A lot of Dubois hate......

So is Gorman so was Tyson and so is Hughie Fury! Can’t see what age has to do with it when you’re being hyped as the best prospect at HW Fwank has ever seen and the Man who dropped AJ in sparring. Back it up or let him come in under the radar I say that’s why fighters get bad comments cos they are overhyped and the fans expect the world.

 

Dubois is way overhyped

Laughable

 

I thought that was good work for Dubois. Every time he’s hit an opponent on the head they’ve fallen over, but last night that didn’t happen. He should learn loads from it, he’s only a kid.

Next time, he’ll pick his shots, keep working the body and slowly dismantle them. He doesn’t have to knock everyone out. He could have thrown a 1/4 of the shots he did last night and had more success had he picked them better. He knows that now and will work on it.

 

If Dubois is getting any "hate" then people are being proper fannies.

He's barely 21. He fought an experienced pro who came to survive and won comfortably. He has great balance, speed and decent shot making.

He's constantly being compared to Joshua, well Joshua was 27 when he fought Johnson and was an Olympic Gold medalist and was into his 13th pro fight.

I also don't buy that Gorman would "batter" him. I like Nathan, but it'd be a close fight. Gorman looks like he has fast hands and good shots, but he's shorter and looks a little too heavy to go 12 rounds. If Dubois used his size, strength and jab properly, then I'd favour DD.

 

Flip I thought he looked alright last night. Hardly a punishing fight but for a 10 rounder his punch output was good up to the end, even after a big pace in the first few rounds - that's a massive positive.

He fell for Johnson's tricks of luring him in too close, and he didn't feint enough to draw Johnson's defensive moves and pick his shots from there. But he'll learn from that. For 9 fights I thought that was a solid performance.

 

Who is Dubois' coach?

You feel that Yarde, under someone like Adam Booth, could become one heck of a fighter.

I'd like Dubois to be with someone like a Shane McGuigan.

 

Somewhat off the topic of Daniel, but literally related, I recently learned that his sister Caroline is also a boxer and achieving promising things

 

Trains out of the Peacock gym and Martin Bowers is his trainer.

 

Given his age, I would say the sky is the limit for young Daniel. 21 years old, he has plenty of time to learn and improve.

Right now though, Gorman beats him.