Should Dubois be praised for his performance?

Whilst I don't necessarily disagree...

It's still extremely weak to quit whilst there's still a chance to win, and he's got enough power to have a punchers chance (and IMHO that's all he ever had).

More than one of Usyks former opponents has said he's mentally exhausting to fight, Bellew in particular has made a big deal of that on more than one occasion - it's a huge challenge that Dubois hasn't faced anything like before... at the same time, it still shows a mental weakness to not want to hang in there while you still have a chance.

 

He negated any praise he wouldhave had from me once he took that knee and quit, again!

No dog, No respect!!

 

Don’t think it’s same? Ryan took a liver shot. Dubois took a jab to the chin.

 

Different points of contact & velocity / perceived potency of punches sure;
However,
Both waited it out to get up a second after being counted out at 10 forcing the Ref to stop it…. A way out = quit job.

 

The boy quit. He deserves no praise as he did nothing outside of throwing low blows.

 

I rate Daniel Dubois as a British level heavyweight at best. I'm not sure if he beats Dillian Whyte, Derek Chisora or even Frazier Clarke tbh. He's a very low level guy.

That being the case, he was up against an ATG, I thought he did "OK".

My prediction was a stoppage inside 6 and him not landing a glove on usyk, he made it past 6 and landed a couple of alright shots.

For the level Dubois is he did OK. If you expected anything more it's because you lack understanding of boxing.

 

The fact of the matter is DuBois has been hyped aggressively by the UK press as well as many US pundits. Just a few years ago he was the next big thing in the HW division. The fact that Usyk dominated him says much more about Usyk than it does about DuBois.

 

This is getting carried away, the bookies gave Dubois a similar chance against Usyk as they are giving Ngannou against Fury, and I agreed with that assessment. Dubois is pretty poo

 

Not sure what we are supposed to praise about that performance. He didn't win a round, was completely out classed and you can't even say he took his licks, dug deep and lasted to the final bell.

I guess he at least didn't hit the canvas 3 times in the first round like last time, so I guess that's an improvement, lol.

Dubois may not even be gatekeeper level as he's only ever beaten journeymen or untested guys like Lerena. Guys like Takam and Chisora in their primes probably beat Dubois, even now they might by ultra competitive until the old guys gas out, or maybe they take Dubois too deep and he folds again.

The only thing that I can say is impressive is that Warren ever got Dubois a title and a shot at the unified champion in Usyk. That's like having David Price in your stable and getting him a shot at Wlad.

 

110% percent. He did really well considering his very little experience. At least he and his team had a game plan.

 

As @Wig would say:

NO BRAIN
NO CHIN
NO HEART

 

I can’t disagree with this assessment of DDD after his last few performances.

However, he legit hurt BRUTHA USKY in that fifth round, something chisora/ Joshua level guys were unable to do in 36 rounds combined.

this implies two things to me
1 Dubois has elite power, and by extension Joyce Zhang II is an important fight for the division. All eyes on the winner for a shot at Wilder/Fury.
2 USKY will not be able to live with fury’s size and strength nor Wilders touch of death. Too cruiser too fragile.

I pick both the top dogs to beat up and stop the little feather fisted midget. Fury punches holes through him, and wilder touches him once and it’s lights out. USKY is not difficult to land on, just ask fifteen losses delboy chisora.

Joshua will find a way to lose against anyone in the top thirty at this point which is why his team will continue to DUCK them all.