Daniel Dubois misses chance for quick comeback

Daniel Dubois is trying to rebuild his vocation aft a pugnacious decision to Oleksandr Usyk successful his past fight. The British heavyweight, a erstwhile IBF champion, had a large 2 years successful which helium showed apical form. During that time, helium knocked retired Jarrell Miller, past a combat against Filip Hrgović ended successful a aesculapian stoppage, and successful September 2025, helium demolished erstwhile two-time unified champion Anthony Joshua successful 5 rounds.

His occurrence shows that Dubois is susceptible of being a superior contender successful the heavyweight division, but things are getting analyzable again. Earlier this year, a planned combat against Joseph Parker fell done erstwhile DDD withdrew astatine the past infinitesimal owed to illness. The assemblage wanted to spot the fight, but things got complicated.

Missed opportunity

Dubois precocious turned down a caller connection to combat Parker owed to wounded portion readying his comeback, arsenic confirmed by promoter Frank Warren to talkSPORT Boxing: 

"The combat we wanted to bash was betwixt him and Joseph Parker. We offered him the combat but present he's injured. I uncertainty he'll combat this year. He'll astir apt beryllium backmost successful January oregon February adjacent year."

Meanwhile, Parker defends his interim WBO heavyweight rubric against British heavyweight Fabio Wardley successful October. The victor volition beryllium ordered to combat reigning champion Usyk for the afloat title. If the Ukrainian pulls retired for immoderate reason, Parker oregon Wardley volition beryllium promoted to champion.

This means Dubois has missed retired connected a speedy instrumentality to the apical of the heavyweight division. His wounded and determination to crook down the Parker combat means fans volition person to hold a small longer to spot him successful the ring, and until past helium needs to enactment connected his fittingness and wellness to beryllium competitory again. 

Although helium has gone done a bid of awesome victories, the existent infinitesimal shows however hard it is to support apical presumption successful the pugnacious boxing scene, wherever each item tin mean the quality betwixt occurrence and a delayed return.