After a whirlwind few days where young heavyweight Daniel Dubois [pictured] has been unexpectedly thrust back into the media spotlight, Dubois says it is “time to move on.” He was last seen in the ring on November 28th when he suffered a bad eye injury at the hands of Joe Joyce. In the wake of that defeat, some people criticized Dubois for taking a knee and end the bout. One such figure was Billy Joe Saunders, who was vociferous in his criticism of the 23 year-old Dubois. Saunders' remarks would come back to haunt him last weekend when he lost to Canelo Alvarez. Saunders sufferied a very similar injury and did exactly what he criticized Dubois for-- retiring from the fight for understandable safety reasons.

 

Daniel says he understands why the fans and press alike have jumped on this ironic twist of fate but has insisted it is time to move on. The ever-classy Dubois said: “I understand why everyone has wanted to make comparisons between me and Billy, but it’s time to move on now.”

 

Saunders underwent surgery in Dallas and Dubois says it’s time to give him space to recover and regroup. “Billy has had his injury, people have said what they’ve had to say but now it’s time to let him rest, heal and be with his family. It’s important for me to move on too. I’ve got a fight on June 5th with Bogdan Dinu that I need to get ready for.”

 

The heavyweight collision with Romania’s Bogdan Dinu will be Dubois’ first taste of action since suffering his injury and he is keen to put the memories of that fateful night behind him. “Over six months of frustrations are ready to come out. You are going to see the best version of Daniel Dubois in that ring on June 5th. I will beat Bogdan Dinu up and knock him out.”

 

The WBA interim title will be [corruptly on the line as Dubois is coming off the loss and Dinu is unqualified to compete for such an honor]. 

 

Dubois said, “Dinu is a decent test. He does some things very well. He has fast hands and can move... He’ll see this as a chance to get a title.”

 

Whilst Dubois is keen to move on from both the events of this past weekend in Texas and his own defeat in November last year, he understands that the only way to truly do that is deliver something spectacular in the ring. “I need to do what I do, show people why they called me ‘Dynamite’ in the first place” Dubois said, “It’ll be a devastating performance, I promise you. A huge knockout to put myself back on the map.”