When it comes to world heavyweight title fights, top trainer Adam Booth has been there and got the T-shirt. So when he gives analysis on a massive bout, wise heads sit up and take notice.
Booth of course was the mastermind behind David Haye’s rise to the title of world heavyweight champion, and he headed up Haye’s corner when the British star lost to Wladimir Klitschko in that massive unification fight in Germany back in 2011.
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Now he will be part of the weight division’s next big night when Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois for the IBF title takes centre stage at Wembley Stadium on September 21 (live on Sky Sports Box Office, DAZN PPV and TNT Sports Box Office in the UK).
Booth will head up the corner of Josh Kelly (15-1-1) when the Sunderland light-middleweight locks horns with Liam Smith on the undercard in front of a record crowd of 96,000 fans at the iconic stadium. This week he was asked for his take on the main event though, and he has one very very clear prediction.
Booth’s Joshua vs Dubois prediction
He told IFL TV: “It doesn’t go the distance. Go on body of work and experience, you have to go with AJ. Daniel Dubois is on an uptick in his career, he and Don Charles seem to be working really well together. He’s had two wins [against Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic] that you can see will make him grow in confidence as a fighter.
“On paper you have to fancy AJ, but it’s heavyweight boxing, anything can happen. Someone is gonna capitalise on a mistake and end the fight. That’s what I see happening.”
Some experts still believe there are doubts about the ability of Dubois (21-2) to hang at the very highest level, and Booth was asked whether the young Londoner is a world-class heavyweight.
“Yes of course he is. But is he a world-class heavyweight who can go to the next level? That’s what we’re gonna find out.”

Wembley show an incredible ‘event’
The September 21 Wembley show is a beauty – the first put on in the UK by Turki Alalshikh and Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season. As well as that heavyweight blockbuster, we also have Anthony Cacace v Josh Warrington (IBF super-featherweight title) and Joshua Buatsi v Willy Hutchinson (WBO interim light-heavyweight title). Booth admits it is on another level compared to other events he has worked on.
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“I’ve been fortunate enough to have coached, managed and promoted world heavyweight championships, and unifications in football stadiums, and they were big. But when I was standing there at the press conference it wasn’t just the venue, it was the fights as well.
“I would say that this is the biggest event that I have worked at.”