Heavyweight Daniel Dubois claims that he’s going to “retire” Filip Hrgovic on June 1st when the 2 meet on the 5v5 occasion on DAZN in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hrgovic (17-0, 14 KOs) reportedly stated that he’ll retire if he loses to Dubois (20-2, 19 KOs) of their 12-round match-up on the Matchroom vs. Queensberry present on the Kingdom Enviornment. The vacant IBF title may very well be on the road for the Hrgovic vs. Dubois struggle, which make it a good greater struggle.
Sparring Historical past
It’s unknown whether or not the 31-year-old Croatian Hrgovic is critical about retiring, but when so, he’d be strolling away from many future cash fights. Even when the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Hrgovic does get crushed by Dubois, he nonetheless has an awesome future forward of him. He could be foolish to retire with out attempting to rebuild.
Dubois bought the worst of it when the 2 sparred years in the past, however as he factors out, it was simply sparring, and it doesn’t imply something.
A struggle is a special factor, and Dubois has proven plenty of enhancements these days. The 26-year-old Dubois is a special fighter than the one which sparred Hrgovic within the final and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see who comes out on prime on June 1st.
Dubois Unfazed by Retirement Speak
“It was a tough spar. He stated, ‘This child was f*** robust,” stated Daniel Dubois to the iFL TV YouTube channel when requested about his sparring session prior to now with Filip Hrgovic. “Anyway, that’s sparring. it’s irrelevant, actually. Let’s go, I’m prepared for a struggle.
“Nothing. If he’s going to retire, let him retire. I’ll retire him,” stated Dubois reacting to being informed that Hrgovic claimed that he’ll retire if he loses to him on June 1st. “Actually, I don’t really feel something about what he’s bought to say.
“I did a job on [Jarrell] ‘Large Child’ [Miller’ and now I got to do a job on him. On paper, it’s a harder fight, but in reality, with what I can do when I get in there, I can make it an easier fight for myself just being on form. I need to be on form and stay in right mind.
IBF Title in Play?
“I’ve heard about it. Let’s see what happens. Keep tune in,” said Dubois when asked if the vacant IBF heavyweight title will be on the line when he faces Hrgovic on June 1st.
If Dubois can get his hands on the IBF title, it would open the door for a fight against Anthony Joshua or the winner of the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight.
