Unified WBC, WBO, and WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois will fight for all the belts in a historic event on Saturday, July 19, at Wembley Stadium in London, England(DAZN).
There will be a new undisputed heavyweight champion of the world come July 19.
The Riyadh Season card will be a rematch of their 2023 fight, in which Usyk defeated Dubois by ninth-round TKO. In that fight, Dubois landed right on the belt line, which was deemed a low blow, but some believe that the body shot was legal, and if it was deemed legal, Dubois may have gotten the win.
Since his loss to Usyk, the 27-year-old has put together a treble of resounding victories by overcoming the previously undefeated Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic, followed by a Wembley destruction of former unified champion Anthony Joshua.
His IBF Interim title success over Hrgovic was later upgraded to full champion status, with his encounter with Joshua being his first defense of the title. A scheduled second defense against former WBO world champion Joseph Parker in February was called off due to illness.
“This is the fight I wanted and demanded and now I get my chance for revenge against Oleksandr Usyk,” said Dubois. “I should have won the first fight and was denied by the judgment of the referee, so I will make no mistake this time around in front of my people at the national stadium in my home city. I am a superior and more dangerous fighter now, and Usyk will find this out for himself on July 19. I would like to thank my promoter Frank for making this happen for me and I intend to repay him by becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.”
The 38-year-old Usyk will attempt to become the undisputed champion for the third time. The Ukrainian first won this title in cruiserweight in 2018. Later, in May 2024, Usyk subsequently entered his original undisputed match with WBC champion Tyson Fury and was declared victor via a split decision, before repeating his success with unified honors at stake in December.
“I’m grateful to God for the opportunity to once again fight for the undisputed championship,” said Usyk. “Thank you, Daniel, for taking care of my IBF belt — now I want it back.”
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