What's Next For Dubois?

[MasterG]

Gassiev. Someone in the top 10 who isn't fighting merry-go-round heavyweights. Also was out point by Usky at Cruiser.

[Kilburn]

Plenty of big, interesting fights out there for Dubois, I like the Wardley match up for instance.

The Joshua fight was so one sided I wouldn’t want to see that again.

[SeanBrennan]

Kabayel would do him.

I think Kabayel could beat them all apart from Usyk.

I agree, he's really good. Avoided.

He really is, really decent fella too

[coneye]

Think whats left for DD depends entirly on Frank , Warren really is the master at building fighters up so it really depends if he wants to concentrate on him or one of his other heavyweights , DD gets out boxed by Parker who will be too fast for him and he gets stoped by Kayabel who i think will destoy him , But theres plenty of others he can beat and still stay relevent . personaly i don't care if he boxes again , he does seem like a likable young fella , naive , but likable , so i'd just like to see him grow up , put his big boys pants on and live the life he wants instead of what his dad wants .

But in reality , for the moment i think what will happen is dad will blame the loss on Charles , look around for a new trainer who will do has he's told by dad , for his payday , then a rematch with Joyce or something maybee AJ , but i doubt there going near Parker or Kayabel ,

[chinarich]

The IBF is always keen to split their belt away when there is an undisputed or unified champion so if that happens again this time then Dubois can fight Chisora for the vacant title. Or an interim if Usyk manages to keep hold of it.

[Ezzard]

Big Fraze???

[Manchester Hitman]

It seems Joyce hasn’t got the message that he’s finished, and Daniel will need a confidence booster... Plus there’s the story behind the fight.

I really worry for Joyce, but Frank might look at it and decide to kill 2 birds with one stone. It’s not really his fault if he does, if Joe insists he wants to continue.

[Nightmare Roy]

If he wants too he can come again, probably even win a title once Usyk hangs them up.

[KiwiRider]

I still think Lawrence Okolie should be a front runner.
Sure his fights are, ummm, a bit lackluster, but Daniel coming forward should stop a lot of the cuddling.
Their hand speed seems similar and whoever wins gets bumped back in the mix.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Sam Jones joins Team Daniel Dubois in advisory role

Daniel Dubois will have a few new looks among his team when he next enters the ring.

The former IBF heavyweight titlist has brought aboard prominent boxing figure Sam Jones, who joins Team Dubois in an advisory role. The union was confirmed on Tuesday, less than a month after Dubois, 22-3 (21 KOs) suffered a fifth-round knockout defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, 24-0 (15 KOs) in their July 19 heavyweight championship rematch at Wembley Stadium in London.

“Really excited to be linking up with Team Dubois,” Jones told BS. “[Five] years ago, we were in opposite corners. But now in the funny old sport of boxing, we have now teamed up.”

Jones was the manager of 2016 Olympic silver medalist Joe Joyce when he faced Dubois in their November 2020 battle of unbeaten heavyweights. Joyce won via tenth-round knockout in a fight that left Dubois with a fractured eye socket.

The hulking heavyweight – a career-long product of Queensberry Promotions and favorite of Hall of Fame promoter allegedly - went on to win seven of his next eight bouts, all via knockout. Three big wins came against unbeaten opposition, including a June 2022 conquering of unbeaten Trevor Bryan to claim a secondary version of the WBA heavyweight title.

Dubois parlayed the belt into a mandatory title shot in his first fight with Usyk, who won their August 2023 clash via ninth-round knockout.

Similarly, Dubois claimed the IBF interim heavyweight title in an eighth-round stoppage of then-unbeaten contender Filip Hrgovic last June 1 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The win came six months after he dealt the first career defeat to Jarrell Miller via tenth-round knockout, also in Riyadh.

Dubois was subsequently upgraded to full IBF titlist when Usyk committed to a rematch with Tyson Fury in lieu of a pending mandatory title consolidation bout. The move worked out equally well for Dubois and Usyk, who won their next respective bouts and would ultimately meet again this past summer.

