There are many reasons why Oleksandr Usyk should beat Daniel Dubois and leave Wembley Stadium as the undisputed world heavyweight champion on Saturday night.The Ukrainian is undefeated as a professional, including a stoppage of Dubois two years ago, and hasn’t lost any bout in 16 years. Usyk feasts on British fighters. He dethroned Anthony Joshua at a packed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2021. He won a gold medal at the London Olympics.
London native Dubois insists things will be different this time and that his three recent knockout victories – most impressively a demolition of Joshua last September at Wembley – prove that he’s the guy who can do what no other professional has done: Beat Usyk.
“I’m just on a different level now,” the 27-year-old Dubois said. “I’m ready to go through whatever I need to on Saturday and get those belts.”
An expected crowd of 90,000 will be on hand when Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) puts his WBA, WBC and WBO titles on the line. He’ll try to win Dubois’ IBF belt to become a two-time undisputed world heavyweight champion.
Lennox Lewis was the last British heavyweight to hold every major belt – accomplishing the feat in November 1999.
Usyk respects ‘young guy’ Dubois
Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) was outmatched by Usyk in their first fight, unable to defend the Ukrainian southpaw’s jab and failing to land many power punches that night in Wroclaw, Poland, in August 2023. Dubois sent Usyk to …
