Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois' fight is stirring echoes of the animosity which stalked Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno - when bitter British rivals came to verbal and physical blows, writes JEFF POWEL
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Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois' fight is stirring echoes of the animosity which stalked Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno - when bitter British rivals came to verbal and physical blows, writes JEFF POWEL

Daily Mail  

The insults fell as heavily as the rain on the stadium and as fast as the punches in the ring. This Saturday's IBF world title fight between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois at Wembley is stirring echoes of the animosity which stalked Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno as they came to verbal as well as physical blows in the old Cardiff Arms Park on October 1 1993. Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis traded insults ahead of their fight back in 1993 Similar animosity has emerged between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois before their fight Joshua had threatened to throw a chair at Dubois during an interview back in June Lewis, like Dubois the younger and defending champion, called Bruno an 'Uncle Tom.' Bruno's manager Mickey Duff, whose demand that the fight take place in Wembley Arena had been rejected by team Lewis because they knew Big Frank's followers would flood that venue, said: 'I told you so.' Bruno was betrayed by his Achilles Jaw in his showdown with Lewis with the fight halted Lewis does not share the opinion Saturday's fight is a foregone conclusion for Joshua Lewis, recognising his former self in Dubois, believes the younger fighter has a great chance 'His graduation over the last three fights has been terrific and he's not finished yet.

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