Daniel Dubois Reshuffles Team, Fires Coach Don Charles

Daniel Dubois replaced the coach after losing to Oleksandry Usyk (Instagram/@dynamite_daniel_dubois).

JAKARTA The former heavyweight world champion, Daniel Dubois, decided to part ways with his coach Don Charles after the two of them worked together for a year and a half.

BBC Sport reports that Tony Simms, who is coach of Conor Benn, is the leading candidate to replace the position previously occupied by Charles.

"I feel the need for a new and a new beginning for the next phase of my career, where I have ambitions to become a world champion twice," said Dubois.

In addition to changing coaches, Dubois has also recruited Sam Jones as his new advisor as he made major changes in his team after suffering a crushing defeat against Oleksandr Usyk last month.

Dubois, who was holding the IBF heavyweight belt at the time, got into the ring with ambitions to avenge the defeat to Usyk in 2023. However, he was actually made fall by the Ukrainian champion in the fifth round.

Dave Coldwell, former coach of David Haye and Tony Bellew, said Dubois' decision to get Charles out of the position of head coach was nothing surprising.

"That's how it is in the world of boxing," Coldwell said.

Dubois has a history of changing coaches during his career. He has been working with names like Shane McGuigan, Martin Tibbs, and Martin Bowers.

The result against Usyk was Dubois' third defeat of a total of 25 fights he had. Apart from being beaten twice by Usyk, he also lost against Joe Joyce in 2020.