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Dubois will now get a shot against the winner of the Dec. 21 fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury. Catch up with all of Saturday's highlights, from main event to the undercard, below:
Daniel Dubois (born 6 September 1997) is a British professional boxer. He has held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight title since 2024. [ 3 ] Previously, he held the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title ( Regular version ) from 2022 to 2023.
Dubois retained his title by defeating Joshua by KO in the fifth round after a dominant performance. The result was considered a major upset, as Dubois was the pre-betting underdog going into fight. [6] Dubois immediately started aggressively,and knocked Joshua to the canvas at the end of the first round with a huge overhand right to Joshua's chin.
A fight date in August was being eyed. As per the purse splits, Usyk was to take home $6,042,750 (75% of the winning bid) and Dubois was to take a career-high $2,014,250 payday. [9] The fight took place on 26 August at the Stadion Wroclaw in Wrocław, Poland for Usyk's WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring titles.
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Dubois was knocked out by Usyk in a controversial fight in August 2023 but stormed the ring after the Ukrainian’s victory over Tyson Fury to demand a rematch
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The 32-year-old Parker, from New Zealand, has won his last four fights including wins over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. He previously held the WBO title before losing to Joshua in 2018.