We Hoped For Fury But Got Little-Known Brit Instead: Details Of Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois Fight

On August 26th in Poland, Oleksandr Usyk will fight another opponent. But it's not Tyson Fury, as we all hoped - it's little known boxer Daniel Dubois. All the details of the fight are in the material of Telecomasia.net.

IBO, WBO, IBF and WBA belts of the Ukrainian boxer are at stake.

The boxing night with the main event Usyk vs. Dubois will take place in the Polish city of Wroclaw, at the Tarczyński Arena and will begin on August 26 at 20:00 GMT+3. It will air live on ESPN+ and its partners. The approximate start time for the Usyk vs. Dubois fight is 23:55 GMT+3.

Oleksandr Usyk is one of the most successful Ukrainian boxers in history, and his sporting career is a true example for young athletes. He won both world and European championships, became an Olympic champion in 2012, and after turning professional he began to win there as well.

First, Oleksandr became the undisputed cruiserweight champion by defeating Russia's Murat Gassiev, later defending the title, and after moving up to the heavyweight division, he became the champion there as well. Few believed he would succeed in the heavyweight division, but after two warm-up wins, Usyk dismantled Anthony Joshua himself. Now he has three most prestigious belts and the only thing he needs to do to become the undisputed champion of the heavyweight division is to defeat Tyson Fury, but the parties haven't reached an agreement on the contract terms.

The fights with Joshua went one after another, but the second victory was harder for Usyk. Anthony corrected the mistakes he made in the first fight, he looked strong and the fight was quite close. The Briton was more active, throwing harder punches, but the Ukrainian champion found time for his trademark fleet of foot and hit more often. By the end, both were very tired, and until the judges raised Usyk's hand, his victory was by no means obvious. In the end it was a split decision victory for Usyk and nobody could argue with it. Just as no one would have argued if it had gone the other way - both fighters deserved the victory.

Dubois is a very interesting athlete, but certainly not a championship level boxer. He's a brutal puncher, most of his wins have come by knockout early in the fight, he's moderately technical and smart, but he hasn't really faced strong opposition yet either. The only decent fighter he has faced is Joe Joyce, who gave him the only loss of his career. However, that fight was very competitive and Dubois was leading on points at the time of the stoppage.

In 2021, Daniel knocked out Bogdan Dinu to become the interim WBA champion, and a year later he finished Trevon Bryan. Then there was a tough fight with Kevin Lerena and with that record, Daniel goes into the biggest fight of his life against Usyk. Of course, no one believes in him but himself.

The fight against Kevin Lerena got off to a bad start - Dubois was knocked down three times in the first round and was only saved by the right time of the round ending. Once again our hero used his powerful punch - he landed a nice blow on his opponent and knocked him out.

It is absolutely wrong to compare Usyk and Dubois, they are boxers of very different levels. But since Daniel is a mandatory challenger, we'll do it anyway.

Neither experts nor bookmakers see a single chance for the Briton in the fight with Usyk. Thus, for example, 1xBet offers odds as much as 10 on the victory of Dubois, and only 1.11 on the victory of the Ukrainian.

And the position of the bookmakers is understandable. Dubois can only surprise Usyk with his punch, but even more intimidating guys have tried it before. Oleksandr will tire the not-so-fast and durable Brit by the middle of the fight with his fleet of foot, and then he will do whatever he wants. Of course, there is still a glimpse of hope for a lucky punch, but Usyk will be ready for it, so this hope is as slim as it gets.