Tyson Fury has weighed in on the debate surrounding Daniel Dubois and whether or not he decided against fighting on after being put down twice by Oleksandr Usyk this past weekend at Wembley Stadium.
The young Brit was outclassed in the undisputed fight with the Ukrainian, who used feints and movement to tire his opponent. In the fifth, Usyk landed a glancing blow that toppled Dubois, though he made the count and fought on.
The second knockdown came not long after, with Usyk dodging a wild right hand to counter with an overhand left with plenty of power behind it. Dubois was caught flush and hit the canvas, sitting up for the referee’s count and moving on to one knee as he reacted nine and ten before waving it off. Trainer Don Charles also threw the towel in at this moment.
‘DDD’, who suffered his third loss, then walked back to his corner on relatively steady legs, leading big names like Dave Allen and Tony Bellew to call him a quitter.
Fury, who has eyes on a trilogy with the Ukrainian, took to social media to refute the allegations.
“Quick one. I keep getting asked about this Dubois situation, the quitting stuff and whatever else. Here’s the facts: young Daniel did his best against one of the greatest champions that’s ever been and it wasn’t good enough, he come up short. He got put down twice, what do you want him to do? Die in the ring? There’s no first place for getting battered to f**k and still losing. The lad did his best. He wasn’t gonna win the fight, he’s better off getting out of there.”
Fury then branded those who were criticising Dubois’ efforts ‘jealous.’
“There’s a lot of jealousy in boxing, especially when an individual is making a lot of money. A lot of jealous fighters slagging someone off who did his best and had the guts to get in there. When you’re in the ring fighting world heavyweight champions, there is no cowards in boxing.
“All the credit to Daniel. He worked his bollocks off from eight-years-old. Won the world title. Fought Usyk for the undisputed and now he’s sitting at home, multi-millionaire who can do what he wants.
“Daniel, if you ever see this, chin up, son. Your dad’s proud of you. Everybody’s proud of you. You’ve come from a kid to a man to a world champion. You’ve boxed at Wembley in front of 100,000 people. You can’t beat that, kid. If you ever want to do any training with a f***ing real, straight man, come to Morecambe. Because there’s no jealousy here and putting other people down for doing their best. I call them dream crushers and jealous b***ards. That’s what you are. Dirty, jealous w***ers.”
Dubois will now rest and recover from the bout and is likely to rebuild either towards the end of the year or the beginning of 2026. At 27-years-old, there is plenty left to give.
