Ring it on!
DUBOIS JUST WANTS TO FIGHT
DANIEL DUBOIS doesn’t care who is standing opposite him when the bell sounds on Saturday – as long as he gives him the tune-up he needs ahead of October’s clash with Joe Joyce.
The Londoner, 23, was told last week that Ricardo Snijders had been drafted in after his original opponent Erik Pfeifer’s team failed to submit an MRI scan on time. Dubois said: “I haven’t seen any footage of Snijders.
“It has only been the last couple of days I’ve been aware of the new opponent so it’s a new thing for me as well as everyone else. “But because I am just coming back I needed to get the juices flowing and this is a good fight for that. “The change is just part of the business. What we have to do is adapt and do what we have always done and that’s be prepared.”
Dubois was set to fight Joyce during lockdown but the clash was pushed back and both fighters took a warm-up to shake off any ring rustiness.
He added: “This fight is about building towards the Joe fight. People need to see what I’m all about and I need to show them what I’ve learned and what I’m capable of.”
Dubois’ promoter Frank Warren said: “Daniel is the most exciting prospect in all of boxing and he has the world at his feet. But in heavyweight boxing, anything can happen. All it takes is one punch, as they say.
“And with all that’s gone on, the late opponent change and the long lay-off because of Covid, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous.”
Warren added: “Dan hasn’t boxed in eight months, which is a long time for someone who fought five times last year alone.
“Joe got an impressive victory last month and now it’s Daniel’s turn to show what he’s made of.
“Snijders fancies the fight and jumped at the chance to get in the ring with Daniel.
“I just hope that
Daniel can bring some of that trademark
‘dynamite’ power and claim an explosive win.”
Dubois vs Snijders
— Saturday, 7pm,
BT Sport 1
WAITING: Joe Joyce