Daniel Dubois’ rise to the top of the heavyweight division and stunning knockout of Anthony Joshua would have shocked many.
But not the great Mick Delaney.
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Delaney is a well-known amateur boxer at Dale Youth in west London, having worked with the likes of James DeGale and George Groves.
And he also brought along a teenage Dubois, who weighed about 1,000 pounds (6,000 kilograms). 16 stones During those days.
A sensational boxing news column on BBC Boxing discovered podcast In 2015, Delaney revealed how he saw the future.
Nearly ten years ago, Delaney wrote: “I think you can tell within a year whether a boxer has something special or not.
“With DeGale and Groves, you could tell from their first junior fights that they were going to be special.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk put rivalry aside and reunited for an amazing selfie at Daniel Dubois vs Anthony Joshua match“Now we have a super-heavyweight, Danny Dubois, who won the national competition, the Youth Championships, which was held in Durham at the weekend.
“He’s already a potential GB podium team member in Sheffield. He’s going to be something special.
“He weighed over 102kg at the weekend, he’s a huge guy. A lot of people are saying he’s going to be another Anthony Joshua.
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“He’s very powerful and he’s a good boxer. He’s still got a long way to go, but if he keeps his feet on the ground and has a good attitude I think he can go as far as Joshua.”
Dubois’ senior amateur boxing career was relatively short — he turned professional in 2017 at the age of 19 after missing out on an Olympics appearance.
But the junior amateur champion represented top clubs such as Dale Youth, Repton and Islington before becoming a player.
During his world title defense against AJ, rumors kept spreading about how he had defeated the Millionaire Superstar.
But he left no room for argument when he needed to, delivering a strong performance and dropping Joshua four times before scoring a brutal fifth-round knockout.
Joshua, 34, has refused to retire, so a rematch is likely.
But Dubois, 27, also has his eye on 37-year-old Oleksandr Usyk, whom the heavyweight king defeated last year.
