4 days Ago By Donal Long, Bloody Knockout
Reports of a heavyweight title unification bout between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois have emerged. The IBF World Heavyweight champion Dubois was scheduled to face Joseph Parker in February of 2025 in a title defense bout. However, ‘DDD’ withdrew with an illness.
Instead, Parker earned a knockout victory over Martin Bakole . Although there was discussion of rescheduling the fight between Dubois and Parker, it appears as if another bout may be next for the English champion. Fans unhappy as Daniel Dubois vs Oleksandr Usyk reported for July 2025 The Ring Magazine has reported that Usyk and Dubois are finalizing a deal for an undisputed world title fight at Wembley Stadium on July 12th, 2025.
Usyk is currently the holder of the WBA, WBO, WBC, and IBO World Heavyweight titles, having defeated Tyson Fury in December 2024. However, although the fight is being highly anticipated by some, others do not feel the same way. Following Parker’s win over Bakole , many feel the Australian should have been granted a world title opportunity.
Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois are in the process of finalizing a deal for a Ring Magazine and undisputed heavyweight championship rematch July 12 at London’s Wembley Stadium, sources told The Ring’s Mike Coppinger. pic.twitter.
com/g9bJ4jkRrU Among comments on X, one user wrote, “Dubois should be fighting Parker.” Meanwhile, another added, “So Dubois decided to duck Parker for good? Nah man, this isn’t fair. Joe is the only guy that deserves a piece of the pie from Usyk, if we’re being fair.
Agit Kabayel was also given mention after his TKO victory over Zhilei Zhang . “What’s wrong with Parker or Kabayel?” Another user added, “We don’t want this we want Parker to fight Usyk!” Parker is currently the holder of the WBO Interim World Heavyweight title. However, it appears as if he will have to wait some time to make the title a full one.
Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois’ first meeting ended in controversy Should Usyk and Dubois fight in 2025, it will be a rematch two years on from their first meeting. ‘DDD’ challenged Usyk for the WBA, IBF, IBO, and WBO World heavyweight titles in August 2023, but was defeated by a ninth-round knockout. However, Dubois also put Uysk to the floor in a controversial moment .
In the fifth round, a punch from Dubois would land on Usyk causing the Ukrainian champion to go down in pain. However, the shot was ruled to be a low blow. Usyk was then given almost four minutes to recover as the fight continued.
Fans debated whether the punch was below the belt of Usyk or not. However, the Ukrainian retained his titles. This article first appeared on Bloody Knockout and was syndicated with permission.
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