Dubois is a majorly flawed fighter and he will never truly be great.

Dubois is on limited time. He has yet to face all the other contenders of this era like Ajagba, Sanchez, Zhang, Wardley, Bakole, Parker, Kabayel, Okolie, Ruiz and he's not guaranteed to beat any of them because he already lost to Joyce and has a controversial win over Lerena. Not to mention the new generation is already on the horizon, Huni, Torrez and Itauma are already here

He was never reigning champion material

Dubois's is destined to be a gatekeeper. The new prospects will use him as a stepping stone because he has a win over Anthony Joshua and fought Usyk.

 

Odd thought -- Chisora. On paper, I'd expect Dubois to win, probably blast Chisora out. But in reality? A man with shaky confidence / warrior heart, up against an (admittedly aging) man who is like the ancient Greek archetype of a warrior? I could see Dubois being mind****ed and intimated by Chisora mid fight, ending up KO'd.

Low-tier intangibles up against s-tier intangibles...

 

Dubois has actually beaten good fighters in Hrgovic and AJ and I'd expect him to keep doing so as he is still quite young, but defo no chance of him being an ATG thats for sure.

 

Dubois got lucky that he fought the PTSD version of AJ. He also headbutted Hrgovic into oblivion with zero repercussions. I honestly think Hrgovic would outbox him over 10 or 12 rounds with the right officials and fair refereeing. The Lerena, Joyce, and Usyk fights showed that he's a Euro-level fighter, but fair play to him and Frank, they've made an absolute fortune despite all this.

 

Let's be honest, he smokes prime joshua. Dubois as a 19 year old KO'd joshua in sparring. Aj is just overrated. But I do agree I'd take Hrgovic to beat him in a rematch

 

AJ is overrated, but even then, Dubois fought a total shell of him, which made him look indestructible. It was great matchmaking by Frank and got Dubois a generational payday and rematch against the actual champion who had already dismantled him.

 

I think its quite obvious he has autism and its probably the main reason he shuts off when he is trouble in fights.

 

Dubois is flawed, but so are most fighters at heavyweight. He is a fun fighter to watch and he takes on all comers. He's basically willing to fight anyone.

He beat 3 very good fighters recently... AJ, Hrgovic and Miller. That's more than can be said about most fighters. I'll still be a fan of his because he's always in exciting fights.

When Usyk is not around, he can still be a champ again.

 

To be fair, no one said he's going to be truly great. He's virtually guaranteed to have a good career now if he wants it.

 

Dubois has definitely been overrated based on his recent run of form pre-Usyk. A lot of people were making him out to be a fighter he wasn't.

He is definitely a capable fighter though, and could win a title again if the desire is still there. Although his flaws have been clearly exposed to all now, its another thing altogether for a fighter not named Usyk to take advantage of them, Dubois' jab is no slouch.

But yeah, it's why I disagreed with a lot of people saying he would destroy Parker in 5 rounds. That assertion was based on not a whole lot.

 

Minor setback, losing to an ATG.
He'll have a long career.
When you have this much quit in you, it's hard to take a lot of damage.

 

Horseshyte.

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...kevin-lerena-rbr.739137/page-92#post-23476135

He was KTFO, plain and simple.