{"id":811544,"date":"2026-10-23T16:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811544\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T16:52:10","slug":"daniel-dubois-targeting-ground-breaking-fight-against-former-champion-that-would-be-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/811544\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois targeting ‘ground-breaking’ fight against former champion: “That would be next level\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fresh from his brutal first defence of the WBO heavyweight title, Daniel Dubois<\/a> has revealed that he is targeting a showdown with a former world champion, keen for what he believes would be a \u2018ground-breaking\u2019 fight.<\/p>\n

Dubois got his hands on the WBO crown five months ago when he overcame Fabio Wardley in a Fight of the Year candidate in Manchester, but Wardley was quick to activate his rematch clause and secure a second meeting.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Dubois needed only two rounds to dispatch of the Ipswich knockout artist this time around<\/a> to announce himself as the man to beat in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n

Following the win, Dubois told Sky Sports<\/a> of his desire to take on Tyson Fury<\/a>, in what would be a heavyweight title unification if \u2018The Gypsy King\u2019 can beat Anthony Joshua<\/a> and gets his hands on the WBA (Super) title in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat [fight with Fury] would be ground-breaking. That will be the next level for me. I\u2019ve fought everyone then, really, from this era. I [will] have fought them all. So yeah, Fury is the last one.<\/p>\n

\u201cFury is a fighting man, I am sure that he would want it. We will see how he does with \u2018AJ\u2019 [Anthony Joshua] and then let\u2019s see.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure that Frank [Warren] would love to make that fight. This is what boxing is. This is the highest level, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fury is unlikely to come next for \u2018Triple D\u2019, with Dubois being linked to a return to action as soon as February, where Joseph Parker and WBC champion Agit Kabayel are deemed to be the frontrunners for the opposing corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh from his brutal first defence of the WBO heavyweight title, Daniel Dubois has revealed that he is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-811544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811544","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=811544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}