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D aniel Dubois has entered a new phase of his career. Exhibiting levels of composure, patience and maturity that were once the missing pieces in his own puzzle, Dubois broke Fabio Wardley down with surgical precision and stopped him in the second round of their rematch, retaining his WBO title on what was a seminal night for the heavyweight division in London. Dubois’ avoidance of reckless mistakes against a dangerous puncher showed an evolving fighter who has seemingly come of age and is now living up to his ring sobriquet: “Dynamite.” Dubois went hunting like a predator from the opening bell. He started where he left off five months earlier, when he had pummeled Wardley into an 11th-round stoppage, having been dropped twice himself in the first and third rounds. Just 17 seconds into the rematch, the fireworks began with a right hand that landed on Wardley’s chin and dropped him briefly to a knee. Overall, the destruction lasted a little over five minutes. Power, precision and poise indeed. Even the moment between rounds when Dubois, laser-focused, asked his trainer, Don Charles, to “calm down” was a sign. Right there, right then,
WITH HIS RUTHLESS DESTRUCTION OF FABIO WARDLEY IN OCTOBER, DANIEL DUBOIS DEMONSTRATED TO THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION THAT A FOCUSED “DYNAMITE” IS A
SCARY THING INDEED By Gareth A Davies
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