Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois Predictions

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Predictions & Tips for Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois

By decision, Oleksandr Usyk is expected to be retained. Daniel Dubois is likely to be outclassed by the Ukrainian, but he hasn't yet knocked out a heavyweight.

• The perfect record of Oleksandr Usyk is 20-0
• In Usyk's last seven fights, he has gone the distance five times
• Since moving to heavyweight, Usyk hasn't won a knockout

Form of Oleksandr Usyk

IBF, WBA, and WBO world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has a record of 20-0 (13 KOs).

Between September 2013 and November 2018, Usyk dominated the cruiserweight division.

In September 2016, he defeated Krzysztof Glowacki by unanimous decision to win his first world title.

During the World Boxing Super Series tournament, the 36-year-old Ukrainian beat Marco Huck to win the WBO title.

In July 2018, Usyk won that tournament by unanimous decision to unify the titles of the WBC, WBO, WBA (Super), IBF, and Ring Magazine.

Following his successful defence of the undisputed title, he moved up to heavyweight, stopping Tony Bellew in the eighth round.

In Usyk's heavyweight debut, Chazz Witherspoon retired after the seventh round.

In September 2021, he will fight Anthony Joshua for the world title after beating Derek Chisora by unanimous decision.

Last summer, the Ukrainian won the rematch by split decision as well.

Form of Daniel Dubois

With a professional record of 19-1 (18 KOs), Daniel Dubois is the WBA (Regular) champion.

In July 2019, Dubois won the British heavyweight title by stopping Nathan Gorman in the fifth round.

In his next fight, he won the Commonwealth title by stopping Ebenezer Tetteh in 130 seconds.

Afterwards, the 25-year-old Londoner stopped Kyotaro Fujimoto and Ricardo Snijders in the second round, setting up a November 2020 fight with Joe Joyce.

In the 10th round, Dubois was knocked out, ending his bid to add the European title to his collection.

However, he has rebounded since then, winning four consecutive fights to earn this world title fight.

In the first round, the British heavyweight stopped Bogdan Dinu and Joe Cusumano.

In June of last year, Dubois defeated Trevor Bryan in the fourth round to win the WBA (Regular) title.

The first time Dubois defended the belt, he needed only three rounds to defeat Kevin Lerena.

Conclusion

This will be a clear demonstration that Oleksandr Usyk is the better fighter.

At heavyweight, he has yet to record a stoppage win, so we expect the judges to intervene.