Oleksandr Usyk has beaten Tyson Fury in his only two fights since he stopped Daniel Dubois in August 2023.

Defeating Fury by split decision in May 2024 established Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) as the first undisputed heavyweight champion of boxing’s four-belt era. Seven months later, the former undisputed cruiserweight champ outpointed Fury unanimously on the scorecards in their 12-round rematch.

The unbeaten Ukrainian southpaw’s pair of victories over England’s Fury (34-2-1, 24 KOs) cemented Usyk as the No. 1 fighter on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list. Those two wins also made him one of the most accomplished boxers of the 21st century.

From Daniel Dubois’ perspective, Usyk, though the most formidable foe he could face at this point, is also almost two years closer to 40 from when they first fought. Dubois is 27, in the heart of his physical prime and intends to expose Usyk as an aged fighter in their eagerly anticipated second bout July 19 at Wembley Stadium in London.

“He’s a 38-year-old man,” Dubois told The Ring. “And no matter how fit and young he might feel in training, I need to bring that wear and tear out of him, and that age, and show him what a youthful, 27-year-old heavyweight can really do. I’m looking forward to showing that.”

London’s Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) isn’t just big, strong and young. The IBF champion has demonstrated a lot of improvement and completely changed his legacy since Usyk stopped him in the ninth round of their fight 22 months ago at Wroclaw Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.

The 6-foot-5, 245-pound Dubois’ confidence is at an all-time high following his fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua, another former champion Usyk defeated twice on points. In Dubois’ three fights since his loss to Usyk, he has stopped previously undefeated American contender Jarrell Miller (26-1-2, 22 KOs) in the 10th round, beat Croatian contender Filip Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KOs) by technical knockout after the eighth round and viciously knocked out England’s Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs).

Dubois won the IBF belt Usyk gave up after his first fight with Fury by beating Hrgovic in June 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

“I feel really improved, really rejuvenated and ready to put on the display of my life that night,” Dubois said. “I’m a world champion now, but I just feel there’s more to bring out of me. I haven’t reached my full potential yet. So, I just need to go and rip them belts away from Usyk. There’s a lotta weight to carry with them belts.”

Dubois believes he already should’ve won Usyk’s belts because he is certain referee Luis Pabon incorrectly called his legal right hand to Usyk’s body a low blow early in the fifth round. Usyk took a long break to recover from what Pabon ruled a foul by Dubois, dropped Dubois late in the eighth round and sent him down again in the ninth round.

Pabon counted out Dubois following that second knockdown during the ninth round.

“Now that I’ve looked back on it,” Dubois said, “I’ve seen it before [from Usyk], how he’s milked those situations when he’s actually been hurt. But I’m looking to do a real demolition job on him. No comebacks, no regrets, just leave it all in the ring.”

DAZN will distribute Usyk-Dubois as the main event of a pay-per-view show in the United Kingdom (£24.99) and the United States ($59.99).