DDD floored the two-time world champion in his first defence, scoring a fifth-round knockout at Wembley Stadium in front of 96,000 fans.

It leaves Dubois with effectively his pick of the division, with a bout against the winner of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury's rematch the obvious prospect.

But with Joseph Parker, Zhilei Zhang and a rematch with Joshua also all options, Queensberry promoter Warren has promised plenty of big nights after a stunning performance.

"It was phenomenal," he said afterwards. "No-one's done that to AJ like that, have they? Nobody. This man's got phenomenal power in both hands, he's got a great chin himself.

"AJ caught him with a couple of good shots, a really great uppercut and he took them. He gritted his teeth, came through it and he's done him with the counter.

"For me, we started this journey together as a team, with his dad, with his family and it's coming to fruition. It's been a great ride and it's going to get better and better.

"There's some great fights to be made and he's a young man. He's 27, that's young for a heavyweight. There's some brilliant fights to be made."

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