"He had a virus, he had swollen glands and an ear infection so the doctor told him ‘I wouldn’t fight if I was you’ he said ‘you can fight, but after three rounds you’ll be feeling it’.
DANIEL DUBOIS' dad has opened up on just how bad his viral infection was after the Brit was forced to withdraw from his bout with Joseph Parker.
He said: "Next, he wants Usyk, it’s frustrating about the Parker fight but he couldn’t fight with an infection.
Dubois, 27, pulled out of his lucrative world title fight just two days before he was due to step in the ring in Riyadh, citing illness as the reason.
During an appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, he said: ''It feels weird because [Daniel Dubois] was at the public workout and then, just like that, he got real ill.
