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TYSON FURY is already turning his back on a fight with Anthony Joshua following defeat to Daniel Dubois.
Fury was part of the British-record 98,000 at Wembley who watched Dubois knock AJ out in five rounds.
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GettyThe Gypsy King saw his touted blockbuster with Joshua go up in smoke alongside his next opponent Oleksandr Usyk.
So now Fury will look to avenge his loss to Usyk before challenging Dubois.
He said: “I’ve got to fight my man haven’t I? The f***ing rabbit.
“And I’m gonna take all my belts back once again. Guarantee you. I’ll get that back as well.
“When I fight Usyk in December and beat him, I’ll bring all the belts that I should never have lost and then then I’ll fight Dubois and take that off him as well. That’s my plan.”
Fury, 36, lost the WBC belt and his undefeated record in May after defeat to Usyk, 37, with the pair set to rematch on December 21.
But Usyk was forced to vacate the IBF title to proceed with the sequel as Dubois, 27, got elevated from interim champion.
And in his first defence, he dropped Joshua, 34, FOUR times before a brutal round five right hand closed the show.
Round by round: How Dubois demolished Joshua
ANTHONY JOSHUA bravely picked himself up from the floor against Daniel Dubois – until he could no more.
AJ was floored four times in five rounds by Dubois before a thudding counter right closed the show in dramatic fashion.
Here, SunSport’s Jack Figg takes you round-by-round from the Wembley war.
ROUND 1
Dubois comes out sharp with the jab as Joshua bounces around struggling to deal with the piston-like left.
Huge right hand from Dubois has AJ staggering backwards with his hands far too low from the opening bell.
Joshua made to pay for the mistake as he circles out with his hands down and gets dropped by an overhand right.
ROUND 2
Joshua – saved only by the bell after being floored – struggles to get going as he takes shots to the face.
AJ is tottering and teetering around the ring with his guard again dangerously low and inviting pressure on.
Joshua is attempting to get back into the bout but his jab looks far too lazy – he doesn’t look to have recovered from the knockdown.
ROUND 3
AJ comes out with more intent but swings wildly with a right and connects with only thin air.
Dubois pours on the pressure and hammers Joshua into the corner scoring another knockdown.
The bell sounds but Dubois lands one or two afterwards – again AJ is saved by the clock as the writing looks on the wall.
ROUND 4
Disaster strikes again with Joshua floored once more – losing his balance as he touches the canvas.
The referee gives AJ another fighting chance and Dubois lands a low blow – giving the challenger some valuable respite.
Dubois slows down as four rounds come to a close with Joshua showing sensational resilience to hang in there.
ROUND 5
Joshua lands a huge right hand and Dubois legs buckle – an astonishing turnaround looks to be on the cards.
AJ pins Dubois onto the ropes and attempts one of his signature uppercuts but the countering right hand gets there first.
Joshua is caught flush on the chin, dropped once more and this time out for good. Dubois scores a stunning KO win.
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As revealed by SunSport, AJ and Fury were being lined up for a stunning two-fight deal.
But after the shock loss, Fury reacted from ringside: “That’s cost me £150 million, the silly c***.”
Joshua now has the chance to exercise an immediate rematch clause after confirming he will not retire.
He is still contracted to one more bout with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season – and it could still be against Fury.
Promoter Eddie Hearn said: “We have another fight with Riyadh Season and His Excellency Turki Alalshikh.
“Dubois is part of that plan, but so could be Fury or another heavyweight.
“We fancied winning tonight and facing the winner of Usyk vs Fury, now we may end up fighting the loser of that fight if it’s Fury.”
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