Dubois, 28, downplayed the consequences of his attending a house party earlier in the day of his third defeat – “That wasn’t a factor; that had nothing to do with that; that was in the past now anyway, so I’m moving on from that” – and also, initially, about his separation from his then-trainer Don Charles, who he replaced with Tony Sims until replacing Sims with Charles when confirmation of his date with the heavy-handed Wardley neared.
