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Daniel Dubois Targeting Wembley Summer Showdown With Oleksandr Usyk, Parker And Chisora Back Up Options
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Daniel Dubois Targeting Wembley Summer Showdown With Oleksandr Usyk, Parker And Chisora Back-Up Options
World heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois is preparing for a blockbuster undisputed fight with Oleksandr Usyk this summer and has earmarked a July date at Wembley Stadium.

Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) hasn't been in action since his fifth-round knockout win over Anthony Joshua last September but was scheduled to return in February against Joseph Parker in a defence of his IBF title.

The Londoner had to be pulled from the bout on fight week after being struck down by a viral infection and has spent the last month recovering from an issue with his glands.

Now, in an interview with The Ring, Dubois has stated that he's ready for a summer return against WBC, WBA, WBO and Ring titleholder Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) to unify all the belts.

The Ukrainian's manager Alex Krassyuk has already confirmed that his team are working to make the Dubois rematch a reality, and 'Dynamite' is on the same page, with negotiations now firmly underway.

"Definitely July, a big fight in July against Usyk. That's what I want," Dubois told The Ring.

"There's talks, negotiations happening behind the scenes, the two teams are going back and forth.

"I'm just doing my job as a fighter and staying ready and getting prepared for when I get a call on whoever is next, I'm ready to unleash hell.

"The Usyk fight [at Wembley] would be like the AJ fight but way bigger, the biggest fight in the world. That's the fight that really excites me and there's revenge there as well.

"The Usyk fight for undisputed would create history, that would be a massive historic event. Just like the AJ fight, the build-up at Leicester Square, it would just be amazing to be a part of that sort of fight.

"I'll be the man to stop him, I just see it. I'll be the first man to beat him. Fight news is coming soon."

Dubois and Usyk have history as the pair clashed in August 2023, with the latter coming out on top after stopping the Brit in the ninth round.

The fight wasn't without its controversy as in the fifth round, Dubois landed a shot on Usyk's belt-line which referee Luis Pabon ruled to be low.

Usyk took close to four minutes to recover from the shot but got up to drop Dubois in the eighth before finishing the fight a round later.

Dubois hasn't ruled out the possibility of facing Parker or Derek Chisora next, however.

Chisora is ranked No. 2 with the IBF and on April 22, The Ring have confirmed, will be named Dubois' mandatory challenger.

The IBF will grant an exception for Dubois to fight Usyk in a unification bout but if he doesn't, Chisora, who is set to retire after his 50th and final fight, will be next.

Dubois said: "I'm not really interested [in the Chisora fight] like that, but sure, why not? You know, I'm more up for Parker, Usyk and AJ, those guys, the top names. But I guess take him on as a comeback fight or something.

"[The Parker fight] is unfinished business. I'd have to do that and get that out of the way to shut some people up. But if a bigger shot against Usyk comes first, then I'll do that."

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