{"id":2949,"date":"2025-07-18T11:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2949\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:11:19","slug":"daniel-dubois-believes-he-is-hitting-his-peak-in-time-for-oleksandr-usyk-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2949\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois believes he is hitting his peak in time for Oleksandr Usyk rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, July 19, the English national football stadium will play host to boxing history, live on DAZN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and IBF titlist Daniel Dubois will lock horns in front of 90,000 fans in Wembley Stadium, London in a fight that will crown the first-ever undisputed heavyweight champion on UK soil.<\/p>\n

All the marbles are on the line, so there’s no room for error.<\/p>\n

At the final press conference, the main event fighters and promoter Frank Warren had their final say:<\/p>\n

Frank Warren: \u201cThis is Daniel\u2019s chance to become a British icon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited because it is such a phenomenal, historic fight. Four belts on the line for the first time in the UK and Daniel\u2019s chance for greatness. To become a British icon by winning these belts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s fought the best, has experience, and a great team. He\u2019s already shared the ring with Usyk and knows he can hurt him. I think this Saturday will be his moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow\u2019s it going? We are nigh on sold out. The atmosphere on Saturday night is going to be amazing. Amazing, everybody is going to love what they see and it is going to be an unbelievable, competitive, great fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Daniel is coming into his prime. He\u2019s had great grounding, if you look at his resume, at his age, he has probably fought the best out of any heavyweight. He has got the experience, he\u2019s got a great team behind him. They have shared a ring, they know each other\u2019s strengths and weaknesses. He knows he can hurt Oleksandr, he\u2019s done that before and I feel, genuinely, this is going to be his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is on a roll like you cannot believe, beaten world class fighters, undefeated fighters, two-time world champions and done it in style. I think he is gonna do it, I really do believe he will on Saturday night. He will beat one of the great, great champions in heavyweight boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniel Dubois:\u00a0\u201cI have prepared right and I am just on a different level now, ready to go for whatever I need to on Saturday and get all them belts. I am chasing glory and I am chasing greatness. All of it [when asked what means more], the whole thing, this is history-making and I\u2019ve got to do a real demolition job. I am hungry and ready for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now I just want to get it on. I am going to write my own script now. They\u2019ve got a script and I\u2019m going to write my own. I am going to win these belts and I am going to be the man.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been getting a lot of confidence just from my training and what I\u2019ve done in the gym, the shots I\u2019ve been landing on the people I\u2019ve been sparring. All of that is inside of me and it\u2019s built up. I am ready to let it out now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt don\u2019t mean sh-t to me that [Canelo placing bet on Usyk], he\u2019s gonna lose his money. I am just focused now. Let\u2019s get it on.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s facts [Usyk feeling his age]. I know what I\u2019ve gotta do. I am a young guy and I\u2019ve got to take over, be the man and execute him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to make this a great fight. I feel at the moment I am at the peak of my powers and it is going to be a great performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oleksandr Usyk:\u00a0\u201cHello London. I am happy to be here again. Why will it be my night? Because I believe in this, I hope and I prepare for this fight. Listen, every one of my fights is important to me and my team. Now it is very important for me and my country, the soldiers who protect my country. It is motivation for my people. It is very important for me! This is for my country. I\u2019m not old. I\u2019m ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, I respect this guy, this young guy. This guy is motivated, but I am too. I am not an old guy. 38 is not old. We will see on Saturday. It\u2019s God\u2019s will.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah I believe this [winning inside distance].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday, July 19, the English national football stadium will play host to boxing history, live on DAZN.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}