Heavyweight knockout machine Daniel Dubois has suffered his first professional boxing loss, taking a knee before a TKO stoppage against fellow Brit Joe Joyce on Sunday (AEDT).
Former Olympic silver medallist Joyce, 35, improved to 12-0 as a pro (11 KOs) by closing Dubois' left eye with relentless jabs at The Church House in London.
The 23-year-old Dubois, who was 15-0 heading into the fight with 14 KOs, went down after taking another blow to the eye during the 10th round.
He seemed unwilling to continue and the referee waved off the fight, sending Joyce into raptures. Joyce wrested Dubois' British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles, plus the vacant European title, by stopping the unbeaten phenom.
The loss will add to criticism that Dubois has been overhyped, after being fed a steady stream of mismatches so far in his career. He was ranked No.2 with the WBO heading into the fight but must now reset his still-young career, right when he was edging towards a possible world title shot.
The decisive jab from Joyce came just seconds into the 10th round, of a scheduled 12. Dubois' eye was badly swollen from mid-fight an he showed limited ability to defend the onslaught from Joyce's probing left hand.
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