Tyson Fury has stepped up to defend Daniel Dubois after his loss to Oleksandr Usyk in their recent heavyweight championship fight. The Gypsy King dismissed accusations that Dubois quit, arguing that the young boxer did his best against a great champion.
Usyk and Dubois clashed at Wembley Stadium for the undisputed heavyweight title. The Ukrainian champion used his signature feints and movement to tire out his opponent. In the fifth round, Usyk landed a glancing blow that sent Dubois to the canvas. Later, Usyk dodged a wild right hand and countered with an overhand left, flooring Dubois again. The British fighter sat up, moved to one knee, and waved it off at the count of ten. His trainer, Don Charles, threw in the towel to end the fight.
After the bout, some big names in boxing, including Dave Allen and Tony Bellew, called Dubois a quitter. Fury didn't take kindly to these accusations and shared his thoughts on the matter.
"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 pointed out that there's a lot of jealousy in boxing, especially towards successful fighters. He emphasized that there are no cowards in boxing when you're facing world heavyweight champions.
"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."
The Gypsy King praised Dubois for his accomplishments, from his journey as a young boxer to becoming a world champion and fighting at Wembley in front of 100,000 people.
"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."
Fury ended his defense of Dubois with a direct message to the young boxer and a scathing critique of his detractors:
"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."
At 27, this marks Dubois' third loss in his professional career. He'll likely look to rebuild his career either towards the end of the year or the beginning of 2026. As for Fury, he's got his eyes set on a potential trilogy with Usyk in the future.
