Frank Warren, promoter for heavyweight contender Daniel Dubois, was very impressed with his boxer’s performance from last Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As part of the big ‘Day of Reckoning’ card, Dubois had his career on the line in a crossroads bout with undefeated Jarrell Miller.
The 26-year-old Dubois was coming off a knockout loss at the hands of unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk from August.
Against Miller, there were some tough moments, but Dubois was able to weather the storm to break down and stop Miller in the tenth round.
“To this occasion it really mattered and that was a big moment,” Dubois said. “I’m thankful to my dad (Dave) and the support from my team from the way I performed and I came through this.
“I can take punishment and dish it out and that was what it was about. Miller came to work and it was a great fight. Whatever I was lacking before I felt I gained it tonight and that was experience.”
Warren believes Dubois has now fully earned the right to secure much bigger opportunities in the coming year.
“He’s back at the big table,” Warren said. “So now we are looking for some big fights next year. He can have a nice break over Christmas because remember he’s gone back-to-back camps in significant fights and obviously the last one was a world title and this one was like redemption. He had to work very hard.
“It was a really tough fight against a guy who is a competitor, who’s also very smart mentally and takes a shot. I mean [Miller] hit him with some bombs he would normally take people out with. He sucks them up, sucks him up and at the end obviously he obviously he got through and done what he had to do.
“For me he’s proven all the doubters wrong. He did what he had to do because he had to suck up there. He had to dig deep against a guy who generally thought he was going to beat him so hats off, he’s done the business!”