WBA #12 heavyweight Kyotaro Fujimoto (21-1, 13 KOs) today unveiled his secret weapon for defeating Daniel Dubois (13-0, 12 KOs) in London on December 21: a panda. At a press conference in Tokyo’s famous Korakuen Hall, Fujimoto declared sparring with the bear was key to getting him ready to tackle his “scary” opponent. Fujimoto finished the remainder of the press conference with the bear at his side.
Fujimoto accepts that the deck is stacked against him and promoter Frank Warren has plans to make Dubois a world champion. “They think they’re going to win, of course,” Fujimoto said. “They think they’re bringing me over as an easy win, but that’s not the case. I’m ready to take on the world.”
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Fujimoto’s 21/1 record is a bit deceptive: up until a few years ago, he fought very weak opposition, and he lost to a fairly unknown heavyweight (Haumono).
Dubois is a serious puncher and although less experienced (only 13 pro fights), he is the clear favorite for good reasons: he doesn’t really have major weaknesses and he can turn around a fight with one punch.
Dubois has been brought along well by his team: he never fought weak opponents and he’s gradually increasing the level of opposition. If he can get by Fujimoto, he would break into the top 20 of the heavyweight division.
Dubois by KO within 6 rounds.
Dubois has never fought any weak opponents? Lol that is all Dubois has fought so far. I will assume you are a Brit. They are among the most biased boxing fans on the planet. You also think Tyson Fury is a world class boxing right? Because he ran and landed 86 punches in 12 rounds against a washed up Wladimir Klitschko and 84 punches in 12 rounds against unskilled Deontay Wilder.
Triple D will eliminate this farce within 5 rounds.
Credit to Fujimoto for facing Dubois if he makes it four rounds he did well this is a mismatch he’s really a cruiserweight.
Lol you younger generation of casual boxing fans need to go some place else. Fujimoto weighed over 220 pounds for every fight of his career. Which means he is naturally heavier than somebody like Deontay Wilder. Is Deontay Wilder a cruiser weight then? Wilder weighed as low as 207 pounds in his career.
IF Haunamo can knock him out like that, and it was a brutal knockout, i can`t see this fight going past 2 rounds. Apart from Fury`s cousin, Dubois has fought just bums. The Jap was lousy as as kick boxer as well, i can`t remember seeing him win 1 fight in K1 in Japan, and he took some brutal beatings. This is a joke fight.