 2026. Some of the Hearn fighters have mentioned, Efe Ajaba and Tony Yoka, would be very risky for Joshua, who celebrates 36 years on October 15.

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Hearn has not mentioned the use of a contestant of the first five places for Joshua’s tune for the beginning of next year. This would be a kind of nonsense in my opinion, as Aj has not passed a high degree fighter in six years when he defeated Andy Ruiz of 284 pounds on his resale on December 7, 2019.

Prior to the loss of Joshua’s fifth round against Daniel Dubois in September 2024, he had been successfully maneuver through a four -fighting reconstruction work for Hearn against contestants outside the first 5 places.

“I think it’s very fragile from a mental perspective, Anthony Joshua,” said McKenzie. “ So they have to try to reconstruct it. You can’t put it in a live wire. Forget Kabayel. Forget -for Dubois. Forget Bakole. Anyone who makes Joshua punching right now will give him nightmares, given what Dubois did. So he means that they have to look at someone out of the first 10 places, probably the first 15 places, probably for the first 15 places.

Hearn does not plan to reconstruct Joshua. His idea is to put him against a tune-up rival in early 2026, then “roll the dice” against a great name in the summer, which he says he hopes to be Tyson Fury. Hearn did not mention the other heavy weights he would consider for Aj Summer Struggle if he could not get fury. Joseph Parker or Oleksandr Usyk would probably be the options he would be looking for for Joshua.

“Now, the problem with this is when you fight a boy who is not up to height, you go down to their level,” McKenzie said for Aj’s warm -up rival. “If Anthony Joshua goes down at the level of another person who is not even in the first 15 and ending with him, his career ends.”

There are fighters at the bottom of the first 15 that Joshua could endure without much risk, but he should deal with the criticism of the fans.

“So, right now, he is not on the land of any man. If he struggles, he is at risk of beating. Anyone Joshua struggles will take a long time, even if he is a non -skilled so -called,” said McKenzie.