Summary

  • Undefeated Daniel Dubois beats Japan's Kyotaro Fujimoto with huge second-round knockout

  • Tommy Fury wins in 62 seconds in first bout since Love Island

  • British middleweight Liam Williams stops American Alantez Fox in fifth round

  1. Postpublished at 22:09 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    A jab from Dubois in the opening 10 seconds and Fujimoto wobbles. That's not a good sign.

  2. Postpublished at 22:08 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Here we go.

  3. Working and progressing...published at 22:08 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Daniel Dubois v Kyotaro Fujimoto

    Steve Bunce
    BBC Radio 5 Live boxing pundit

    Dubois had a hard 10 rounds against Kevin Johnson last year and looked unhappy at times in that fight. When I spoke to him after the fight he was.

    He's worked on a few things since then, bending his knees, working the body more. I like him a lot. He is still a work in progress.

  4. How they comparepublished at 22:07 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Dubois v FujimotoImage source, .
  5. Postpublished at 22:06 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    What do we know of Kyotaro Fujimoto? He is a 33-year-old Japanese fighter, with 22 professional bouts, 21 wins, one loss with 13 of those wins inside the distance.

    He's 11 years older than Dubois but four inches smaller at 6ft, compared to 6ft 4in Dubois.

    Fujimoto has never fought outside of Japan and his hair is a mixture of red, green and blonde. It's a good chance to make a name for himself.

  6. 'Iron Mike reputation in sight'published at 22:02 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Dubois v Fujimoto

    Mike TysonImage source, Getty Images

    Daniel Dubois has been spending a fair bit of time with former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno but it's one of Bruno's conqueror's he is keen on emulating - Mike Tyson.

    “I know it can happen that people fear me like they feared Tyson,” Dubois told the Daily Star., external

    “It’s up to me to make sure it happens."

  7. Where does Dubois stand?published at 22:02 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Daniel Dubois v Kyotaro Fujimoto

    Steve Bunce
    BBC Radio 5 Live boxing pundit

    I would like to think he moves on to tests next year but is there a rush to move him on at the age of 22?

    There are 25, 26, 27 names that you would have to put ahead of him in world boxing. Even the likes of Michael Hunter, Oscar Rivas, loads of guys.

    I would like to see a bit of that next year, him fighting those older, established names.

    In a year's time you might then be talking of a fighter ready to crack on.

  8. No WWE for DDDpublished at 22:01 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Daniel Dubois v Kyotaro Fujimoto

    Braun StrowmanImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    There will be no fights against Braun Strowman for Daniel Dubois...

    Earlier this week the 5 Live Boxing Podcast played out a lovely interview with Daniel Dubois' trainer Martin Bowers.

    He looks after the young Briton - known as 'DDD' or 'Dynamite Daniel Dubois' - at London's Peacock Gym and gave us a wrestling-themed example of just how focused his fighter is.

    "Daniel is programmed," said Bowers. "His whole life is driven around being heavyweight champion of the world.

    "There aren't grey areas. He got an invite to go to the WWE. He said 'what do you think?'

    "I told him it was fantastic and that special people get invited to that.

    "He said 'I'd rather go training'.

    "That is who he is."

  9. A big-punching family...published at 22:00 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Daniel Dubois v Kyotaro Fujimoto

    Media caption,

    Caroline Dubois: 'I pretended to be a boy called Colin so I could box'

    Remember the name.

    Not just because Daniel Dubois is tipped to join the mix of big heavyweight names, but because his younger sister is some puncher too.

    Teenager Caroline won the 2019 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award in November.

    She claimed gold at the European Youth Championships in Bulgaria for the fourth successive time and you can learn more about how she once pretended to be a boy named Colin in order to box by clicking play above.

  10. Dubois on cusp in great British erapublished at 21:58 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Daniel Dubois v Kyotaro Fujimoto

    Mike Costello
    BBC Sport boxing correspondent

    Dubois is on the cusp of the elite level now. No one expects him to be extended at this stage of his career.

