#3-ranked IBF contender Frank Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs) and #5 Daniel Dubois (22-3, 21 KOs) had a purse bid scheduled for November 13th after they failed to reach a deal for an IBF heavyweight title eliminator.<\/p>\n
Desperate Move From Dubois<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear which of these two is the one that got in the way of a deal being reached. Either way, it\u2019s going to a purse bid this month on November 13th, and we\u2019ll see what\u2019s what.<\/p>\n
The Ring<\/a> reported the news of Dubois-Sanchez going the purse bid route. Dubois\u2019 promoters at Queensberry would have to be seen as having an excellent chance of winning the purse bid, given their deep pockets.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a desperate move for the recently knocked-out former IBF champion Dubois, 28, to take this fight with the Cuban Sanchez in hopes of getting a quick trilogy match with undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.<\/p>\n \u2018DDD\u2019 Dubois was knocked out in the fifth round by Oleksandr in their rematch on July 19th, 2025, at Wembley Stadium in London, England. It was the second time in the last two years that Usyk had KO\u2019d Dubois.<\/p>\n With the $71 million purse that Dubois received for the rematch with Usyk last summer on July 19th, it\u2019s understandable why he\u2019s willing to take the risky IBF eliminator against the speedy-handed Frank Sanchez. Realistically, there\u2019s no one else that Dubois can fight that will give him the kind of money that he can make in a third fight with Usyk.<\/p>\n Usyk Likely to Vacate Anyway<\/p>\n It could be a wasted effort on Dubois\u2019 part to take the fight against Sanchez, as Usyk, 38, would have no reason to fight him a third time. If the IBF were to order the fight, it\u2019s possible that Oleksandr would vacate the belt rather than defend against a guy he already knocked out twice. The boxing public would view a trilogy match between them as wretched.<\/p>\n Sanchez Brings Dangerous Speed<\/p>\n Dubois could live to regret choosing to fight Frank Sanchez, because with his hand speed, power, and combination punching, there\u2019s an excellent chance that he will knock him out. If the focus is entirely on landing that third fight with Usyk, Daniel has to take the risk. It\u2019s highly unlikely Dubois will ever get another fight against Usyk at this point. When you\u2019ve been knocked out twice by a fighter, there\u2019s no interest in a third fight.<\/p>\n That would be Dubois\u2019 second consecutive KO loss, and it would be a signal that his career as a major player in the division is at an end. He would still be quite wealthy from the dough that he\u2019s made in his two fights against Usyk, and his clash against Anthony Joshua on September 21, 2024.<\/p>\n Frank Sanchez was stopped in the seventh round a year ago by Agit Kabayel on May 18, 2024. Sanchez fought with a preexisting right knee injury and was wearing a brace during the fight. Kabayel took advantage of the situation by leaning on him during the clinches, and that quickly led to the KO.<\/p>\n Since 2014, Olly Campbell has brought readers clear ringside perspective and a steady voice on boxing\u2019s biggest nights.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb Daniel Dubois Takes Another Gamble as Frank Sanchez Fight Heads to IBF Purse Bid on November 13<\/p>\n Last Updated on 11\/05\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#3-ranked IBF contender Frank Sanchez (25-1, 18 KOs) and #5 Daniel Dubois (22-3, 21 KOs) had a purse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,16398,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-245680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-queensberry-promotionsnleigh-dawneynboxingnundisputednheavyweightnchampionshipntitlenusykndubois","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}