Daniel Dubois is awaiting doctor s clearance to make his return Photo Credit: Round N Bout Media/Queensberry Promotions
Daniel Dubois has vowed to come back stronger, following his defeat to Joe Joyce and insists it won’t take him long to get back on track.
Dubois (15-1, 14 KOs) succumbed to a tenth round stoppage loss to Joyce in November in their British, Commonwealth and European Heavyweight title showdown.
The 23-year-old took a knee in the tenth round and was unable to beat the count, with his left eye completely closed and was criticised in some circles for the manner of the defeat.
Daniel Dubois took the first loss of his pro career on Nov. 28, stopped in the 10th round by Joe Joyce in a fight where Dubois had trouble with a heavy jab, which busted up his eye and left him injured and beaten.
But Dubois (15-1, 14 KO) is still just 23, still one of the more promising heavyweight prospects in the game, and lost to a very good step-up opponent in Joyce, too.
Now looking to return with Mark Tibbs as his new trainer, Dubois sat down with Queensberry Promotions’ YouTube team to chat about the Joyce fight and how he plans to come back.
Now Dave Coldwell is one of the leading trainers in the country. But it was a long road to get there. In his own words he describes just what he had to go through
I was born in Calcutta, my mum’s Indian, my dad’s English. So I came over when I was one. I lived in Ecclesfield all my childhood life. I live on the outskirts of Rotherham right now but I’ve been here since I was one-year-old. Growing up was quite a challenge. Because back then, it’s not like it is today.
I didn’t have a lot going for me as a kid. Believe it or not, I was small. That seems to have stuck with me for life. So I got s