Via Jim Calfa: WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois admitted to being disqualified after being knocked out three times for the first time in round one during a successful title defense against Kevin Lerena (28-2, 14 KOs) on Saturday night Last Saturday at Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium in London.
Dubois’s 6’5″ tall right knee fell to the ground after being hit on the head by Lerena’s lightning-quick left hand in the first round.
After that, Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) got on the canvas twice without knowing how he got there.
Lerena had a chance to make a coup in the second round, but he surprisingly got away and knocked Dubois down. By the third round, Dubois’s head was clear and he was able to knock Lerena down with a straight punch.
You could argue that Dubois is still vulnerable even in season three, but his powers save him out. Although Dubois was still injured, he was still very strong and Lerena couldn’t stand his shots.
“It’s strange? It’s really strange. I got through it somehow,” Daniel Dubois told Queensbury by Frank Warren about being dropped three times by anonymous Kevin Lerena in the first round last Saturday night. “It was crazy.”
If you are the management team of Dubois, you have to worry about his future because if he is taken down by a former heavy cruiser with a 46.7% KO rate, that is worrying. hesitate.
Joe Joyce blocked Dubois, and he could have been blocked last Saturday night if the clock had left more time on the first round. Another kill should have been successful in the first round, and Dubois was really lucky.
“I think my knee went or something like that. I was hit in the head,” Dubois said. “Then I thought, ‘Where did that shot come from?’ Because I didn’t see it, and then the knee went,” Dubois said of the first time he was knocked out by Lerena in the first half.
“I recovered quickly and regained my senses. I do not know. In the first round, I don’t think I’m really up there. I was there, but I wasn’t really there in my mind.
“When I was knocked down, I got up and I was like, ‘Okay, I’m fighting,’ and I was sober. It’s so strange. Yes, it’s possible,” Dubois said when asked if he might not have warmed up properly.
“Once after being knocked out, I felt fine because I could breathe and my body warmed up, and then I went in. I definitely have to learn a few lessons from this.
“I have to check this knee and then warm up really well. Lively and passionately because I worked so hard for this match, but the warm-up left me a bit disappointed. I’ll come back stronger and get right back to it next time.
This is a rather strange and rather strange thing. I won, and it was a frenetic atmosphere. I’m so glad I finished it and landed the photos I did. I’m sure it looks good on TV.
“I must have [nervous] without even knowing it. I was in a trance-like state. After knocking, I was out of it. That’s boxing for you. Crazy.
“The doctor examined my knee. Then we’ll come back to see. I need to be busier and more active. I’ve been a bit inactive for a while and that could play a role too,” Dubois said.
It’s fun to watch, but this can’t bode well for Dubois’ career as there are more big boxers than Lerena in the league.
