Daniel Dubois has a message for Oleksandr Usyk if the unified heavyweight king is critically contemplating an eventual drop again right down to cruiserweight: Now we have unfinished enterprise first.
It has been a yr since Dubois was stopped by the Ukrainian within the ninth spherical of their world title showdown in Wroclaw in controversial circumstances, however the 26-year-old has since rebounded with TKOs of his personal in opposition to Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic.
A blockbuster conflict with Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium on September 21, reside on Sky Sports activities Field Workplace, is quickly approaching too, the place the winner would probably be on the right track to face whoever comes out on prime in Usyk’s December rematch with Tyson Fury.
Usyk had beforehand floated the concept of dropping again down a division to reclaim undisputed standing on the 14-stone restrict, however Dubois is decided to make amends in opposition to the 2012 Olympics gold medallist after he faces Joshua.
“I need to go in there and right that wrong,” Dubois informed Sky Sports activities.
“There may be positively unfinished enterprise with me and Usyk, and that is a part of my rise. I used to be in a darkish place earlier than and I am coming into the sunshine, so I have to get that again.
“He was at cruiserweight before and I’m sure he could come back up, but let’s see how the future plays out.”
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A assured Daniel Dubois says he’ll put Anthony Joshua to sleep on September twenty first
Added into the combination is the actual fact Dubois now holds the IBF belt which Usyk relinquished in June, ending his reign as the primary undisputed heavyweight champion for 1 / 4 of a century after barely a month.
That noticed Dubois upgraded to the sanctioning physique’s world champion, having earned interim standing along with his eighth-round stoppage of Hrgovic in Saudi Arabia at the beginning of June.
The vagaries of boxing politics are of little concern to the Greenwich fighter, but it surely did imply that on the time of his conflict with former unified world champion Joshua being introduced, he was nonetheless not in possession of the particular belt.
“We’re waiting – where is it?!” Dubois stated with amusing. “However hopefully I am going to get it.
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Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois have been pulled aside by safety forward of their IBF world heavyweight title struggle at Wembley
“But you know what? That’s how Lennox Lewis became champion, and it’s happened before in the past in boxing history.
“Simply to get your identify up there as world champion is a good feeling.
“I wish I had it on the night, the IBF world title belt, but it’s all good.”
The victory over Hrgovic was one thing of a press release win for Dubois as nicely, significantly given the criticism he obtained over the way of his defeat to Usyk.
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Promoter Frank Warren insists Daniel Dubois has a greater current document than Anthony Joshua forward of their Wembley showdown
The encouragement from ringside of his father in addition to coach Don Charles helped spur him on that night time in Riyadh and he’s taking one huge lesson from that contest into his struggle in opposition to Joshua.
“It was to just keep digging deep,” Dubois stated. “Like my dad was saying from outside the ring, ‘don’t wait, don’t wait!’.
“As soon as I begin throwing at them, they must defend. The most effective type of defence is assault, so I learnt from that struggle to assault and assault and preserve going.
“It is huge [having dad ringside]. You simply want that, to kick you up the bottom and get on with it!
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Sky Sports activities’ Johnny Nelson says Anthony Joshua’s struggle in opposition to Daniel Dubois is an efficient conflict of kinds, with the bout going down at Wembley Stadium on September 21
“I started off a bit shaky, but I got into it once the rhythm went. I felt the vibe and I had the right people in my corner, so it was great.”
Now again boxing on dwelling turf in London as a defending world champion, Dubois is underneath no illusions about what’s at stake.
He is aware of victory over Joshua would open up the potential of including extra world title belts to his assortment, and perhaps even the prospect to place proper what he felt went unsuitable in opposition to Usyk.
“It puts me at the top of the tree now [if I beat Joshua],” Dubois stated. “It does make me the king, for sure.”
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