Daniel Dubois destroyed Ricardo Snijders at the BT Sport studios in London on Saturday.- It was the 22-year-old heavyweight's first pandemic-era match, and he needed only 200 seconds to knock his opponent down four times in a one-sided slaughter.
- Victory tees up a big, Battle of Britain type bout against fellow Englishman Joe Joyce on October 24.
- Watch Dubois' brutal win below.
A 22-year-old heavyweight called Daniel Dubois knocked his opponent down four times in 200 seconds, and is on the cusp of big-money bouts.
Dubois, a London-based puncher with technical acumen, competed against Ricardo Snijders in his first pandemic-era fight at the BT Sport studios Saturday.
Snijders was never expected to trouble Dubois, and it was not long before it became apparent that Dubois would likely have had tougher spars in the gym, as he mercilessly battered the Dutchman to the ground.
Within seconds of the opening bell, Dubois jabbed Snijders into the ropes, pressured his opponent around the ring, and generally bullied his man by making his physical advantages count.
Dubois was barely hit aside from a sneaky mid-round hook, but walked through whatever Snijders landed and began making him grimace with confidence-sapping body-shots.
Indeed, the first knockdown was scored as a result of a left hook to the body.
A flurry of shots, finished with a left hookercut to the gut, forced Snijders to the ground once again, before the 26-year-old got dropped for a third time with 11 seconds left on the clock.
He beat the count, and somehow managed to convince the referee he could recover in the corner between rounds.
Really, the fight could have been waved off and there would have been no complaints because Dubois had Snijders on the canvas for a fourth and final team just eight seconds into the second round.
Dubois closed-in on Snijders, threw a seven-punch combination — which included numerous digs to the body — and though Snijders got back to his feet after dropping to his knees because of a right hook to the ribs, the referee had seen enough.
It was all over.
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The level of competition was criticized
Dubois is used to competing around five times a year.
His first bout of 2020 was supposed to take place in April, in a big, Battle of Britain type bout against Joe Joyce which would decide who was ready to be matched against the top 10 fighters in the heavyweight division.
The worsening spread of the coronavirus led to the cancelation of the event, and Joyce and Dubois instead took stay-busy bouts when the
Snijders was his first fight this year but one of boxing's most prominent reporters, Dan Rafael, called it a mismatch.
"Dubois slaughters grossly overmatched Ricardo Snijders in a second round knockout," Rafael tweeted Saturday.
"Dropped him three times in the first round and then with a left to the body in the opening seconds of the second round. Zero competition."
The Dubois and Joyce fight has been tentatively rearranged for October 24.
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