A rematch between Oleksandr Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) and Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) has been formally introduced.
In keeping with a press launch by Queensberry Promotions on Sunday, their bout will headline a card at Wembley Stadium on July 19. Boxing followers worldwide will be capable to catch the motion dwell on DAZN. The press launch doesn’t specify whether or not the occasion might be a part of the DAZN subscription or provided as a pay-per-view (PPV). Different potential broadcasters of the card have been additionally not talked about.
The occasion is below the sponsorship of Riyadh Season, a state-funded leisure and sports activities competition. The Saudi Arabian Normal Leisure Authority is chargeable for its group.
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois 2 Official
Fighter Quotes
“I’m grateful to God for the chance to as soon as once more struggle for the undisputed championship,” mentioned Usyk in an announcement that was a part of the press launch. “Thanks, Daniel, for caring for my IBF belt – now I need it again.”
“That is the struggle I wished and demanded and now I get my likelihood for revenge in opposition to Oleksandr Usyk,” mentioned Dubois. “I ought to have received the primary struggle and was denied by the judgement of the referee, so I’ll make no mistake this time round in entrance of my individuals on the nationwide stadium in my house metropolis. I’m a superior and extra harmful fighter now and Usyk will discover this out for himself on July 19. I would love to thank my promoter Frank for making this occur for me and I intend to repay him by turning into the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.”
Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois: The First Combat
This would be the second assembly between the pair. That they had beforehand confronted one another in August 2023 in Wrocław, Poland. On the time, Usyk was defending his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight world titles. He would go on to win the struggle through ninth-round knockout.
Although Usyk was profitable a lot of the rounds comfortably earlier than the stoppage, there was a second of controversy within the fifth. Dubois landed a shot to the physique that was dominated a low blow by referee Luis Pabon. Whereas some insisted that the punch was a low blow, others thought it was a reliable punch. No matter how one seen the shot, Usyk went on to outbox Dubois and finally get the knockout win.
Path to Undisputed
After their struggle in Poland, Usyk would go on to have two fights in Saudi Arabia in opposition to Tyson Fury. Of their first encounter, the Ukrainian received through break up choice to turn out to be the undisputed heavyweight champion. Usyk then vacated the IBF title and fought Fury a second time, profitable through unanimous choice.
In that very same interval, Dubois had three fights. The primary noticed him defeating Jarrell Miller through a tenth-round technical knockout. This was adopted by an eighth-round technical knockout of Filip Hrgović, a win that gave Dubois an interim model of the IBF heavyweight world championship. After Usyk vacated the IBF title, the Englishman was promoted to full titlist. Dubois’ first defence of the belt was a fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua in September final 12 months.
Further particulars concerning Usyk vs. Dubois 2, resembling broadcasters and ticket data, might be revealed within the coming weeks and months.
