Next Steps For Dubois

Kid just turned 23. Time is on his side like a mfer. And he's obviously talented. But he obviously lost to Joyce too. I think you give the kid a easy W or two & get his confidence back a lil after he gets back from his injury. Then you throw him in with some solid, durable journeymen who'll throw him a few tricks & try to actually win the fight unlike most of his previous W's for 12-18mos. Then you start throwing him in with a fringe contender or three. Then you get him into a mando spot & title shot if he keeps winning. I think the upside with DDD is still big & this loss could end up being a blessing in disguise for him reaching his highest level for the longest time when it's all done. He's got some things to work on during all this. He probably needs to drop some of the muscle too. So it's not about just cleverly moving him through a path of least resistance to his peak in the game. But I'd still throw money on him winning a belt at some point. Panda,, well said my friend

Make sure he is properly healed before anything else. No health, no wealth...gotta have all faculties in proper fashion

He could have been disqualified for excessive holding and head butting , every time someone fights him they take the foot of the gas pedal after landing a clean shot so that’s strange . Yokas corner was literally telling him to not try to finish the fight win on points . I'm not even sure who instigated the clinching, I think it was 50/50 the headbutts did seem like Yoka was guilty. What annoyed me more was Yoka going to his knee flopping over like a little *****, yet judges follow the status quo i.e. this is the guy who is to win lets ignore how weak that makes Yoka look. Yoka probably didn't deserve to win that fight I'd have had it a draw.

I think he will be out for a while. Eye socket fracture + nerve damage is no small injury.

Hammers terrible ,but it is a safe fight . He isn't world class, but he's not a bum. Did himself no disgrace with his performance against Tony Yoka.

No more bum fights, he is ready to fight Christian Hammer now.

In hindsight it was a big jump from the level Dubois has been fighting at. Nathan Gorman was a solid win but apart from that he’s been blasting people out in 1-2 rounds and arguably learning little. So I think he needs a few bouts against durable, experienced operators who will take him rounds, and really make him think and put together different combos in order to break them down, rather than simply being blasted out. Proper breakdown jobs. Moving forward, names that spring to mind as solid tests would be Joey Dawejko, Andriy Rudenko, Dominick Guinn. These are vastly experienced, durable opponents who will give Dubois rounds and really make him think and put different punch combos together in order to try and break them down. If he looks good against them, then move onto the ‘’next tier’’ ie. the likes of Christian Hammer, Alexander Ustinov, Lucas Browne. I think that should be the plan for the next 2 years or so for him. Let him learn and develop, get these rounds in and have to perform breakdown jobs and slowly increase the level. There is no rush and this would give him vital experience and progress him up the rankings in a steady, beneficial way. Thoughts? I think that’s a blue print for success.Its a marathon not a sprint and he’s only like22or23.I think he should hire you as his manager.