Daniel Dubois - Who should his next opponent be?

Dinu, top 20 !?!??

 

Quite a good shout.
No way Kean takes it without a huge chunk of money thrown at him though.

 

I wouldn't have Brezeale in the top 20 HWs. I certainly wouldn't put him the bracket of carrying decent power e.g. AJ, Povetkin, Whyte, Joyce, Hrgovic, Bakole, Dubois, Gassiev, Wilder, Chisora, Yoka and Makhmudov.

 

Yeah but he is or was ranked in the top 20

And whilst mo Wilder ko eise, he is a big lump with decent power, which is what you stated

 

Read again

 

I think he could get by pulev at this point. Risky fight but not sure Pulev has the power to hurt him.

 

Otto Wallin ofcourse

 

Who should his next opponent be?
Fury or AJ

Ok, seriously he has time but there many HWs out there at his current level. I've only read the OP. DD should next fight a top 10-20 opponent.
Or Frank can draw out his career slowly.

 

Kownacki

 

Probably the worst match up for him after the way he struggled to deal with Joyce's jab.

 

Pulev doesn't need to knock him out to win, he just needs to repeat what Joyce did and keep that jab in his face and put rounds in the bank.

Pulev would be too big a risk right now. He has a better chance vs Pulev as his work rate and movement isn't as good as Joyce's but that jab we all know Dubois can't slip will disrupt a lot of his attempts at offence.

Pulev might be a good choice later on once he's made improvements, to prove Dubois has learned to slip a jab. But right now Dubois still has no head movement and still moves in straight lines and so will just eat jabs all night.

 

Pulev is probably retired , he made a party recently , and will jump in the politics in Bulgaria.

 

Takam, maybe even Bakolie.

Guys just below world level.

 

Ajagba has a jab, power and an 8 inch reach advantage, I'm not sure that would end well for Dubois.
I think there's zero chance of this fight happening at this stage, maybe as a final eliminator down the line. ATM it's a high risk, low reward fight for both guys.

Someone like Rice would be a nice next fight, he has size, a decent chin, moves rather well and has some power (he gave Yoka hell in his 2nd pro fight and also had McKean hurt badly at some point in their fight).

 

Ajagba would be risky because he has power but in some ways he's like Dubois. No head movement, very basic and his footwork is even worse than Dubois' and he's also slow as hell. Personally I think if Dubois was able to catch the more mobile Joyce, Ajagba will be a sitting duck for Dubois' aggression. Ajagba is a sucker for a right hand and if a cruiserweight like Kiladze can drop him then Dubois would lay him out cold.

I don't see Ajagba getting into a position for a final eliminator any time soon after he was dumped by his promotional team. The Kiladze fight showed he's a KO waiting to happen. For me he's the most over hyped prospect, everyone sees his size and power and ignores he's slow as hell, a sucker for a right hand, has no defence and has two left feet. He's basically Gerald Washington with power or the next David Price.