News Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois 2 for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship official for July 19 at Wembley Stadium

[BoxerMaurits]

UPDATE:

To take place on July 19 now:




Official:

 

[WillyWarminski]

Lovely.
I get to watch Superman on 11th, then this on 12th. A good birthday weekend indeed!

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Hopefully Parker gets the winner.
The guy deserves it

 

[Monte Moku]

Usyk going to the backyard of Dubois and beating him would be beautiful. Looking forward to this bout

 

[george14]

I don't like that Dubois gets the next shot after not having to fight Parker along with getting beaten comprehensively the first time. This is Usyk's 3rd HW rematch against a UK fighter. I believe Parker deserves the Usyk fight over Dubois especially given Usyk is going to retire sometime soon - give him a different name.

 

[Dr Fong]

Hopefully Parker gets the winner.
The guy deserves it

Yeah, but who wants to see Usyk actually fight somebody new?

Let's him spend another 7 years fighting the same 3 guys over and over again.

 

[tank666]

Yeah, but who wants to see Usyk actually fight somebody new?

Let's him spend another 7 years fighting the same 3 guys over and over again.

It is getting a bit boring now although Usyk has earned the right to fight who he wants I guess.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

This fight may be getting finalized behind-the-scenes but it's a waste of time if the WBO doesn't permit it to take precedence over their mandatory. We still haven't heard what their decision will be. As for Parker not only will he get the winner but he'll get to fight for all the marbles next. That wouldn't be the case if he fought Usyk or Dubois right now.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

I don't like that Dubois gets the next shot after not having to fight Parker

Dubois doesn't owe Parker anything. He wasn't cleared to fight by the BBBofC in what would've been a voluntary defense.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

UPDATE:

To take place on July 19 now:

 

[george14]

Dubois doesn't owe Parker anything. He wasn't cleared to fight by the BBBofC in what would've been a voluntary defense.

And Parker won his fight. He should leapfrog Dubois especially given Dubois was already dominated by Usyk.

 

[treelo]

Parker has been the WBO interim now for over 12 months and even defended it because Dubois pulled out, he deserves the winner

 

[borntoloseNOT]

Yeah, but who wants to see Usyk actually fight somebody new?

Let's him spend another 7 years fighting the same 3 guys over and over again.

I feel this way about the LHW trilogy to happen currently, but Usyk rematching Dubois is still valid to me. I actually really like the fight, Dubois has confidence he didn’t have first time around. That’s one of the most important differences between the first fight and next for me. Dubois knows he belongs now and I expect it to be a major factor.

 

[treelo]

I feel this way about the LHW trilogy to happen currently, but Usyk rematching Dubois is still valid to me. I actually really like the fight, Dubois has confidence he didn’t have first time around. That’s one of the most important differences between the first fight and next for me. Dubois knows he belongs now and I expect it to be a major factor.

has that fight been confirmed, i dont think we need to see another one between those pair, the first fight was pretty close, many had Bivol winning but the second one wasnt close for me, i dont think we need a re-run of that with an older Biev getting beaten again

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[BoxerMaurits]

So which is it ?

 

[borntoloseNOT]

has that fight been confirmed, i dont think we need to see another one between those pair, the first fight was pretty close, many had Bivol winning but the second one wasnt close for me, i dont think we need a re-run of that with an older Biev getting beaten again

Last I read yes, it’s up next for both

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

And Parker won his fight. He should leapfrog Dubois especially given Dubois was already dominated by Usyk.

Good for Parker but Dubois holds a full world title. That makes Usyk vs Dubois II a unification for undisputed and unifications are intended to take priority over mandatory defenses. Read the WBO's regulations. It's in there.

 

[Dr Fong]

Good for Parker but Dubois holds a full world title. That makes Usyk vs Dubois II a unification for undisputed and unifications are intended to take priority over mandatory defenses. Read the WBO's regulations. It's in there.

Usyk has already been crowned undisputed champion and will remain the unquestioned, lineal HW champion in the eyes of everyone until such time as he is beaten or retires.

No alphabet title is going to change that - being a '2x' undisputed champion is meaningless. Nobody actually disputes it in the first place.

Caring about alphabets and the political shenanigans of the cunts who control them is for marks.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Usyk has already been crowned undisputed champion and will remain the unquestioned, lineal HW champion in the eyes of everyone until such time as he is beaten or retires.

No alphabet title is going to change that - being a '2x' undisputed champion is meaningless. Nobody actually disputes it in the first place.

Caring about alphabets and the political shenanigans of the cunts who control them is for marks.

Again, this is Usyk's goal to become 2x undisputed. I've already said that it's meaningless. Fan opinion is irrelevant. The sanctioning body rules are the rules and they note that unifications tend to take precedence over mandatories. It's always been this way.