Usyk earned a repeat win over Fury last December to preserve the balance of his unified championship reign. Waiting in the wings was Dubois, following his career-best and stunningly one-sided fifth-round knockout of former two-time unified heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua. The win took place last September in front of a record-breaking crowd at Wembley Stadium.

It remains the last win to date for Dubois, whose IBF title reign ended in disappointing fashion with his repeat defeat to Usyk.

A timetable for Dubois’ ring return was not made available. While his next bout will include Jones, no longer along for the ride is Kieran Farrell, who stepped down from his role as assistant trainer.

Farrell, a former lightweight prospect who was forced to retire following a December 2012 defeat to Anthony Crolla, joined Team Dubois last March and was in the heavyweight’s corner for his wins over Hrgovic and Joshua as well as the second loss to Usyk.

The decision to step down was not immediately made clear, nor will Farrell further comment on the matter.

“I have made the decision to part ways with Team Dubois,” Farrell revealed via his verified Instagram account. “In the 18 months with [Dubois], we’ve achieved so much including a unforgettable night at Wembley Stadium. Helping Daniel become world heavyweight champion has been truly rewarding on a number of levels.

“I wish Daniel all the best going forward. I won’t be making any further comment at present, but needless to say [I’m] excited for what’s next for myself and look forward to making many more world champions.”

Meanwhile, Jones – whose roster includes former title challenger Jack Catterall and highly touted heavyweight prospect Pat Brown, a 2024 Great Britain Olympian – firmly believes that Dubois will become his next world champion.

“The goal is simple,” Jones stated. “That is for Daniel to become a [two-time] heavyweight champion.”

[Ruthless-RKO]

Don't understand why he needs more people. Why does he need Jones?

Maybe get rid of the dad..

[KiwiRider]

Seems like he is keen to box on then.
Hard to say where his head was at after the sat out the count.
I wouldn't have been surprised if he wasn't going to regroup, but I'm glad he is.

[Ruthless-RKO]

As stated above, Kieran Farrell has left the team

[Coco]

Sam Jones is a prominent boxing figure.......

Just imagine the different result if Jones had previously been on DDDs team.....

[tony1234]

Don't understand why he needs more people. Why does he need Jones?

Maybe get rid of the dad..

Get a more professional team behind him and get rid of the distractions like that party

[keithmoonhangover]

Joyce rematch?

[Coco]

Joyce rematch?

Why not? a name, avenges a loss, should be a straightforward win

Prob not a good fight for Joyce.

He can then sit in the mix waiting for Uysk to retire, and for the belts to fragment, tick over with Whyte and Chisora

[chinarich]

Joyce-Dubois II has a good narrative behind it. Neither is the same fighter they were during the first bout with one going forwards and the other backwards, but avenging a loss always looks good in the promos so it should sell. Are they both with Warren? Easy fight to make if so...

[joshj909]

Don't understand why he needs more people. Why does he need Jones?

Maybe get rid of the dad..

Because he never went to school, gets punched in the head for a living and can barely string a sentence together. If he was allowed to think for himself, God knows what he would be doing.

[joshj909]

Joyce rematch makes most sense. Wardley, Kabayel, Parker, Zhang, Huni, Okolie, Bakole and Whyte would also make sense. Anything else is a bit of a disappointing comeback, especially given how good the matchmaking was last time after losing to Usyk.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Farrell wrote on social media: "I have made the decision to part ways with Team Dubois. In the 18 months with DDD we’ve achieved so much including an unforgettable night at Wembley [the win over Joshua]. Helping DDD become world champion has been truly rewarding on a number of levels [and] I wish Daniel all the best goin forward."

[SeanBrennan]

Not a dig at all, but what do you think Jones is there for? Surely with Warren he has all the access he needs for elite fights.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Not a dig at all, but what do you think Jones is there for? Surely with Warren he has all the access he needs for elite fights.

Just adding guys to the payroll

[Coco]

Don't understand why he needs more people. Why does he need Jones?

Maybe get rid of the dad..

Because he never went to school, gets punched in the head for a living and can barely string a sentence together. If he was allowed to think for himself, God knows what he would be doing.

He did spend that time doing press-ups on his knuckles while reciting the Lord's Prayer