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MANY of Daniel Dubois’ formative years were spent watching old tapes of Mike Tyson, which often contained an easily recognisable promoter with a shock of grey hair lurking in the background – or sometimes the foreground. Now the 24-year-old heavyweight is bidding to secure a highlight reel knockout of his own on a Don King promotion nearly two decades later.

Dubois is in Miami to take on early on Saturday

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