Don Charles ‘WILL be in Daniel Dubois’ nook this weekend’, amid rumours the heavyweight champion SACKED his coach simply days earlier than Wembley showdown with Anthony Joshua

Daniel Dubois will reportedly have Don Charles in his nook this weekend for his heavyweight conflict with Anthony Joshua, regardless of rumours he has sacked his head coach.

Dubois and Charles teamed up final yr forward of the Brit taking up Ukrainian nice Oleksandr Usyk in Poland. Charles was unable to guide his cost to victory that evening, however has since guided him to spectacular wins over Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic.

Dubois was subsequently named IBF heavyweight champion after Usyk vacated the belt, and is because of make his first defence towards home foe Joshua at Wembley Stadium on Saturday evening. However Charles was nowhere to be seen on the grand arrivals or the open exercise earlier this week, resulting in rumours that he had been fired simply days earlier than Dubois enters the ring.

Nonetheless, talkSPORT boxing editor Michael Benson has denied that Dubois and Charles have parted methods. 

In a put up on X on Wednesday evening, Benson wrote: ‘Advised by a rep for Frank Warren’s Queensberry that Don Charles stays Daniel Dubois’ head coach regardless of rumours on the contrary and he’ll certainly be in his nook as deliberate for the Anthony Joshua combat on Saturday evening.’

Charles is the third everlasting coach of Dubois’ profession. He began off within the skilled ranks beneath Martin Bowers, earlier than switching to the highly-rated Shane McGuigan.

Dubois gained the WBA (Common) heavyweight title beneath McGuigan’s tutelage by beating America’s Trevor Bryan in June 2022, however moved on from him after struggling previous South Africa’s Kevin Lerena six months later.

He suffered a critical knee damage in that combat, and after a prolonged restoration interval turned to Charles.

The 27-year-old has produced arguably the 2 finest performances of his profession with Charles in his nook, and it could be an enormous shock if he did eliminate him.

However Charles is legendary for coaching veteran heavyweight Derek Chisora, who’s an in depth buddy of Joshua’s.

Whether or not this has performed a component within the rumours of him being sacked is unclear, however Dubois’ workforce have denied that Charles has been moved on forward of the home dust-up, and he’s nonetheless anticipated to coach Dubois for the most important combat of his life this weekend.