{"id":818871,"date":"2026-10-30T17:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818871\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:12:09","slug":"heavyweight-champion-vows-to-destroy-daniel-dubois-when-they-fight-in-unification-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818871\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweight champion vows to &#8216;destroy&#8217; Daniel Dubois when they fight in unification bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/daniel-dubois\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Dubois<\/a> announced himself as the top dog in the heavyweight division when he made a successful first defence of his WBO title, but there is one fellow world champion that vows to \u2018destroy\u2019 the Brit if they fight.<\/p>\n<p>Having dethroned Fabio Wardley five months prior, Dubois and Wardley rematched earlier this month, with both men prepared for a gruelling battle after their Fight of the Year contender back in May.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, the match-up was one-sided and lasted only a matter of minutes, as Dubois authoritatively removed Wardley from the heavyweight top table by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c6gelq3zdy8wo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dispatching of the Ipswich-based challenger inside two rounds<\/a> to defend the WBO crown.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Dubois is seeking world title unifications, eyeing up a shot at WBC champion Agit Kabayel, as well as a rematch with IBF titleholder Filip Hrgovic, whom he halted when they collided back in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WIE_MWgmpmE?si=fNm6HR2My2uqm4Rl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Boxing Fans<\/a>, Hrgovic reciprocated his interest in a second showdown, stating that it would feel like \u2018fighting in slow-motion\u2019 after he overcame Moses Itauma last time out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that after the Moses fight, with Daniel it will be like slow-motion. Man, Moses is like 10 times quicker than Dubois, he is a little slow but he is strong and he has got a good jab and it\u2019s a tough fight, it\u2019s a good fight but I believe I will beat him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will stop him, definitely. I almost stopped him in the first fight and in the first fight; I was sick, I was injured and I was cut since round one because he was head-butting me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that I will destroy him in the next fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before Dubois-Hrgovic II can take place, it appears as though \u2018El Animal\u2019 will be made to defend the IBF marble against Frank Sanchez, with <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/hrgovic-close-to-agreeing-first-defence\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that mandated clash anticipated to take place in Croatia in either February or March 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois announced himself as the top dog in the heavyweight division when he made a successful first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-818871","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\/818871","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=818871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}