Comments Thread For: Daniel Dubois Will Be Out For Five Months Due To Eye Injury

[Mindgames]

I’m not saying he didn’t have a reason to quit.

But he quit.

No matter how many articles the promoter friendly boxing media runs, it’s not going to change the fact that he quit.

He quit.

He quit.

He quit.

The ****ing end.

I think we all know he quit.I think most of the argument is whether he was justified. On a question of was it intelligent ,yes,it was.On whether it makes you less of a fighter ,remember Muhammed Ali said on the Champions Forever video,that he would've stopped had he known he had a broken jaw against Ken Norton.So who we comparing with here?

[NearHypnos]

One thing that gets overlooked is Dubois would have been easily winning the fight on cards.
And had he lasted 2 more rounds, like somebody mentioned here...he would have come out the winner
and his career prospects looking up and moving forward.

Even switching up a a stance or moving around to get that eye out of Joyce's jab would have
done the job. Dubois was pressing and landing the more eye-catching punches.

The judges would have favoured him...

Dubois was the one receiving the...eye catching shots. Hehehehe.


Anyway..

Then he suffers even more permanent damage. If he couldnt dodge them with two eyes, how was he going to with one? Joyce wasn’t going to stop targeting it.

But say he continues. And then what? You get to ride off into the sunset with a Joyce win, and maybe partial blindness? Not multi millions in a world title fight and your name in the books. This win wasnt getting him a title shot. So it’s not worth the risk. You suffer some eye damage as the world champ, and make the call to come back like - you know what? Last fight, I’ll play it mostly safe and if it gets hurt again thats okay, it wont be taking more damage after this.

[Dakuwaqa]

Getting punched in the head can cause a career or life ending injury.

These are professional boxers, they signed up for that.

I doubt this surgeon would recommend anyone get punched in the face for a living.

Yet someone his recommendation to not get punched in the face for a living is relevant when we want to excuse a quitter.

Dubois is a quitter. He can’t get a doctors note for quitting. This is boxing, not grade school.

You are a complete buffoon. You don’t sign up for ****. He doesn’t owe you diddly.

Tell me where in the manual it says ‘I shall not quit even if it means never fighting again and losing an eye’

It’s a sport you festively replete jacket potato. Not a world war

[Corelone]

I think the eye was just another good reason to quit. DD bounced several big right hands off of Joe's Maya like stone head, and didn't pop a pimple. Quit? He should have took off running, or dancing like Fred Astair.

[Rodbox]

No proof Dubois fractured his orbital if he did as a heavyweight he will be out at least a year

[Kannabis Kid]

I understand he was hurt and yeah it's his career so it was in his best interest to take that knee but like I said before blame his corner because this was their fault. He wanted out before the round started his trainer even pulled his head towards him and whispered something in his ear so the cameras and mic wouldn't catch it but right after he went out and took the first clean jab then took the knee. He was beat mentally by the 7th round and it's crazy because all he needed to do was step in and out or use some head movement but he just doesn't have that in his arsenal.

If his corner had stopped it there wouldn't be any quit talk but since he voluntarily went down like Kell Brook it makes it look bad and as I also said before if this had been someone from America doing it you guys wouldn't show any respect or sympathy especially with the way his team and him were talking before the fight even disrespecting Joe's blind mom.

Joe beat him with the basics of boxing the most important punch the jab he rarely threw anything else of meaning yet that was enough to beat Dubois. What do you think the top heavyweights would do to him because they don't just throw jabs they throw power shots behind them. Wilder and Joshua both knockout Dubois in brutal fashion and Fury probably closes his eye quicker than Joyce did. Anybody with range and a good jab already knows the gameplan the only people I can see him possibly beating are Whyte, Chisora and Allen guys on that level.

[R-Hand Southpaw]

Fight fight fight fight!

[DaNeutral.]

I’m not saying he didn’t have a reason to quit.

But he quit.

No matter how many articles the promoter friendly boxing media runs, it’s not going to change the fact that he quit.

He quit.

He quit.

He quit.

The ****ing end.

Are you saying he shouldnt of? Or are you just being salty cuz the guy isn't an American?

[grobbo]

I hope the fella gets the chance to recover and fight again.
His promoter and his corner let him down massively, first with the lack of learning fights, ridiculous jump up in levels and then hanging him out to dry on the night. He was like a deer in the headlights, completely frozen.
He needs a new team and to go again, health permitting. He’s got a lot to learn, but loads of potential still.

[ShaneMosleySr]

I don’t know what to say about Ali’s comment. Maybe he was trying to highlight how great the achievement was to fight an entire championship fight with a broken jaw.

Dubois was two rounds away from putting himself second in line in the WBO rankings. He was ahead. His corner didn’t stop it, the referee didn’t stop it, the doctor didn’t say anything.

He quit.

He should have protected the eye and gone for the win.

I feel like I’m just comparing him to every boxer out there.

I’ve seen boxers try to push on through horrific injuries. They’re supposed to be blood and guts warriors. The referee, doctors and cornermen are supposed to be the protectors of life.

Dubois was the only one who thought his life and career was at stake if he continued. I don’t think it was at stake. I think he had bad defense and was tired of getting punched by a big man.

I think we all know he quit.I think most of the argument is whether he was justified. On a question of was it intelligent ,yes,it was.On whether it makes you less of a fighter ,remember Muhammed Ali said on the Champions Forever video,that he would've stopped had he known he had a broken jaw against Ken Norton.So who we comparing with here?