World heavyweight champion Alexander Usyk is targeting an early win in his fight against Daniel Dubois.
“I see the fight ending early after round eight. Maybe by a stoppage or a technical knockout.”,
For Usyk, 36, who has won all of his 20 professional fights, Saturday night’s clash against the Briton is for his four WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO federation belts.
The fight will take place in Wroclaw. Usyk dethroned Britain’s Anthony Joshua with a clear points victory in September 2021 and also defeated the Klitschko conqueror in the rematch in Saudi Arabia in August 2022. Because the eagerly awaited unification fight against WBC world champion Tyson Fury did not materialise, Dubois moved up.
The 25-year-old Briton, whose statistics show one defeat in 19 wins (18x knockouts), approaches the task against Ukrainian Usyk humbly but courageously at the same time. “I’m grateful for the chance and ready to grab it with both hands,” he said, “Usyk is a great champion. But every beginning has an end. I am ready. “
Usyk’s opponent of choice Fury prefers a duel with mixed martial arts star Francis Ngannou. The show fight against the Cameroonian, who was most recently heavyweight champion in the UFC, is scheduled to take place on 28 October in Saudi Arabia. The fight will be fought according to boxing rules. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Ngannou has the strongest punch ever measured in his fists.