But he ended up suffering a brutal loss at the hands of Dubois, who put him on the canvas four times en route to a stunning fifth-round knockout win.
It was a fourth career defeat for former world heavyweight king ‘AJ’ and immediately many wondered whether it was time for him to hang up his gloves.
He quickly denied any talk of calling it a day in his post-match press conference, though legendary promoter Bob Arum thinks he is on his way out.
In fact, Arum believes he should finally fight former WBC champion Deontay Wilder – who is coming off back-to-back losses to Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
“No, you don’t have an off night getting the s*** kicked out of you that way,” he told FightHub.
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