2024-09-22 16:59:25
Tyson Fury furious with Joshua for loss by Dubois, costing him 150 million lireand
Daniel Dubois confounded all accounts in boxing. Everything was predetermined.
The idea is that he would have lost to Anthony Joshua for the International Boxing Federation title that was vacated by Oleksandr Usyk, then face the winner of Usyk’s rematch, Tyson Fury. Or at least against Fury even if he loses to the Ukrainian. And the millions from Saudi Arabia would come. However, Dubois has now joined the fray, which, at least so far, is not so attractive for big sums.
However, the 27-year-old Dubois decided that this was not to his liking and blew Joshua out like a candle, brutally knocking him out in front of 96,000 spectators at Wembley in the fifth round. In reality, Daniel should have won much earlier, but for unclear reasons the referee left his opponent in the ring after his third knockdown.
Joshua smelled the pavement in the first round. He made it through the second, but then got knocked down in the third and fourth. Anthony pretended not to be affected and dropped his hands, which proved fatal to him.
The moment Anthony failed to stand up, Conor McGregor grabbed his head and Tyson Fury broke down. “That fool is worth at least 150 million pounds to me,” snarled Gypsy King Fury. That’s how much his fight with Joshua was rated.
However, the biggest profit was for the bookmakers. Joshua was a huge favorite with a 79% chance of winning. Almost everyone even predicted that Dubois would not last long in the ring. The exact opposite happened and all the money placed on Anthony’s success went into the bookies’ coffers.
Dubois is not a typical boxer who comes from a poor family. His father is a millionaire and he has 10 siblings. But it was his father who chose him as the heir to the fighting spirit of their ancestor Susie DuBois, who lived in the 18th century. She won her freedom by crushing her master in a fist fight.
Daniel never went to school, only trained and graduated as a private student. His amateur career was quite lean, turning professional at the age of 19 and catching the eye of Frank Warren. He is twice the champion of England, but refuses to participate in the Olympic Games. And he didn’t get his first phone until he was 22 years old, so he wouldn’t be distracted by boxing.
DuBois was talked about years ago when it became clear that he had knocked out Joshua during a sparring match. He was also Tyson Fury’s partner. And before that, he also trained with Huey Fury.
Daniel’s power is impressive. In 24 fights, DuBois has 22 wins (21 of them before the end of the match) and only two losses. 12 of his opponents did not make it past two rounds. The only one to last a full game against him is Kevin Vladimirovich Johnson. But Johnson has not been knocked out by either Vitali Klitschko, Tyson Fury or Derek Chisora.
Until his fight with Usyk in 2023, the average length of his fights was just 8 minutes and 4 seconds. That’s 16 seconds better than Joshua’s record in his first 20 fights. Still, it’s a far cry from Deontay Wilder and Mike Tyson’s feats over the same period. For Wilder it is only 3.53 minutes, and for the Beast – 5 minutes and 27 seconds.
Daniel’s first loss was at the end of 2020 against the undefeated Englishman Joe Joyce. The bout was stopped in the 10th round after Dubois’ left eye was closed by his opponent’s punches, at which point he was leading on points with all the judges. It turned out he had a broken eyeball, nerve damage and the eye was filling up with blood. If the fight had continued, the boxer could have gone blind. His treatment lasted 5 months.
Already in 2021, Dubois became the interim champion in the version of the World Boxing Association, knocking out the Romanian Bogdan Dinu. He then knocked out Trevor Bryan in the fourth round, making him a full belt holder.
His fight with Kevin Lerena was the most epic. The judges saved him by ringing the gong 9 seconds before the end of the round as they counted his third knockdown. He then knocked out his opponent in the third round. With a torn cruciate ligament in the knee.
Then came the loss to Usyk, and then recorded two knockout wins over Jarrell Miller and Filip Hergovic. Now he only wants another fight with the Ukrainian.