Daniel Dubois - Who should his next opponent be?

Frank, as you know, has an awful record of fast-tracking fighters - and only sanctioned Dubois vs Joyce because he couldn't lose. He'll revert to type now and be on the phone to Matt Skelton: 'What you mean you retired? When?'

 

His last fight was such an opponent

What, like you do when people talk bad about Hearn?

 

The fact everyone but you put reasonable responses with the question in mind, says a lot about you really.

 

Mariusz Wach? Been around rarely stopped.
Chisora might be a good one.
He will bring it for the first 3 rounds or so. Daniel is going to have to box and fight at times to get past that, after that early burst things should get easier but he will have to watch out for that tin opener right hand del boy tries.
That might be a step too soon for him though - i struggle rating Chisora at times. For me he won Whyte 1, was ahead in Whyte 2 and just needed to pace himself to see the fight out before getting bingod.
Lost Vs Usyk but did OK early on before gassing and then pushed Parker all the way.

Dubois is hard to match - his power means he can go through also rans in no time but he learns nothing doing it- He reminds me of David Price a lot. Has talent, can obviously punch but is very upright, can look nervous and has taken an early defeat.

 

Chisora minus his Haye-inspired PED cocktails goes back to being a very fringe contender.

 

Sounds like the WBA will order Daniel Dubois vs. Trevor Bryan for the WBA "Regular" belt next.

Given how Bryan looked against Stiverne, that would probably be a pretty competitive fight.

The winner gets a mandatory shot with Joshua next year, if he's still the WBA 'super' champ then.

 

Simon Kean

 

Good comments, there are some good posts on this thread , very measured , knowledgeable and objective. The consensus appears to be he needs to learn his craft for a couple of years before trying the top.

 

On the post fight UK coverage of Dubois vs Dinu the presenter started off talking about Joshua, the super champion, but then rapidly moved on to Trevor Bryan and the 'Regular' belt. That wasn't by accident. He then talked about Warren's relationship with Don King who promotes Bryan. I think he also mentioned Charr who may have some kind of recess title, who knows where the WBA are concerned?

 

Bryan is definitely about the right level.

 

Jared Anderson, that would be a slugfest...

 

That is astonishing, that so called knowledgeable boxing people would compile such a hideous list as the WBA has done here, and obviously without shame.

 

An experienced fighter like Takam would be good. Maybe also Helenius.