On August 26, in Wroclaw, Poland, WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk will make a voluntary defense of his titles against Briton Daniel Dubois. How dangerous the representative of Great Britain is and what prospects the victory in this confrontation will open up for the native of Crimea - in the material NEWS.ru.

Where to watch the duel between Usyk and Dubois, will the fight be shown in Russia
The meeting of the two boxers will take place on Saturday in Wroclaw, Poland, at the Tarczyński Arena. According to Moscow time, the fight will begin no earlier than midnight, on Sunday night. Russian TV channels will not broadcast this event. The live stream will be available on TNT Sports and ESPN+.

Who is Oleksandr Usyk
36-year-old Oleksandr Usyk is one of the most prominent boxers of our time. He was the champion of the 2012 Olympic Games, the world and European champion as part of the Ukrainian team. In the professional ring, a native of Simferopol became the winner of the World Boxing Super Series, winning four world titles in the first heavyweight (up to 91 kg).

He soon moved up to heavyweight and, after two “warm-up” fights, twice defeated Anthony Joshua by decision, taking away the WBA, IBF and WBO titles from the British Olympic champion. After these victories, the Ukrainian team negotiated for a long time with WBC title holder Tyson Fury, but the parties could not reach an agreement.

Usyk has 20 victories in 20 fights in the professional ring, 13 of them by knockout.


Who is Daniel Dubois
25-year-old Daniel Dubois is a puncher and one of the many British boxers of the new generation, who, however, already had the experience of defeat. In November 2020, he faced compatriot Joe Joyce and was leading on the scorecards at the end of the fight. But the opponent managed to break Dubois's facial bone, and he was forced to withdraw from the fight.

After this failure, Daniel scored four early victories in a row, but these successes are deceptive. Last December, Dubois shared the ring with South African Kevin Lerena, who recently moved up to heavyweight. The representative of Africa knocked down the Brit three times in the first round. After surviving Lerena's spurt, Dubois already finished his opponent in the third round.


What are the predictions for the Usyk-Dubois fight given by experts
The former contender for the world heavyweight title, Dmitry Kudryashov, in an interview with NEWS.ru, left no chance for Dubois to have a positive result in the confrontation with Usyk.

“If you draw an analogy between the Dubois fight with Lerena and Usyk, Alexander looks like a more dangerous boxer than Kevin. The South African could knock down Daniel three times. Usyk can do more. Therefore, my prediction is that before the eighth round, Dubois will end the resistance. Usyk wins by knockout. There is a difference in size, but I'm not even talking about skills. Objectively, Dubois has no chance, ”said Kudryashov.

What will Usyk win over Dubois?
In the short term, Usyk will have the opportunity to face Tyson Fury for the title of undisputed world champion. Boxers could do it in the spring, but their dialogue was unsuccessful. According to Alexander's representatives, Fury constantly put forward new conditions, literally sabotaging the negotiations.

Perhaps the Briton entered into these discussions only for show, and he himself had already decided to fight with the former champion of the Absolute Fighting Championship (UFC) Francis Ngannou. Their duel will take place on October 28 in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Ngannou is more recognizable in the world and is not a professional boxer. That is, Tyson wanted to meet a less dangerous opponent for big money.

Officially, Fury's fee was not announced, but he is "side A" and should earn more than the opponent, who was guaranteed $ 8 million. Famous blogger and boxer Jake Paul said that the real amount per fight for Ngannou would be much higher.

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Oleksandr Usyk
“Francis will earn an eight-figure fee, not an $8 million fee. For the specials, eight figures, not eight million. And rightly so, ”Paul wrote on the social network.

Since there is not much sports component in the duel with Ngannou and Fury did not put up the title for the fight, the “gypsy king” can fight Usyk this year if he wants. As a last resort, Tyson will release the belt and the WBC will appoint official contenders.

What plans did Usyk announce?
Alexander himself lives not only with championship ambitions in boxing and the desire to deprive the “gypsy king” of the belt. Recently, the Ukrainian said that he plans to be elected to the post of head of state after the end of his sports career.

“I will go down to the first heavy weight, again become the absolute world champion, and then I will run for the presidency of Ukraine,” Usyk said .

Many fellow countrymen supported Alexander's intention, but there were also those who opposed with the comments "Enough experiments with presidents" or "Everyone in our country is striving for power, except for political scientists with the appropriate education." Oleg Saitov, a two-time Olympic boxing champion, also reacted negatively to this intention.

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Oleksandr Usyk
“Immediately comes to mind such a proverb: “To hell with change - only to waste time.” The person has no administrative experience. This is a big mistake until he changes the team, learns to manage processes and so on ... The country will sag, which it is already doing due to its incorrectly chosen policy. It will be even worse,” said Saitov in an interview with NEWS.ru.

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Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) — Daniel Dubois (Great Britain);
Denis Berinchyk (Ukraine) - Anthony Yigit (Sweden);
Dmitry Mitrofanov (Ukraine) - Khamsa Shiraz (Great Britain);
Daniil Lapin (Ukraine) - Aro Schwartz (Germany);
Rafal Volchetsky (Poland) - Arriasa Roberto (Nicaragua);
Alexander Solomennikov (Ukraine) - Petr Gudel (Poland);
Yaroslav Khartsiz (Ukraine) - Konrad Tchaikovsky (Poland).