In the beginning, Don Charles is an excellent boxing coach. The person who presently trains reigning IBF heavyweight champ Daniel Dubois has additionally labored with Derek Chisora, with Charles guiding Chisora to some huge wins and a few good performances.
However Charles absolutely went far too far in evaluating Dubois with the Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) who “shook up the world” by defeating heavyweight monster, reigning world champion Sonny Liston, this in fact in February of 1964.
Charles, talking on the Speak Sport present, mentioned to we battle followers that “you’re all going to witness it once more,” this when Dubois will, in Charles’ opinion, upset Anthony Joshua on September 21 at Wembley. Charles feels Dubois will show folks improper in his huge battle the way in which Ali did in his far, far greater battle.
“The coaches know higher, discuss is reasonable. My fighter will exhibit in September when you are improper,” Charles mentioned. “When the late Muhammad Ali beat Sonny Liston, he was written off by all of the specialists however he made it fairly a straightforward night time. It was based mostly on the actual fact Liston was beating everybody on the time, and he proved everybody improper. You will all witness it once more.”
Speak Sport presenter Simon Jordan, by no means a man to be hesitant in expressing his sturdy opinion on one thing, pulled Charles up, telling him his evaluating Dubois to Ali was “ridiculous.”
“Having a distinct opinion based mostly on typical considering just isn’t undermining anyone,” Jordan mentioned to Charles. “It’s simply having a distinct opinion so develop up, and I don’t suppose try to be evaluating Daniel Dubois to the then Cassius Clay. I feel that’s a ridiculous comparability.”
Probably many followers will have the same opinion with Jordan right here. Firstly, even when Dubois does beat Joshua (for the report, I’m choosing AJ by quick and candy, two-round demolition job; Dubois being, in my view, virtually tailormade for Joshua), it might not rank as something like as gorgeous an upset because the one Ali pulled off in ’64. Additionally, Charles actually ought to know higher, with him now having put each himself and his fighter underneath extra strain along with his fairly sudden Ali, Dubois comparability.
Perhaps, if Charles had in contrast Dubois with a fantastic puncher of the previous it might not have been fairly so, nicely, ridiculous. “DDD” can punch with the most effective of them, we all know this. However how would an upset KO over AJ show to be something like as sudden as Ali’s win over Liston was? Or is Charles suggesting his fighter will outbox, frustrate, and finally demoralise Joshua the way in which Ali did Liston?
Dubois may pull it off on September 21, and in that case, Charles might be justified in hollering loud how excellent his fighter is and that he himself knew he would get the win within the all-British conflict. However even then, the comparability Charles made between Dubois and the best heavyweight boxer who ever lived wouldn’t be made palatable with battle followers.
Charles went approach too far right here……agree or disagree?
