Oleksandr Usyk offers brief response to Daniel Dubois illness and Parker vs Bakole fight

  • By NVerma
  • Published July 3, 2025
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Daniel Dubois takes on Filip Hrgovic in a crucial heavyweight fight tonight, with the IBF interim world title on the line. The score will be settled on who is the best super flyweight in the world when Juan Francisco Estrada puts his Ring Magazine 115-pound title on the line against Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez. Jason Moloney will look to become Australia’s next world champion when he faces Vincent Astrolabio for the vacant WBO bantamweight title. The Problem Child’ Jake Paul and UFC icon Nate Diaz will finally meet in a highly anticipated grudge match. Five months after Chinese southpaw Zhilei Zhang shook up the heavyweight division with a stunning knockout, he’ll look to do it again when he rematches Joy Joyce at Ovo Wembley in London.

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At a press conference on Thursday, New Zealand’s Parker said he would stay on Saturday’s card, regardless of who he would fight. Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk said on the night of the fight that he saw “several low blows” from Dubois. “Any decision made regarding this situation will be made under WBA rules and communicated in a timely and appropriate manner.” Usyk, who retained his WBA, WBO and IBF belts, was given nearly four minutes to compose himself after being hit on the band of his shorts. The British challenger suffered a ninth-round knockout in the fight in Wroclaw, Poland, on August 26th but said he was “cheated out of victory” by a low blow controversy when Usyk went down in the fifth.

  • Former unified world champion George Kambosos and Ukrainian boxing legend Vasiliy Lomachenko will clash for the vacant IBF lightweight world title at RAC Arena in Perth.
  • Two of boxing’s pound-for-pound best will battle for lightweight supremacy as Devin Haney defends his undisputed crown against Ukraine’s three-division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko.
  • Matchroom’s captain Deontay Wilder takes on Zhilei Zhang in the second heavyweight bout of the night, while Hamzah Sheeraz, leading Team Queensberry, fights Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams.
  • Joy Joyce will defend his WBO Interim World Heavyweight title for the first time against the Chinese giant Zhilei Zhang at Copper Box Arena.
  • The Joshua vs Dubois fight will be shown live on DAZN via PPV in over 200 countries worldwide.
  • Tyson Fury takes on Derek Chisora in an all-British WBC World Heavyweight Championship clash of the titans.

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That is, of course, also true for Dubois, who will have taken confidence from his showing against Usyk, and that bout on the biggest stage should stand him in good stead in the years to come. Hrgovic has shown plenty of heart and an impressive chin, getting up off the canvas and taking plenty of punishment against Zhang before winning on the cards, and he will surely not fade in the way Miller did against Dubois. Dubois vs Hrgovic features on the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 event, which takes place tonight, Saturday June 1, 2024, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Regardless of when or if that happens, whoever comes out on top on Saturday night is expected to face Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium later this year. Oleksandr Usyk seemingly does not care what happens between Joseph Parker and Martin Bakole this weekend, as he eyes a rematch with Daniel Dubois.

Usyk stopped Dubois in 2023 after the Briton dropped the unbeaten southpaw with a low blow, which many believed was a legal body shot. It is rumoured Liam will perform three Oasis hits solo before Joshua vs Dubois gets underway. The fight will mark Dubois’ first appearance at Wembley, while Joshua returns to the iconic venue for the first time since his knockout win over Alexander Povetkin in 2018. Dominant bantamweight Naoya Inoue will look to unify the undisputed bantamweight championship when he faces WBO champion Paul Butler. Plus, Australian Bruno Tarimo will challenge Yoshiki Takei for the OPBF junior featherweight title. Former two time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua will look to re-assert himself as a top heavyweight contender when he returns to the ring against American Jermaine Franklin.

Tyson Fury takes on Derek Chisora in an all-British WBC World Heavyweight Championship clash of the titans. The card will also feature a WBA World Heavyweight Championship fight as Daniel Dubois squares up against Kevin Lerena. In a battle of lightweight contenders, George Kambosos Jr. will seek to prove his elite-level status, while Maxi Hughes once again looks to overcome the odds when they clash at FireLake Arena in Oklahoma.

Set to square off in an all-British title fight, Joshua will go up against current IBF heavyweight title holder Daniel Dubois in what is expected to be a record crowd of 96,000 at the home of English football. Former WBC heavyweight world champion and boxing superstar Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder makes his long-awaited return to the ring to battle top-rated Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius. Paul Gallen will look to put the nail in the coffin in his feud with former Origin opponent Justin Hodges in what shapes up to be an explosive end to Gal’s boxing career. Tim Tszyu (21-0-0) will risk his impeccable record against dangerous former world champion Tony Harrison (29-3-1). Unified world champion Artur Beterbiev is set to defend his IBF, WBC and WBO titles against Callum Smith. Also, Jason Moloney will defend his WBO championship while fellow Aussie Rohan Murdock takes on the undefeated Christian Mbilli.

The card also sees an exciting WBC lightweight bout between Shakur Stevenson and William Zepeda. IBF mandatory challenger Hrgovic has been made to wait for his world-title shot, but a win over Dubois could ultimately prove enough for him to become champion. The bout forms part of the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 card, with promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren each selecting five fighters to do battle and attempt to secure bragging rights in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A point will go to the winner of each fight, with two points if that victory comes by knockout. The winner of Dubois vs Parker was expected to fight unified champion Usyk next, with Dubois making clear his desire to exact revenge on the Ukrainian.

After a narrow loss in his professional debut to Tyson Fury, Francis Ngannou will now look to take on former undisputed heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Undefeated three-division world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis will oleksandr usyk vs daniel dubois 2 betting odds defend his WBA Lightweight World Title against unbeaten top contender Frank “The Ghost” Martin. Matchroom’s captain Deontay Wilder takes on Zhilei Zhang in the second heavyweight bout of the night, while Hamzah Sheeraz, leading Team Queensberry, fights Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams.

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