No Party Before Dubois Faces Wardley - Charles

Trainer Don Charles guaranteed Daniel Dubois' squad will not beryllium hosting a statement earlier Saturday's conflict against WBO heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley successful Manchester.

Dubois, 28, arrived for July's conflict pinch Oleksandr Usyk astatine astir 20:15 BST - little than 2 hours earlier his ringwalk - aft reports that a gathering had been held astatine his house.

The Briton was stopped successful nan 5th round, losing his IBF title, and his squad subsequently held an "internal inquest" arsenic to why nan statement was allowed to happen.

A akin arena had been held anterior to Dubois' triumph complete Anthony Joshua successful September 2024, erstwhile he knocked retired nan erstwhile champion successful nan ninth round.

"It's not perfect to person a gathering connected nan time of nan fight," Charles told BBC Radio 5 Live's Boxing pinch Steve Bunce podcast.

"I'm not present to warrant but they did nan aforesaid gathering anterior to nan Joshua conflict - that gave commencement to nan ringwalk.

"They tried to replicate that but it didn't work. I tin guarantee location will beryllium nary gathering earlier this fight."