Daniel Dubois bounced again from a shedding world title bid in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk to file a late victory over brash American Jarrell Miller.
Dubois halted Miller with seconds left of their 10-round heavyweight contest in Ridyah, a part of the blockbuster card the place Deontay Wilder faces Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua takes on Otto Wallin.
The Briton began brightly, touchdown jabs and opening up with a superb one-two. He moved spherical Miller, who stored on trundling ahead.
Dubois although began pushing Miller off, a tiring manoeuvre in opposition to an opponent who weighed over 300lbs.
He was getting himself drawn into the fallacious struggle with Miller, standing his floor and buying and selling in a battle of energy.
The American got here again into the competition, selecting up rounds. Miller was making an attempt to grind Dubois down and scraped hooks throughout the Briton’s chin, who needed to present resilience to resist them.
In his defeats to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk, Dubois’ coronary heart and dedication has been questioned, however he answered these doubts as he reasserted management and finally took the struggle away from Miller.
Within the last spherical Miller tried to dredge up extra vitality and extra tempo in his output, however Dubois stood him up with a proper uppercut.
The American’s momentum was virtually grinding to a halt in entrance of Dubois, who teed off with combos of punches.
A proper uppercut knocked Miller again, and Dubois blasted him with a proper cross as effectively.
He rocked Miller, driving him throughout the ring, hammering in large photographs and within the last seconds of the struggle the referee stepped in to cease Miller.
“It really mattered and that was a big moment,” Dubois acknowledged afterwards. “It was a great fight and I’m glad I came through it. I showed my heart,” he continued. “I knew I had to get out there and work.
“This was an necessary win for me.”
He learned something about himself from it.
“I needed to show it to myself, I needed to present myself that I used to be an actual fighter,” Dubois added. “The arrogance that I might need been lacking earlier than, I gained it tonight.”
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