Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois, was very impressed along with his boxer’s efficiency from final Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As a part of the large ‘Day of Reckoning’ card, Dubois had his profession on the road in a crossroads bout with undefeated Jarrell Miller.
The 26-year-old Dubois was coming off a knockout loss by the hands of unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk from August.
Towards Miller, there have been some robust moments, however Dubois was in a position to climate the storm to interrupt down and cease Miller within the tenth spherical.
“To this event it actually mattered and that was a giant second,” Dubois mentioned. “I am grateful to my dad (Dave) and the help from my workforce from the best way I carried out and I got here by way of this.
“I can take punishment and dish it out and that was what it was about. Miller got here to work and it was an incredible struggle. No matter I used to be missing earlier than I felt I gained it tonight and that was expertise.”
Warren believes Dubois has now totally earned the fitting to safe a lot larger alternatives within the coming 12 months.
“He is again on the huge desk,” Warren mentioned. “So now we’re in search of some huge fights subsequent 12 months. He can have a pleasant break over Christmas as a result of bear in mind he is gone back-to-back camps in important fights and clearly the final one was a world title and this one was like redemption. He needed to work very laborious.
“It was a extremely robust struggle in opposition to a man who’s a competitor, who’s additionally very sensible mentally and takes a shot. I imply [Miller] hit him with some bombs he would usually take folks out with. He sucks them up, sucks him up and on the finish clearly he clearly he received by way of and finished what he needed to do.
“For me he is confirmed all of the doubters incorrect. He did what he needed to do as a result of he needed to suck up there. He needed to dig deep in opposition to a man who typically thought he was going to beat him so hats off, he is finished the enterprise!”
