I sparred Tyson Fury, Derek Chisora & Filip Hrgovic… no one hit as hard as Daniel Dubois, his jab felt like right hand
Fisher had just ten amateur bouts before turning professional in 2021 - instead learning his craft in the gym.
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That included valuable sparring rounds with the likes of Tyson Fury and Joe Joyce.
But Fisher - a guest on SunSport's No Glove Lost previewing Dubois' rematch against Oleksandr Usyk - said no one could match the power of Britain's IBF heavyweight champion.
Recalling the spars, he said: "Hardest I've ever been punched, by far. His jab is like a right hand!
"And it's only sparring as well, so you've got the 20oz gloves on and you can see how he can puts people's lights out with the 10oz gloves on."
Fisher, 26, first sparred Dubois, 27, in 2021 and most recently two years ago.
At the time, Dubois had been stopped by Joyce and Usyk leaving his career in question.
But Fisher helped the Londoner before his December 2023 bout against Jarrell Miller - which proved a coming-of-age moment.
Dubois won in the tenth and final round, later going on to stop Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua in character-building victories.
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Usyk won the first fight in August 2023 via a ninth round KO - but only after Dubois knocked him to the canvas with a body blow that was ruled a low blow.
Dubois, 27, has improved massively since that first meeting, reeling off stunning wins over Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua.
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Fisher said: "Me and Daniel got on. He doesn't say much, he's quite a quiet character.
"But you have seen the development over the three or four years that I've known him and I think it's for the better.
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"He's expressing himself for, I like the cheeky comedic things you're seeing at the press conferences, his personality is coming out and I think it's important for a fighter to express themselves and do that no matter what their personality is.
"The freer you are, the more damage you can do and I think we've seen that with Daniel. Even the way his boxing skills have developed, moving off the line a bit.
"The way he came through that Jarrell Miller fight that was a defining moment for him. There was a lot of pressure on him, he was a big 25 or 26 stone man in front of him and he's come through adversity.
"I've seen good development boxing-wise and personality and I think they marry up quite well."
Usyk has already done the double over AJ and Fury with a pair of points wins - in between his ninth-round stoppage over Dubois.
But it was Chisora - who joined Fisher on our panel - who pushed the two-weight undisputed king the most in 2020.
And Fisher urged Dubois to replicate those same roughhouse tactics when he rematches Usyk on Saturday at Wembley for all four belts.
He said: "Out of everyone I've sparred, I've sparred Derek, I've sparred Filip Hrgovic, I've sparred Fury, he wants to dismantle you the most out of anyone.
"Some people spar for tech or spar to work on certain thing, he's trying to take you out. And I think that's his strength.
"His strength is the ability to come forward, the punch power, the physical nature in the clinch. And you can negate that.
"We saw in the first fight, yes it was a low-blow but somehow, it's very hard to do it and Derek's probably the best example of someone doing it, but roughhouse him.
"Get in close, not thinking about where you're hitting just going in there, biting down on the gumshield and that takes mental strength. That's a bit more valuable than talent is."
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