People discrediting Dubois’ level

Dubois is a prime killer he's just been outclassed and that's a testament to Usyk. He doesn't like it when things get tough though, 3 knees against Lerena should have resulted in a loss because 3 knockdown rule was actually in effect there, but oh well.

 

Dubois is a good fighter and has done well. I think people are too hard on him, but he definitely doesn't have the same heart for the sport as guys like Fury, Joshua or Wilder who will go out on their shield.

It really seems like he does boxing because boxing is what his dad has pushed him into his whole life rather than because he chose and loves it like the other fighters mentioned.

 

Joyce fight his eye was puffed up like a balloon so that wasn't really quit but he did go take a knee from a Usyk jab in their first fight, because he didn't have an ounce of success outside of the low blow. And yes knee injury but that still counts as a knee therefore knockdown. Otherwise you could just take a knee whenever you felt like a break, punishment free.

 

What?
I didn't know this (I knew about 3 knees, but I didn't know the 3 knockdown rule was in effect).
The rules of the fight were broken so blatantly and so brutally?

 

Go rewatch it, the 3KD rule is in effect in that fight, they say it beforehand too

 

This thread will be bumped when Dubois starts getting smoked left and right by new prospects

 

Usyk & Fury on form cannot be touched by plodding bog standard heavyweights, no point judging a man who loses to them.

Not really about heart, when these big bodybuilding lumps get hurt and tired they falter badly. He did well to gather himself quickly after a hurt AJ landed on him and beat AJ to the punch...which is easily done given the bodybuilding bum has no idea how to box.

Very hard for a heavy muscle bound fighter to endure this current version of Usyk, who has got BETTER against bog standard heavys despite getting older. They don't mentally challenge him at all. They might get to Usyk when he is 42 and on a real physical decline.

 

A lot of people always doubted Dubious could be a top tier fighter. I am amongst them. He is just "not bad", and he can thank his godfather (whoever he is) for all the undeserved opportunities he got, starting with the rematch that should have never happened.

As it has already been mentioned, his future is being KTFO by prospects and hungry young lions.

 

Miller was out of shape and gassed.

 

Beating an improved Dubois does not make Usyk the goat..

 

I dont see any improvement in dubois, tbh.

 

If Dubois wasn't headbutting Hrgovic every 10 seconds then he would've lost on points. Dubois can obviously fight, but he would not have been world-level in a lot of other eras. I think he's limited because of the ring IQ he displays, he just barrels forward, poor head movement, and does not have the skill set to employ an effective plan B. Knocking out a completely spent version of Joshua made him look a lot better than he actually is - he's a solid Euro-level fighter. He'd have lost to Parker if he hadn't pulled out the night before as well.