{"id":404014,"date":"2026-02-02T15:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404014\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:28:07","slug":"derek-chisora-warns-daniel-dubois-to-avoid-one-man-for-comeback-fight-hell-ko-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/404014\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chisora warns Daniel Dubois to avoid one man for comeback fight: “He’ll KO you”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Dubois<\/a> is gearing up for a return with the goal of becoming a two-time world heavyweight champion. Derek Chisora<\/a> believes he must navigate that journey very carefully.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old Brit was elevated to IBF champion during a string of three impressive victories over Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua, though lost his belt via stoppage to the man who had vacated it, Oleksandr Usyk, when they faced off at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n

Following a break and recovery from a minor injury, Dubois switched his training team to work out of Tony Sims\u2019 Essex gym. Months later, he announced he had made a u-turn and would return to Don Charles, who orchestrated those statement wins mentioned above.<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to Seconds Out<\/a>, Chisora first reacted to the news that Dubois has returned to Charles \u2013 a trainer he knows well himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaniel is a particular guy. He meant Don is good for him so they can practice what they practice for longer. Remember, when he\u2019s training with Tony, he\u2019s got half an hour before Tony moves onto somebody else. So, it\u2019s good for Daniel that he went back to Don.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about the potential of a Zhilei Zhang fight, said to be the top option for Dubois\u2019 return, Chisora sent a stern warning.<\/p>\n

\u201cNah, he\u2019s not fighting Zhilei Zhang. F\u2013k that. Zhilei Zhang will knock him out \u2026 This is what I said to Frank, what are we trying to do here, get him killed? Give him another easy fight, build him up, and then that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhang, 42, is a dangerous puncher who halted the progress of Joe Joyce back in 2023 with two stoppage victories, the second being particularly brutal. Following a close loss to Joseph Parker, he demolished Deontay Wilder inside five rounds only to be stopped himself in his last contest by Agit Kabayel.<\/p>\n

With a return imminent and time not on his side, Zhang is calling loudly for the Dubois fight.<\/a> Fans will find out in the coming days and weeks whether or not the Brit\u2019s team takes what Chisora deems to be a step too far for a comeback bout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois is gearing up for a return with the goal of becoming a two-time world heavyweight champion.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-404014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}