Daniel
Dubois sent one final terrifying message to 2020’s heavyweight world
champions,Deintay Wilder and Anthony Joshua: ‘I am coming for you’.
The 22-year-old Greenwich starlet destroyed Japanese hardman Kyotaro Fujimoto in round two of their Copper Box clash, with one of the most devastating single punches of the year.
That means the Peacock Gym
prodigy ends 2019 well up the rankings of the WBA, WBO and WBC and close to
world title shot.
Once Tyson Fury and Deontay
Wilder settle their differences with two more fights to complete their trilogy
in February and the summer – and Anthony Joshua handles his two mandatories –
Dynamite Dubois will be blowing down their door.
Dubois said: “After the first
couple of shots, I thought I would pace myself.
“I knew I had the power, I was
confident about what I was going to do.
“I landed a sweet shot, and that
was goodnight.
“If I keep collecting these nice
belts, I won’t be too far from a world title shot, I just have to walk the
path.
A vicious lead left-hook was Joe
Frazieresque and an assault to the body would have folded a weaker man.
Fujimoto stood
tall and left himself open to a sickening right hand that collapsed him
entirely.
The medics dived into the ring
before the referee even officially called off the fight and Dubois’ worried
trainer Martin Bowers pushed his star pupil back into the corner to calm the
celebrations, as their latest victim lay stricken and needing oxygen.
Thankfully the dazed and
confused fighter rose to his feet and left of his own accord, unlikely to fancy
returning in a hurry.
