How Daniel Dubois’ destiny to KO Anthony Joshua and rematch Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley was sealed after moving gyms

DANIEL DUBOIS’ knockout of Anthony Joshua and rematch against Oleksandr Usyk is a case of destiny calling.

Dubois was beaten in Poland after nine rounds by Usyk in August 2023 – which was his first fight under trainer Don Charles.

YouTube/Sun Sport NewsDaniel Dubois with trainer Don Charles[/caption]

YouTube/Sun Sport NewsThe Wembley arch is overlooked by Dubois’ gym[/caption]

GettyNow he rematches Oleksandr Usyk at Wembley[/caption]

GettyDubois also knocked out Anthony Joshua at Wembley[/caption]

But together, they bounced back with big wins over previously unbeaten pair Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic in Saudi Arabia.

And after being elevated to IBF champion when Usyk vacated the belt, Dubois’ crowning night came in September when he KO’d Joshua at Wembley.

The British heavyweight star now returns to England’s 90,000-seat national football stadium to rematch Usyk on Saturday night for the undisputed titles.

And – like he has for the past two years and four fights – he has prepared for the bout at head coach Charles’ Pug gym in Borehamwood.

Wembley is just ten miles away and the stadium’s arch overlooks Dubois’ gym from a distance – with destiny staring him right in the face.

Charles told SunSport after welcoming us into his gym: “The first day he arrived, he had no idea.

“I told him I had a surprise, a new place that I wanted to show him and his father.

“The minute they drove in I stood there and said, ‘What can you see on the far side?’

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“They looked, they looked, they didn’t know what they were looking for. I said, ‘That’s your destiny. The Wembley arch, that’s your destiny calling. That’s your destiny beckoning.’”

Dubois linked up with Charles after leaving Shane McGuigan but had just 14 weeks with his new coach before fighting Usyk.

A low-blow in round five – which Dubois argued was legal – shrouded the bout in controversy.

Usyk, 38, later went on to become undisputed champion by beating Tyson Fury, 36, before dropping the IBF belt to take the rematch which he also won.

Dubois, 27, meanwhile cemented himself as a true champion by flattening Joshua, 35, with a right hand in round five of their Wembley war.

And Charles says the boxer he took to Wroclaw is unrecognisable from the man that stands in front of him today.

He said: “We tried to cram everything to fight a genius of a fighter in the name of Usyk who since then has become undisputed.

TNT SportThis is the controversial low-blow from 2023[/caption]

Usyk went on to stop Dubois in round nineRICHARD PELHAM

“So we had 14 weeks to cram everything because when you fight a southpaw there are rules that you must obey when you’re in front of a southpaw.

“Imagine trying to cram that into a new fighter, the working relationship, the trust wouldn’t be there irrespective of whether it’s Daniel Dubois or whoever else.

“The trust and the working relationship between a fighter and a trainer takes time to develop. Now it’s been 24 months, there’s a lot of development in all different areas.

“Daniel’s two years older, two years wiser, all the ethos of the boxing that we teach here in this Pug gym, he understands the ethos we teach.

“And, the trust has developed, why? For many reasons – the numbers of fights that he has been with us, they’re all wins with the exception of the Usyk fight.

“And the way he’s beat two unbeaten fighters, and one was a double world champion. The way he disposed of them, remarkable.”

YouTube/Sun Sport NewsDubois is in great shape ahead of the Usyk rematch[/caption]

YouTube/Sun Sport NewsDubois sinks a body shot into Charles’ ribs[/caption]

YouTube/Sun Sport NewsThe pair have been training for two years now[/caption]

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