    It was an important fight for him in July for the British title against Nathan Gorman. That for me was the kind of win that took him on a stride.

    There's a log jam at the top of the world heavyweights and a group of fighters just beneath that that he is moving towards.

    We are looking at a top 10 heavyweights in Britain now that is stronger than any time in my lifetime.

  11. 'I'd back Daniel over AJ'published at 21:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Daniel Dubois v Kyotaro Fujimoto

    Daniel DuboisImage source, Getty Images

    Daniel Dubois' promoter Frank Warren wasn't holding back when he faced the cameras this week.

    Warren fancies his charge for a shot at a world title late in 2020 if they can negotiate the fraught politics that come at the elite heavyweight level.

    And Warren had a message for his rival promoter Eddie Hearn, who guides the career of IBF, WBA and WBO world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

    "If I could make him and Anthony Joshua today, I would make it," said Warren, 67. "I am so confident.

    "People say 'it's too soon'. I know who I would have my money on."

  12. Sparring tales...published at 21:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Daniel Dubois v Kyotaro Fujimoto

    Luke Reddy
    BBC Sport boxing reporter

    Sparring tales run deep in boxing so you never quite know who to believe when stories on fighter X dropping fighter Y emerge.

    One thing I have been told by a rock-solid source is that Daniel Dubois once caught Anthony Joshua heavily enough to force the world champion's legs to stiffen up in a big way.

    Some will go further and tell you Dubois put Joshua down. That, from what I have been told, was not the case but AJ has taken a big old whack from a man who would one day love to hold his titles.

  13. Postpublished at 21:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Next up is the main event, Daniel Dubois versus Kyotaro Fujimoto. Will probably last longer than Tommy Fury's fight.

  14. 'It feels absolutely amazing'published at 21:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Tommy Fury speaks to BT Sport: "It feels absolutely amazing. Thank you for all these fans who turned out.

    "I wasn't looking for a knockout at all, I was going to box to a game plan. I would not be here without this man to my left, my dad. It's father and son and we are going to the top.

    "This year I have gained a lovely soulmate in Molly and I've needed the year on a big knockout. More of the same in 2020."

    Father and trainer John Fury adds: "We are in no rush at all. He's only a child at 20. We have all the time in the world."

  15. Tommy Fury wins in just over a minute!published at 21:41 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019
    Breaking

    Three fights, three wins for the Love Island star. It is an absolute mis-match and Tommy Fury absolutely destroys his opponent. The Pole, who had only won twice in 28 bouts before this fight, does not land with a single punch.

    Binienda is down (big right overhand), up, down, up and stopped.

  16. Postpublished at 21:41 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Binienda up. Now down again.

  17. Postpublished at 21:41 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Binienda down in 15 seconds. Told you it wouldn't last long.

  18. Postpublished at 21:40 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    This is Fury's third professional fight. He has won the previous two, one inside the distance.

    He looks in absolute top physical condition. His opponent Przemslaw Binienda, er, does not. This might not last long.

  19. Postpublished at 21:39 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Molly-Mae, Tommy's girlfiend (well, you probably already knew that) is ringside at the Copper Box cheering on her partner.

  20. Tommy can't do anything until he can...published at 21:37 Greenwich Mean Time 21 December 2019

    Fury v Binienda

    Luke Reddy
    BBC Sport boxing reporter

    Tommy and MollyImage source, BBC Sport

    I do like this Tommy Fury story.

    I say that because I sat down with him a few weeks before his professional debut and he told me he could do nothing in life apart from box. He made out he was in a sink or swim scenario.

    Some six months later, some of us at BBC Sport were in New York for the Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz Jr fight when news broke that Fury was going into Love Island. "Great move, great for his profile," said some. Others raised how he had barely thrown a professional punch in anger in two bouts to date.

    We then ran into him in Las Vegas in September when he brother Tyson faced Otto Wallin. He was sought after and there was literally a queue to interview him, as his Love Island partner Molly Mae-Hague stood close to him.

    Life has changed somewhat. And it turns out there was plenty of good stuff written in the stars for young Tommy, even if he couldn't see it coming.