Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois | TNT Sports PPV - 26 August 2023

[Ruthless-RKO]

What a lot of people are overlooking is DDD has already won a title on the road so won’t be afraid to go into the lions den.

What, against Trevor Bryan..

Come on.. That was a cat's den.. also, Dubois was probably heavy favourite

This is much different.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Dmytro Mytrofanov confirmed for the undercard.

Mytrofanov is promoted by K2 / Krassyuk

[cormack]

What a lot of people are overlooking is DDD has already won a title on the road so won’t be afraid to go into the lions den.

What, against Trevor Bryan..

Come on.. That was a cat's den.. also, Dubois was probably heavy favourite

This is much different.

you mean the deputys badge

[Ruthless-RKO]

What a lot of people are overlooking is DDD has already won a title on the road so won’t be afraid to go into the lions den.

What, against Trevor Bryan..

Come on.. That was a cat's den.. also, Dubois was probably heavy favourite

This is much different.

you mean the deputys badge

What do you mean?

[joshj909]

What, against Trevor Bryan..

Come on.. That was a cat's den.. also, Dubois was probably heavy favourite

This is much different.

you mean the deputys badge

What do you mean?

The belt is as good as a deputy's badge.

This is a picture of the belt that Dubois went into the lion's den to get:


And here is the lion:

[Glass Joe]

[cormack]

What, against Trevor Bryan..

Come on.. That was a cat's den.. also, Dubois was probably heavy favourite

This is much different.

you mean the deputys badge

What do you mean?

its not an actual HW champions belt - just a made up one

[TheLeprechaun]

I think Dubois will be looking for a way out once Usyk gets going.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think Dubois will be looking for a way out once Usyk gets going.

Do you see him taking a knee possibly.

[coneye]

I think Dubois will be looking for a way out once Usyk gets going.

Do you see him taking a knee possibly.

Done it before , mind you he had good reason , but i think it gets easier every time you do it

[leejonesjnr]

Warren on 5 Live podcast GUARANTEES that Dubois will win.
Having said that he also stated that Dubois is WBO interim champion so perhaps there’s no guarantee to his guarantee.

[mickey1975]

12pm Monday for tickets, I'm guessing Polish time.

[mickey1975]

I'm in. £70 for a good seat. Unsure if top tier is on sale going on the seating plan, they should be, the others went very fast. Maybe they are the £9 tickets. Just shows you how f ucking pathetic our country is. I paid £60 to watch a load of crap 60-54 fights last month, also, a room at The O2 hotel is the same price for AJ v Whyte as my flight, hotel and ticket combined.

[gregregegg]

I'm in. £70 for a good seat. Unsure if top tier is on sale going on the seating plan, they should be, the others went very fast. Maybe they are the £9 tickets. Just shows you how f ucking pathetic our country is. I paid £60 to watch a load of crap 60-54 fights last month, also, a room at The O2 hotel is the same price for AJ v Whyte as my flight, hotel and ticket combined.

to be fair minimum wage in poland is about 1/3 of UKs, so for the battlers out there your 70quid tick is more like a 200er.

[big lennox]

I'm in. £70 for a good seat. Unsure if top tier is on sale going on the seating plan, they should be, the others went very fast. Maybe they are the £9 tickets. Just shows you how f ucking pathetic our country is. I paid £60 to watch a load of crap 60-54 fights last month, also, a room at The O2 hotel is the same price for AJ v Whyte as my flight, hotel and ticket combined.

That's a fantastic result for what will be a superb weekend.

[mickey1975]

I'm in. £70 for a good seat. Unsure if top tier is on sale going on the seating plan, they should be, the others went very fast. Maybe they are the £9 tickets. Just shows you how f ucking pathetic our country is. I paid £60 to watch a load of crap 60-54 fights last month, also, a room at The O2 hotel is the same price for AJ v Whyte as my flight, hotel and ticket combined.

That's a fantastic result for what will be a superb weekend.

Yes, we are looking forward to it.

[THEBUTCH]

Link to W@rren talking up Dubois' chances:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g0skrx

I don't see it personally. Dubois' confidence sounds completely hollow.

W@rren even compares his prediction of Dubois beating Usyk to when Danny Williams beat Mike Tyson.

He must know something the Boxrecers don't

Current poll is 88% Usyk v 12% Dubois.....a landslide prediction !

[polecateddy]

No if Usyk is anything like his Joshua form it should be one-sided. There’s just that chance the Ukraine’s durability deserts him and he ages. Not a huge chance but some.

