Is Dubois for real?

[mrbig1]

Watching video of Daniel Dubois and I have to say he looks to have some skill. We all know he has power but that means little when you face a real champ. So does he have what it takes?

[Primo Carnera]

Not at the highest level. The fight between him and Joyce basically just gets rid of one pretender to the crown.

[Master]

Triple D is the real deal, he has steadily improved his boxing skills, got faster and now has an excellent jab. There is still a lot to develop but he is young enough to gain the experience to become a world champion if managed correctly.

[TonnnnUK]

Got to be careful with heavyweights, especially British ones. But I think Dubois has the tools to be successful unlike the likes of British heavyweight hypes of years gone by:

Audley Harrison - Obviously any olympic gold medalist gets hype, and he started off well being up cans, but essentially didn't like getting hit back and crippled boxing on BBC forever!
David Price - Looked to be the real deal while knocking out cans, but chin of glass made that all come crumbling down. I remember getting a bit excited about him early days
David Haye - Seemed to have all the tools and athleticism to translate his cruiser success at a weak heavyweight division with just Wlad at the top. His feeble attempt at Wlad was my biggest disappointment for a fighter I was a fan of.


Dubois has scary power, seems to be taking things seriously, wants to and keeps improving. He can jab and box, and we've also seen him in a firefight. It was a bit of a war with Richard Lartey, and while he was something of an unknown name he threw shots with good power and bad intentions and Dubois took a few of them flush!

Of course there are bigger hitters and this is the heavyweight division, but I don't think Dubois will be a rabbit in the headlights when he gets someone smacking him back.

[Dark Lord Al]

Got to be careful with heavyweights, especially British ones. But I think Dubois has the tools to be successful unlike the likes of British heavyweight hypes of years gone by:

Audley Harrison - Obviously any olympic gold medalist gets hype, and he started off well being up cans, but essentially didn't like getting hit back and crippled boxing on BBC forever!
David Price - Looked to be the real deal while knocking out cans, but chin of glass made that all come crumbling down. I remember getting a bit excited about him early days
David Haye - Seemed to have all the tools and athleticism to translate his cruiser success at a weak heavyweight division with just Wlad at the top. His feeble attempt at Wlad was my biggest disappointment for a fighter I was a fan of.


Dubois has scary power, seems to be taking things seriously, wants to and keeps improving. He can jab and box, and we've also seen him in a firefight. It was a bit of a war with Richard Lartey, and while he was something of an unknown name he threw shots with good power and bad intentions and Dubois took a few of them flush!

Of course there are bigger hitters and this is the heavyweight division, but I don't think Dubois will be a rabbit in the headlights when he gets someone smacking him back.

Joshua iced Johnson in 2 rounds , he went the distance with Dubois.

[TonnnnUK]

Joshua iced Johnson in 2 rounds , he went the distance with Dubois.

Granted that fight was a bit of a shit show. He wasn't at his best that night Dubois, and journeyman Johnson has taken many the distance.