Don Charles offers Daniel Dubois to Tyson Fury: "Do you fancy it?"

The trainer, who was in Derek Chisora's corner for all three Fury fights, calls Fury vs Joshua "a 50-50 fight".

By Combat Sports UK Staff · Published Fri 2 Oct, 16:07 UK · AI-assisted reporting

Daniel Dubois with his trainer Don Charles at a press conference — Photo: Getty Images

Don Charles, who trained Derek Chisora for all three of his fights with Tyson Fury, has offered Fury a fight with his current fighter, WBO heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois.

"I've tried three times and I've failed as a coach to get Chisora to make a dent in the Fury... I've got my young charge now. So Tyson, if you're listening, do you fancy it?" Charles told The Stomping Ground.

He admitted it "wouldn't be fair" at this stage of Fury's career, "now that Tyson is on his way", and said Fury could yet have a third fight with Oleksandr Usyk: "never say never."

Fury meets Anthony Joshua in Cardiff on 11 December, a fight Charles said is overdue. "This fight should have happened five, six years ago," he said, calling it "a 50-50 fight" in which "he's all wrong for Tyson Fury, and Tyson Fury's all wrong for him". Asked who would have won five years ago, he said: "All day long, Fury."

Dubois defends the WBO title against Fabio Wardley in their rematch at the O2 Arena in London on 17 October, after stopping him in the 11th round in May.