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The Oleksandr Usyk-Daniel Dubois rematch for the Ring Magazine and undisputed heavyweight championship will now take place one week later on July 19 at Londonâs Wembley Stadium, sources tell The Ring.
The fight was originally planned for July 12, the same day as the Ring Magazine show featuring Edgar Berlanga-Hamzah Sheeraz and Shakur Stevenson-William Zepeda in New York.
Usyk, The Ringâs pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer, defeated Dubois via ninth-round KO when they met in August 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland.
There was controversy after Londonâs Dubois landed a low blow in Round 5 that he claimed was a legal body punch.
After the fight, both Usyk and Dubois went on to reach far greater heights. Ukraineâs Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) scored a pair of decision victories over Tyson Fury last year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to cement himself as the greatest heavyweight of his generation.
The first meeting in May was named Ring Magazineâs 2024 Fight of the Year. In Round 9, Usyk floored Fury with a barrage of 14 unanswered punches that forced the ropes to hold up the âGypsy King.â
That win earned Usyk the undisputed heavyweight championship but it was short lived as he soon relinquished the IBF title to head into the rematch with Fury.
The IBF, which ordered Usyk to defend against Dubois, elevated him from interim titleholder to recognized champion.
Londonâs Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) then went on to score the biggest win of his career, a fifth-round KO of former unified champion Anthony Joshua in September at Wembley.
After the 38-year-old Usyk retained his three titles in December, the 27-year-old Dubois entered to ring to call him out for a rematch.
First, Dubois was set to face Joseph Parker in February in Riyadh before he fell ill, which cancelled the fight.
Mike Coppinger is The Ringâs senior insider. He was formerly ESPNâs boxing insider.
Also, i don't even know how to type those symbols. Why TF ain't that **** fixed yet?
The fight was originally planned for July 12, the same day as the Ring Magazine show featuring Edgar Berlanga-Hamzah Sheeraz and Shakur Stevenson-William Zepeda in New York.
Usyk, The Ringâs pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer, defeated Dubois via ninth-round KO when they met in August 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland.
There was controversy after Londonâs Dubois landed a low blow in Round 5 that he claimed was a legal body punch.
After the fight, both Usyk and Dubois went on to reach far greater heights. Ukraineâs Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) scored a pair of decision victories over Tyson Fury last year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to cement himself as the greatest heavyweight of his generation.
The first meeting in May was named Ring Magazineâs 2024 Fight of the Year. In Round 9, Usyk floored Fury with a barrage of 14 unanswered punches that forced the ropes to hold up the âGypsy King.â
That win earned Usyk the undisputed heavyweight championship but it was short lived as he soon relinquished the IBF title to head into the rematch with Fury.
The IBF, which ordered Usyk to defend against Dubois, elevated him from interim titleholder to recognized champion.
Londonâs Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) then went on to score the biggest win of his career, a fifth-round KO of former unified champion Anthony Joshua in September at Wembley.
After the 38-year-old Usyk retained his three titles in December, the 27-year-old Dubois entered to ring to call him out for a rematch.
First, Dubois was set to face Joseph Parker in February in Riyadh before he fell ill, which cancelled the fight.
Mike Coppinger is The Ringâs senior insider. He was formerly ESPNâs boxing insider.
Also, i don't even know how to type those symbols. Why TF ain't that **** fixed yet?