ANTHONY JOSHUA’S summer of spite toward Daniel Dubois was sparked by a row down the pub. The clean-cut, multimillionaire golden boy - who used to down Mad Dog 2020 alcopops en route to nightclubs as an unknown teen - keeps in touch with his community now by still dipping into the local haunts. 7 Anthony Joshua challenges Daniel Dubois for the IBF heavyweight title at Wembley Credit: Getty 7 The pair had to be separated by security and promoter Frank Warren during a heated sitdown face-off in June Credit: GETTY 7 An out-of-character AJ threatened to hit Dubois with a chair Credit: GETTY 7 AJ made the menacing threat a week after having to put a young upstart in his place during a trip to one of former boozers Credit: REUTERS These days the 34-year-old reformed bad-boy bricklayer only does his fighting in the ring and conducts himself like a true ambassador of British sport.
But the week before the June 26 launch press conference for Saturday night's IBF world title war, a local loudmouth tried to take a liberty and the old ‘Femi’ from the Meriden Estate, who once struck fear around North London, was forced into a comeback that Dubois will now face the full force of. We were stunned when during their first media event, Joshua threatened to “smash this f***ing chair” over Dubois ’ face, after he felt the 27-year-old disrespected him. But it turned out the uncharacteristic threat of violence was a calculated move from the chess fan, after a row down the boozer brought.