{"id":560394,"date":"2026-05-01T10:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560394\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:56:10","slug":"daniel-dubois-ex-coach-reveals-big-problem-that-could-cost-him-in-fabio-wardley-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560394\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois’ ex-coach reveals ‘big problem’ that could cost him in Fabio Wardley fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Dubois has all the tools to beat Fabio Wardley comfortably, but he won’t utilise them.<\/p>\n

That is the opinion of ‘Triple D’s’ former trainer Shane McGuigan.<\/p>\n

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McGuigan believes Dubois’ mindset could be the undoing of him against WardleyCredit: Queensberry Promotions<\/p>\n

The esteemed British coach worked with Dubois for four stoppage wins over Bogdan Dinu, Joe Cusumano, Trevor Bryan and Kevin Lerena between 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n

They would subsequently go their separate ways ahead of Dubois’ first defeat to Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> in August 2023, with Don Charles taking over the hot seat.<\/p>\n

Under Charles’ guidance, Dubois strung together a trio of impressive knockout wins over Jarrell Miller<\/a>, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua<\/a>, culminating in a short reign as IBF heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

While he would eventually drop the black and gold strap to Usyk in a rematch last July, he has since been handed an immediate title shot against WBO heavyweight champion Wardley on May 9.<\/a><\/p>\n

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McGuigan, who still trains Daniel’s sister Caroline, believes his former pupil far outweighs Wardley in terms of skill, but insists his reluctance to follow instructions could cost him.<\/p>\n

Daniel Dubois’ ‘big problem’<\/p>\n

“I think it benefits Fabio Wardley<\/a> if they’re having a shootout,” McGuigan told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

“I could be sat right in front of Daniel and tell him, ‘box his ears off and just use your jab’, because Daniel has the fundamentals. <\/p>\n

“He’s got the feet, he’s got great balance, he’s an amazing athlete, he’s got a phenomenal jab which is more powerful than his right hand; it’s ridiculous. It’s like a horse hitting you every time.<\/p>\n

“But he will not listen. Tell him to just use his jab and make it boring. <\/p>\n

“[He will then think] ‘I’m going to go for it.’ That’s the truth.<\/p>\n

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Wardley and Dubois are set to square off on May 9 in ManchesterCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“The biggest problem with this fight is Daniel’s mindset. <\/p>\n

“If he can get it into his head that he has to box and make it, not boring, but just win it on the jab, he wins the fight very comfortably. <\/p>\n

“But he will not; he will go straight for him, and that means he’ll either knock him out or get knocked out.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is certainly some legs in what McGuigan is saying.<\/p>\n

Wardley is a fighter who has been forged in the fire.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old thrives in a slugfest and has the one-punch knockout power to switch off any heavyweight’s lights.<\/p>\n

Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n

He can, though, be outboxed, as was evident in his come-from-behind stoppage win over Justis Huni last June. <\/a><\/p>\n

Boxing schedule<\/p>\n

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For all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out\u00a0talkSPORT.com’s\u00a0 boxing schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois has all the tools to beat Fabio Wardley comfortably, but he won’t utilise them. That is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,192355,4035,77989,17900,189929,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-560394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-breakdown","tag-daniel-dubois","tag-fabio-wardley","tag-prediction","tag-shane-mcguigan","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560394","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=560394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}