Dubois to unleash chaos on Usyk in Saturday’s heavyweight title clash
Daniel Dubois has said he will “bring chaos” against Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday, just as he did in his win over Anthony Joshua in September.
Usyk and Dubois met in an intense first face-off on the steps of Wembley Stadium on Tuesday to kick start the build up to their heavyweight title clash.
Tensions ramped up when the two went face-to-face for the first time surrounded by their teams as well as members of the media and public.
Chants of “USYK, USYK” went up from Ukrainian’s team while a member of Dubois’ entourage shouted “Welcome to England” and “We’re in London now, we’re not in Poland,” in reference to their first encounter in Wrocław in 2023, which Usyk won by knockout in Round 9.
Dubois bellowed “AND THE NEW” in his opponent’s face as he bids to become the latest undisputed heavyweight champion.
Dubois is confident he can do to Usyk what he did to Joshua at the same venue in September, when he dropped his opponent three times on the way to a vicious knockout victory in Round 5.
“Yeah, turn up the heat, bring the chaos and restore order with victory. And that’s what I’ve got to do,” Dubois told media on Tuesday.
“Whenever they Usyk’s team put a challenge down, I’m ready for it, wherever it’s about to go down, I’m ready for it.”
Dubois said he wants to emulate some of his favourite fighters and believes a win on Saturday will put him alongside some of the sport’s greats.
“Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson and Rocky Marciano and all of those greats that have come and gone. This fight puts me right up there with all of them to be remembered for all time in history,” he said.
Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) beat Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) in August 2023 but will face a better, more experienced version of the Brit on Saturday with all the belts on the line.
There is plenty of intrigue around what will be the first undisputed heavyweight clash to be contested on British soil with upwards of 90,000 fans expected to attend and it’s a clash promoter Frank Warren said was easy to make. —ESPN
