Coach of Daniel Dubois, Don Charles, has criticised the behaviour of Filip Hrgovic throughout the build-up to his IBF remaining eliminator towards his man, declaring that he can be in for a ‘impolite awakening’ on Saturday night time after constantly citing sparring classes of the previous.
Hrgovic-Dubois has lengthy been anticipated to be a showdown for the vacant IBF heavyweight world title, though the IBF have but to strip Oleksandr Usyk throughout the aftermath of the Ukrainian’s undisputed title win towards Tyson Fury this month and as a substitute the bout has been rendered as a remaining eliminator.
On the launch press convention and throughout the well-documented build-up to the occasion, Hrgovic has been vocal in his perception that the battle can be over extraordinarily rapidly if the Briton has not improved from their earlier spars – spars which Dubois dismissed as a result of he was simply a youngster, regardless of Hrgovic’s claims that he brought on ‘Triple D’ to postpone his 2018 Southern Space title battle with DL Jones.
In an interview with Boxing Social, Don Charles labelled Hrgovic as ‘boastful’ and defined why he believes the undefeated Croatian is unprepared for a conflict with Dubois – who got here mighty near defeating Oleksandr Usyk for the unified heavyweight crown once they met final August.
“[I have] pleasure for the chance, sure. No matter Mr. Hrgovic brings, we now have made provisions to accommodate it.
I’ll be trustworthy with you, aside from Daniel moving into the ring and knocking him out, what I’ve seen is that this man [Hrgovic] is definitely very boastful. A really, very boastful particular person.
“So, what will be his downfall is that arrogancy. It’s alright to be assured, however to be boastful within the sense that he issues he has simply obtained to show up and he has gained – he’s going to get a impolite awakening on the night time.
You have got solely obtained to have a look at Daniel’s knockout proportion on BoxRec and you will notice that the knockout proportion is fairly excessive, greater than Hrgovic’s.
“Has he fought anybody like Daniel Dubois stylistically? In all probability not. I’ve studied his fights, it isn’t for me to start out telling you A.B.C. about Hrgovic however we now have finished our homework and all can be revealed on Saturday night time.”
As an Olympic bronze medallist, who holds a win over Zhilei Zhang (albeit a controversial one), Hrgovic goes into the bout because the favorite regardless of Dubois’ latest spectacular win over Jarrell Miller.
Despite the heartbreak that this contest won’t be for a world title, there stays the attract of a title shot and a monumental payday towards Anthony Joshua seemingly up for grabs, with a date now confirmed for ‘AJ’s’ return to Wembley Stadium and potential shot at develop into a three-time world champion.
Hrgovic-Dubois takes place on Saturday night time, stay on DAZN PPV and TNT Sports activities Field Workplace as part of the ‘Queensberry versus Matchroom; 5 versus 5’ undercard.
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