[Ruthless-RKO]

ESPN+ Press Release

Ukraine's unified WBA/WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk will defend his titles against WBA mandatory challenger Daniel Dubois on Saturday, August 26 at Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw in Wroclaw, Poland.

Usyk, a 36-year-old southpaw who hopes to become the undisputed king in a second weight class, will spend Ukrainian Independence Day weekend putting his belts on the line against London's hard-hitting Dubois.

Promoted by K2 Promotions, in association with Queensberry, Usyk-Dubois and undercard bouts will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States starting at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.

Usyk (20-0, 13 KOs), a two-time Olympian and 2012 gold medalist, ended his amateur career with a record of 335-15. He turned pro in 2013 and secured the WBO cruiserweight world title in September 2016 by defeating Krzysztof Glowacki. In 2018, he became the undisputed cruiserweight champion in the World Boxing Super Series, claiming the WBC title against Mairis Breidis in January and the WBA and IBF belts from Murat Gassiev in July. He defended his crown with an eighth-round TKO against Tony Bellew in November before moving up to heavyweight with a seventh-round stoppage victory against Chazz Witherspoon in October 2019. After a decision win over Derek Chisora in October 2020, Usyk defeated unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua to become unified champion the following September. Usyk returns after defeating Joshua in their August 2022 rematch.

Dubois (19-1, 18 KOs) started his career in the paid ranks in April 2017 with a first-round TKO against Marcus Kelly. He went 15-0 with 14 knockouts in his first three years as a pro before suffering his first setback, a 10th-round stoppage loss to Joe Joyce in November 2020. Since then, he’s won four straight, including a fourth-round knockout against unbeaten American contender Trevor Bryan. The 25-year-old slugger is coming off a third-round TKO win against Kevin Lerena last December.

[mickey1975]

They've opened up the rest of the stadium for sale today.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Denys Berinchyk vs. Anthony Yigit added to the card

[coneye]

Link to W@rren talking up Dubois' chances:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g0skrx

I don't see it personally. Dubois' confidence sounds completely hollow.

W@rren even compares his prediction of Dubois beating Usyk to when Danny Williams beat Mike Tyson.

He must know something the Boxrecers don't

Current poll is 88% Usyk v 12% Dubois.....a landslide prediction !

you got to hand it to Frank , theres absolutly no one can come out with such crap has he does , with a straight face , Tyson and the Kickboxer gonna be a game changer theres another beuty Jeez british boxing will miss him when he;s gone ,there will never be another FWANK

[THEBUTCH]

Haha yep, W@rren talking a lot of smack ! He was inventing cast iron wins for Dubois that haven't even taken place

[Grilling Machine]

What a lot of people are overlooking is DDD has already won a title on the road so won’t be afraid to go into the lions den.

What, against Trevor Bryan..

Come on.. That was a cat's den..

And the 1980s was a long time ago.

[Ruthless-RKO]

FILIP HRGOVIC TO BE RINGSIDE FOR OLEKSANDR USYK VS DANIEL DUBOIS IN WROCLAW

Filip Hrgovic plans to be at ringside in Poland to watch Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois fight for the world title after cementing his position as the mandatory challenger for the IBF belt.

Hrgovic stopped Demsey McKean in the 12th round on Saturday night, at the 02 Arena in London to solidify his IBF ranking to keep himself in line for a shot at the winner of Usyk and Dubois in Wroclaw.

The Croatian moved to 16-0 with his thudding TKO of the brave McKean and instantly turned his attention to his shot at the IBF world title.

The 31-year-old says he will attend Usyk vs Dubois on August 26 and hopes the winner "follows the rules" and fights him next.

"I hope it happens, I should fight Usyk next, I deserve that.” Hrogvic said in a recent Wasserman press release.

"I will go there to watch that fight from ringside. I see Usyk as the big favourite to win that fight because he is quicker and he is a really good fighter, but Dubois is a good puncher, a big guy with a straight right hand, so you never know.

"My message is: follow the rules and the winner should fight me next."

Hrgovic had to bide his time against a tough McKean but after landing a heavy right hook in the final round, the referee stepped in at 1:01 to call the contest off.

Hrgovic added: "I am satisfied and the fact that he held a lot, that made the fight a little bit ugly. The referee should have given him at least one point deduction. He was holding too much, but he's a good fighter, brave and was really well prepared. But I was controlling the fight and was winning most of the rounds.

"I thought I was going to knock him out in the first six rounds but he did very well. He's a decent fighter. I was surprised that he took some good shots and kept coming and throwing punches."