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Oleksandr Usyk v Daniel Dubois 2
Venue: Wembley stadium, London Date: Saturday, 19 July
Coverage: Listen connected BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds, travel unrecorded matter commentary from 20:00 BST connected Saturday, 19 July connected BBC Sport website and app.
Daniel Dubois is seeking revenge and to make history erstwhile he fights Oleksandr Usyk connected Saturday astatine Wembley stadium.
The Londoner intends to adhd Usyk's WBA (Super), WBO and WBC world titles to his postulation and go nan first British heavyweight to go undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999.
Dubois, 27, was stopped by nan unbeaten Usyk successful 2023 but has won 3 fights successful a statement since then, collecting nan IBF world title connected nan way.
With Usyk seemingly successful nan dying embers of his profession aged 38, tin nan Ukrainian beryllium a constituent against a re-energised Dubois? Or will nan Englishman denote himself arsenic nan champion heavyweight successful nan world?
BBC Sport asked nan world of boxing for their predictions.
Retired world champion Tony Bellew
"Usyk to triumph anyplace betwixt rounds 8 to 12, but I deliberation he whitethorn person to get disconnected nan level for nan first clip successful his career.
"Dubois is astatine an all-time precocious pinch confidence. It will return Usyk six aliases 7 rounds to hit that retired of him, but by information 8 aliases 9 he will beryllium done and past it's astir whether he tin proceed to sorb what Usyk is dishing retired aft that."
"Dubois has a existent changeable here. He has awesome assurance correct now and sooner aliases later Father Time whitethorn get Usyk. Patriotism speech I deliberation Usyk will drain him and extremity him betwixt rounds 9 and 12."
Retired two-weight world champion Carl Frampton
"We each cognize Daniel is simply a amended combatant than he was nan first clip he fought Usyk and group are talking astir his tally of shape - but nary 1 is talking astir Usyk's tally of form. His past 5 victories are 2 against Fury, Dubois and 2 against Joshua.
"The feline is unthinkable and I've fixed up backing against him. Usyk wins a broad points decision."
Dazn broadcaster Ade Oladipo
"Dubois is coming up against a brilliant and an all-time great. The equaliser could beryllium property - Usyk is now 38 and this is simply a young man's crippled but I americium going Usyk connected a wide points win."
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis
"Dubois has to get that jab going, push him against nan ropes and commencement combinations - don't discarded punches and enactment eager. Remember he is nan existent heavyweight and needs to property him.
"Usyk is nan number 1 guy, a awesome boxer and a awesome champion. When you travel you person to travel pinch that successful mind and beryllium first and beryllium past pinch your punches."
Heavyweight Johnny Fisher
"If Dubois lands thing akin to that assemblage changeable again and follows it up a small spot better, I deliberation he'll get nan triumph and a stoppage."
Super-middleweight Callum Simpson
"I'm going to person to spell for Usyk connected points. I want Dubois to triumph but Usyk is simply a generational talent, his accomplishment and IQ is conscionable truthful special."
'I'm unstoppable and successful nan premier of my life' - Dubois
Retired world champion & Dazn expert Darren Barker
"Usyk is simply a maestro and Dubois is afloat of confidence. I thin towards Usyk connected this one. Perhaps a precocious stoppage aliases connected points, but I'm not ruling retired Dubois - he's a man connected a mission."
Olympic champion Galal Yafai
"I person to spell Usyk, really tin you stake against him? Dubois is simply a awesome kid who has travel connected leaps and bounds. He's successful shape and a terrific fighter, but Usyk is conscionable a great."
Welterweight Harlem Eubank
"Dubois has each nan devices to triumph but Usyk is simply a tricky customer, which he has shown clip and clip again. Dubois is simply a feline who perchance has nan champion chance to hit him but you person to spell pinch Usyk."
Former world champion Joe Cordina
"Usyk will hit Dubois. The past conflict Dubois was very unlucky not to win. If Dubois tin get connected him early doors, but he'll beryllium very alert of that, Usyk, and I deliberation he'll measurement his crippled up this fight.
"He thumps Dubois now, and past he'll beryllium successful nan history books. He's successful nan history books anyhow but what I mean is he will spell down arsenic nan 1 of nan top heavyweights that has ever been."
BBC Radio 5 Live boxing expert Steve Bunce
"Usyk wins because he's conscionable that overmuch smarter. I don't norm retired Dubois hitting him connected nan chin but he'd person to do that many times and I don't consciousness signs of decay yet successful Usyk.
"Usyk isn't limited connected being beardown and accelerated - he's a smart combatant - I deliberation he could hide nan diminution for a fewer fights and get distant pinch it.
"He doesn't get deed connected nan chin often capable to beryllium successful problem and that won't hap successful this fight. I deliberation he wins aft 8 aliases 9 rounds."
Olympic medallist Taylor Bevan
"Dubois has shown large improvements successful his past fewer fights, But I'd opportunity Usyk's skills and acquisition will beryllium excessively overmuch for him, I deliberation Usyk wins that 1 connected points."
Super-featherweight Ryan Garner
"I person to spell pinch Usyk, he's people isn't he? Dubois has travel connected leaps and bounds, he's connected a rotation but you person to favour Usyk. But who knows pinch nan measurement Dubois has been going recently.
"I saw nan debased rustle and I person to opportunity it was borderline, I deliberation Usyk milked it a spot but it was adjacent and who knows what could person happened connected different day."
"I'm going against nan atom but I deliberation Dubois wins. He has looked unthinkable successful his past mates of fights, he's fearless, technically a very bully boxer and his powerfulness is exceptional.
"I emotion Usyk and his bequest but from nan infinitesimal this conflict was announced I thought it was going to beryllium Dubois."
Usyk has truthful overmuch 'respect for UK fans'
Boxing coach Dave Coldwell
"It each depends if Usyk has thing near and nan Fury fights haven't taken excessively overmuch retired of him. The mobility people for maine is Father Time. If clip hasn't caught up pinch him past he thumps Dubois again. If not, we could spot a changing of nan guard."
Dazn broadcaster Adam Smith
"Logic says it will beryllium repetition for nan pound-for-pound king Usyk who still looked astatine his ultimate champion successful nan return pinch Fury - and is superb successful rematches - but Dubois will ne'er person a amended chance and is successful nan shape of his life - mentally and physically astatine 27."
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