Was Dubois overrated by the British media?

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  1. Mark Anthony

    Mark Anthony Internet virgin Full Member

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    Dubois was really poor vs Usyk, was he being overhyped by British media organisations like Talksport?
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  2. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Yes, a bit...

    But then also... Usyk has been routinely underrated in the mainstream.

    Understandable that his age leaves questions, but he answered them really well.
     
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  3. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    every brit whos ever worn gloves was overrated by brit media. its what they do.
     
  4. thehook13

    thehook13 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    British bias against the Brit slayer. Completely understandable
     
  5. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    Yeah probably a bit. But understandable given the way he completely ironed out the bodybuilder .
     
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  6. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Now they're inventing excuses: "Dubois didn't prepare well for the fight, he had a party with 70 people previous night, his dad interfered, etc etc".

    Usyk KTFO him, that's the ony truth.
     
  7. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    Anthony Joshua would be a better example of one being overrated by the British media.
     
  8. LoniBana

    LoniBana Member Full Member

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    On the scale of AJ, Naseem or Audley for outrageously hyped and realistically rated as Danny Williams, Bruno or even Chisora on the other end, he falls somewhere in the middle.
     
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  9. MidniteProwler

    MidniteProwler Fab 4. Mayor of Aussie Boxing Full Member

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    Everyone is overrated once they lose I guess? Sometimes you just lose to the better man it doesn't mean you are no good.
     
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  10. Kiwi Fish

    Kiwi Fish Active Member Full Member

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    I think the British media understandably hype their own guys. I'm sure most countries media do it, especially non-english language media.

    Its just British media is more dispersed globally and everyone understands English. The French media were hyping Yoka at one point for example but they never get criticism for it because less people speak French and pay attention to French media.
     
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  11. PrimoGT

    PrimoGT Member Full Member

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    No, not really, by British media standards.
    Nowhere near as overrated as Joshua.
     
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  12. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    the media im talking about here is the talking heads that cover the broadcasts. they dksab so the perspective they translate over to viewers, most of who also dksab, is usually ridiculously skewed to the benefit of the brit fighter. so most viewers believe theyre seeing something, that aint really happening. same thing happens here with certain fighters, for certain reasons. as most old threads you can pull up will attest.
     
  13. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    No
     
  14. PrimoGT

    PrimoGT Member Full Member

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    The hype Dubois has received for beating Miller, Hrgovic and Joshua .... is actually less than Joshua received for beating Charles Martin.

    Joshua was hype job of the century.
     
  15. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nobody hyped him up for beating Charles Martin. Everybody and their momma knew Martin was a paper champ. But when he beat Klitschko - the best active heavyweight in the world at the time, he got his deserved props. Brits were of course overrated him a bit, but not to the extent they would overhype Fury for beating Wilder. After that he had a nice title reign where he actually was defeating Top 10 and Top 5 guys, racking up 7 defences in the process. Dubois can't lace AJ's boots when it comes to the being the champion.
     
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