Heavyweight Boxing

exactly the time to stop it I think was this!!

as good as his chin is, he was definitely wobbled and hurt and groggy by plenty shots; I can think of a few HWs who would barely flinch from those shots: McCall, Mercer, Vitali, Chuvalo to name a few. So from this fight tonight, no he’s not in any discussion

Post above. Yes, second KD was a voluntary panic knee he took. Definitely still has a fragility. Put this way, not a snowball’s chance in hell that DD would have been as tough and brave as Wardley had shoe been on other foot. DD has heart when he’s in command. But when under real pressure, it has lacked

Yes, it's hard to explain but DDD is a tough nut when he feels he is in charge and a quitter when he feels he is dominated.

In his defence on that one, I think he was genuinely shook by the shot.

Enough to put him over on it's own ?.....no definitely not. But hurt him enough to leave him vulnerable to Wardley landing a follow up and finishing him ?.......yes absolutely. So I actually thought he was quite smart to take a knee and compose himself.

Dubois showed tonight, that he still has some mental fragility. But in contrast to that, he also showed enough heart and toughness, that any quitter tag should be discarded going forward. He didn't bail out at the first (or second) sign of trouble, and as the fight wore on, even looked a lot more comfortable when Wardley was winging big shots towards him.

the first KD was absolutely not hard/heavy. Watch it. DD said himself it was a nothing flash KD; KD2 was harder, but nothing heavy at all. It wasn’t an actual KD (in the sense he had no choice but to go down) as DD chose to take the knee. Nobody criticised him for going down from either knockdown.

DDs credit tonight: jab, fitness, concentration and pace!

not sure. But from what I saw, and others, he seemed to panic and took a knee to try erase the panic/doubt. It’s not really a criticism, more an observation. Lot other fighters would have stayed up and either tried unload or covered up to ride it out

I agree he did panic.......because he was definitely hurt by the shot, and we all know Wardley would have finished a hurt Dubois should be have stayed up, including Dubois, hence it was a smart decision.

well that was some fight last night and i really enjoyed it until the last couple of rounds, the towel should have come in for Wardley

Dubois was nervous going into that fight which is no surprise after getting beaten last time out, the first flash knock down buzzed him and he cleared his head, he boxed clever and didn’t rush his work using the ropes, it’s a shame his inside game isn’t up to much

He made the right choice taking a knee later on to clear his head because Wardley was still fresh and could have finished him, may as well use the 8 count as that’s what it’s there for and as we saw with fury it is worth it.

Wardley did well to last but he took far too much damage for my liking and there’s no need for that, a hurt fighter shouldn’t be kept in to get hurt more just because he has a chance of a haymaker

Plus I rarely pay any attention to pre match chatter. Its main purpose is to drum up more interest in the fight and rarely if ever to be taken seriously.

DDs chin is funny. At times he’s wobbled and dropped from average shots, and other times he takes heavier shots better.

Let’s get Kabayel-Dubois.. should be a barn-burner

I think Kabayel beats him, Kabayel can box and he can bang, a dangerous combination for Dubois, I hate saying it again but there are still question marks over Dubois, he's a good front runner, but there are serious question marks when he's under the cosh.

Last night he was saved by Wardleys limited ability, that wont happen against Kabayel, if Kabayel had him where Wardley had him last night it gets stopped imo, even last night I got the impression Dubois was looking for an exit, Wardley just couldn't capitalize.

Also if I was Itauma id fancy a shot against Dubois, I think his aggression, speed and power would terrify Dubois.