Dubois’ trainer Don Charles downgraded the “pre-fight party” talk to a “gathering”
Daniel Dubois’ trainer Don Charles cleared up some of the rumours surrounding the “pre-fight party” before the Oleksandr Usyk fight.
Speaking to TalkSport, world champion trainer Charles clarified, “Let’s retract that word, it wasn’t a party, it was a gathering.
“The same gathering was used as the prep on the fight day for the AJ fight, the day he won.
“A lot was made of it with the energy he walked out at for the Anthony Joshua fight.
“That gathering was taken from home to the dressing room for that fight.
“That energy is what gave birth to that energy that he showed in the ring walk. Yes [we tried to replicate it], we were victorious, if it works for you the first time, you’d do it again.
“There might have been more people for this second gathering to get more energy, I’m a logical man and it makes logical sense.
“The AJ fight was big but this even trumps it, I try to understand and it may appear madness to people but it was the same thing that got us victory.”
When asked if Dubois knew all of the attendees at the party, amid reports that he left for a drive because he needed to escape the crowds, Charles continued, “I can’t tell you he did. I wasn’t there and I chose not to go there.
“My duty is on the training team to make sure we go to the dressing room and make sure everything is intact.”
Many believe the party was a distracting factor in Dubois’ preparations, and that his father was a key reason for his defeat.
However, on the night, there was a clear gulf in class between the two world champions. Hear some of the reactions to Usyk’s knockout win over Dubois HERE