Daniel Dubois vs. Bogdan Dinu: date, time, how to watch, background
DANIEL DUBOIS RETURNS TO THE RING AGAINST BOGDAN DINU ON SATURDAY IN TELFORD, ENGLAND, HIS FIRST FIGHT SINCE HE WAS STOPPED BY JOE JOYCE IN NOVEMBER.
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DANIEL DUBOIS (15-1, 14 KOs)
vs. BOGDAN DINU (20-2, 16 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, June 5
- Time: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT / 7 p.m. in U.K. (main event later in show)
- Where: Telford International Centre, Telford, England
- TV/Stream: Fite TV PPV in U.S., BT Sport in U.K.
- Cost: $12.99 for PPV
- Division: Heavyweights
- At stake: No titles
- Pound-for-pound ranking: None
- Odds: Dubois 17-1 favorite
- Also on the card: Archie Sharp vs. Marcio Soza, junior lightweights; Nathan Heaney vs. Iliyan Markov, middleweights
- Prediction: Dubois KO 6
Background: Dubois, the highly touted heavyweight prospect, begins the rebuilding process after his 10th-round knockout loss to Joe Joyce this past November. The 23-year-old Londoner was fighting Joyce on even terms when he retired because of a left eye-socket injury, which turned out to be an orbital fracture. Dubois is fully healed and hungry to get back in the win column, which might be bad news for Dinu. The 34-year-old Romanian has had success against second-tier opposition but he was stopped against elite foes Jarrell Miller (KO 4) and Kubrat Pulev (KO 7) in 2018 and 2019. He knocked out journeymen Osborn Machimana and Frank Bluemle since that setback, the latter fight having taken place this past October. Dinu matches Dubois in size – they’re both 6-foot-5, 240-something – but not in ability. The Englishman figures to make a strong statement.