Daniel Dubois believes 24 rounds with
Tyson Fury has left Ring Magazine champion Oleksandr Usyk "worn" and has vowed to turn him old overnight on July 19.
The 27-year-old from London, who holds the IBF title, is deep in camp ahead of his rematch with Usyk for all the belts at Wembley Stadium next month.
And Dubois is out for revenge against WBA, WBA and WBO champion Usyk, who stopped him late on in the ninth round of their initial encounter at Stadion Wroclaw in 2023.
But much has happened since that night. Dubois bounced back to register the three best victories of his career —
a trio of high-profile stoppage wins against Jarrell Miller,
Filip Hrgovic and
Anthony Joshua.
Usyk, meanwhile, has boxed Fury twice, claiming a split-decision victory in their initial encounter in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in May 2024 to become undisputed heavyweight champion before registering an impressive UD in the rematch seven months later.
The Ukrainian great, however, is 38 and Dubois reckons those two nights against Fury might have taken the best out of him.
"I think he is a little bit worn," he said during an interview with Queensberry Promotions.
"Those two fights with Fury, the fights with me and everyone else have all taken a little bit out of him. I feel like he's ready to be taken off that pedestal. He's a proud man and everything but there comes a time, everyone gets their time.
"I know what I've got to do and that's make him old on the night. You can turn a guy old in one night in a fight, and that's what I've got to do. I'll do it properly this time, no fiddling about, no pitter patter, it's just bombs away.
"I think we are levelling up in the gym and everyone is pushing me harder than ever. I'm not overly stressed about anything at the moment. I've still got time to train, focus, spar and then do a demolition job. It will all come together on the night."
Given his last fight came at Wembley, when he knocked out Joshua in the fifth round, Dubois will become the first boxer in history to fight in two consecutive main events at National Stadium.
Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs), No. 2 behind Usyk and Fury in
The Ring rankings, can see the top of the Wembley arch from his training base in north London and now believes it's his destiny to become Britain's first "four-belt" undisputed champion at the same spot.
He added: "Things are meant to be, they're meant to happen. I want to do it again at Wembley like we did last time and do it even better.
"For the Joshua fight, once we started the ring walk and it all became real there were no nerves. I'm not going to be denied, I refuse to lose, I'm here.
"I'm sure now, more sure than I was then and that's a big difference, it makes a massive difference. Call it belief or whatever, I just think I've got it now.
"You guys want to see a show, I'm going to give you one."