WBA #10 heavyweight Daniel Dubois (15-1, 14 KOs) will return to the ring on Saturday, June 5 with a challenge for the vacant WBA interim heavyweight title against WBA #2 Bogdan Dinu (22-2, 16 KOs).
Promoter Frank Warren stated, “I’m delighted to get this fight over the line for Daniel and really pleased to be working with Greg Cohen on this event. A win for Daniel in this interim title fight will see him become the mandatory challenger for the WBA world title and, if he can get past Dinu on June 5, he is back in contention and right in the mix with the top contenders.”
The venue is TBA.
Both of them lost their last fight. This fight makes zero sense
WOW so there is a fifth Heavy Weight Title now alongside Super, World, In recess, Gold and now we have interim
It actually sees like a decent first fight back for Dubois after the Joyce fight but…… well I guess my days of being surprised by the actions of the WBA have ended. So this is precisely what I would have expected them to do.
So apparently in order to get a title shot, you have to lose first? Got it!
Arturo: Well said.
@Arturo Worked for Bermane Stiverne. Unfortunately he fell short in that epic battle with the Impervious Pulverized, Trevor Bryan.
Well, there is one more belt in dispute along this one, and is the WBA Methuselah world heavyweight title that will be awarded the winner of Evander Holyfield vs. Kevin Mcbride. This is a serious organization, DO NOT FORGET THAT.
These promoters and managers be screwing these young fighters careers up, Dubois can fight but needed about 8 to 10 more good fights at his tender age so that he could really build up his arsenal, confidence and endurance now with the loss he was rushed into will make a difference in his career here on out!
So if you became the WBA mandatory challenger which of the five heavyweight titleists would you get a shot at?
The one that commanded the highest sanctioning fee.
This is why in boxing; having the right manager can either make you or break you. When Don King owned the heavyweight division in the 80s & 90s any fighter that signed with him could potentially skyrocket up the rankings and land a title shot; like Bruce seldon or Oliver McCall.
And Tony Tucker. He had a reserved #1 ranking with the IBF in that period.
Lose and still get to fight for a title!!!
How are they fighting for a interim world title, one lost to a steroid user with limited ability, the other lost his last fight!!!
When I first read this, I thought Dubois had fought this guy already. Oh well, not the first time I confused Bogdan Dinu with Razvan Cojanu, and probably won’t be the last. Hopefully Dubois has learned how to slip a jab.
omyyyyyyyyy….. this just needs to be a title fight.
thanks so much WBA and Frank Warren
Now repeat after me… the Dubois-Joyce fight never happened late last year, he never got ko’d and never got exposed… now when i snap my fingers, you will wake up and not remember any of this conversation. only that Dubois beat Joyce in his last fight and it is great that he is fighting a guy with no good wins for the WBA heavyweight title.
btw, good pick for 1st fight back for Dubois
The WBA keep embarrassing themselves.
I don’t understand this on many levels
1 – Why is there an interim title? Is Bryan out of action for some reason?
2 – Why is DD in line? He lost his last fight and one where his career looked in jeopardy following the injury sustained. And he is ranked at 10 in the WBA rankings that are listed here.
Dinu at least is the highest available contender – being that Usyk is going down the WBO route but if he lost his last fight why is he still there?
There are 7 contenders above Dubois so how is DD getting a shot?
To me this looks like the WBA are basically just dressing up a fight -unwarranted at that – for the mandatory position as an interim title fight.
Dinu has two TKO victories after his loss against Pulev.
Daniel Dubois has such great potential, seems to be the guy you want to spend the hours with over a cup of tea, but he also has lots of hard work in the gym to do.
He probably needs a new team, technically skilled sparring, better defense and a competitive environment that wisely can lead him forward on this dangerous path called heavyweight boxing.
He is not ready for top 10.
This is ridiculous. I don’t like it. The WBA titles are now officially worthless.
Well before now.
JFC… WHAT is the justification for this? :rolleyes: