Trainer Don Charles has rubbished suggestions that he’s a “yes man” after reuniting with Daniel Dubois.
On Monday, Dubois revealed that he had returned to Charles five months after an acrimonious split following the Londoner’s defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in their rematch in July.
The 28-year-old hired Tony Sims as his new coach, but the pair split without having a fight together, with Sims telling proboxing-fans.com they “didn’t gel.”
“I guess me and Daniel just didn’t gel,” Sims said.
“So I think it’s a good move for him to go back to Don.
“Sometimes a certain coach is made for a certain fighter.”
At the time of their split, Charles claimed he’d been sacked, believing that Daniel’s father, Stan made the ultimate decision.
Under Charles, Dubois became IBF heavyweight world champion and scored the biggest win of his career to date – a fifth round knockout of Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium in September 2024.
Former lightweight contender, Kieran Farrell was part of Dubois’ team during the five fights he had with Charles and stepped down shortly before the pair split.
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In the wake of their shock reunion, Farrell revealed he would not be returning to the team claiming he wasn’t prepared to be a “yes man.”
“Getting a lot of ppl messaging me about Dubois & Don,” he wrote on Instagram.
“You won’t be seeing me returning, I left for multiple reasons, Had all the time in the world for Daniel.
“I was promised the world, give up a lot of stuff I was doing (training & managing other fighters, also helping a lot of kids out) to put time into Daniel & it was never compensated fairly.
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“I’m a professional in what I do, heard some s*** and felt like walking out many times.
“I hate being interrupted whilst I’m training fighters, I’m not a yes man, I stopped enjoying myself field of work & ultimately took food off my children’s plate along with multiple other reasons.”
Charles has denied being a follower and insists his focus is on guiding his charge to become a two-time heavyweight world champion.
“I had no inclination this was going to happen,” he told Seconds Out.
“It was a collective meet.
“As long as we’ve all got the same objective that was the main thing we achieved, is to go forward together to help Daniel achieve becoming a two-time world champion.
“I am not a yes man.
“I am not a weak character trust me.
“I’m being employed to do a job.
“I’m an experienced coach. I will carry out the duties to the best of my ability.”
