Shakur Stevenson wants to see Tyson Fury fight IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois after losing his rematch against unified champion Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday night in Riyadh. Fury should take the fight with Dubois, but he is nowhere near this apex predator.
I don’t think Shakur understands what Fury is. He takes calculated risks, and he’s not going to put his head on the block in front of the walking guillotine Dubois. If Fury was real, Listen to Murphy type, you wouldn’t have to ask them twice to face Dubois. That’s not why, though. The fight in Dubois would be serious bad for Fury’s health.
Too powerful, too young?
That will show a lot of courage on the part of the Gipsy King to accept a fight with Dubois because after what he went through, he didn’t want to suffer a third consecutive loss. It would be a fight that would be easy to make, considering Fury and Dubois share the same promoter, Frank Warren.
Before Fury’s two losses against Usyk, he had considered himself the best fighter in the division. His fans saw him as the best, and they didn’t care that his resume lacked quality wins.
Many fans would also like to see Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) fight Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) next. This will allow him to snap his two-fight losing streak and help build interest in a match against Anthony Joshua.
As things stand now, Fury was going into the AJ fight with a 0-2 record in his last two fights, making his bout a money grab. It is almost impossible for Fury and his promoters to agree to a fight with the 27-year-old Dubois.
He is too powerful, dangerous and too young for Fury. The Gypsy King was hurt by Usyk, who is no puncher. The three fights Fury had against Deontay Wilder did something for him.
Fury’s calculated risks
Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, and Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, are interested in making a fight between those two later. Hearn said he wanted the first fight to be at Wembley Stadium in London and the second in Riyadh.
Hearn is in a rush to make the Joshua-Fury fight because he knows these two guys are too old for them to be trusted in a top 15 contender fight unless they’ve been thoroughly vetted beforehand and deemed 100% safe .
I want to see Tyson Fury vs. Dubois
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) December 24, 2024
