DANIEL DUBOIS roared in Oleksandr Usyk’s face in their first fight week face-off ahead of their rematch.
The pair, 27 and 38 respectively, will renew their rivalry at Wembley on Saturday night for all the heavyweight marbles.
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GETTYIBF titleholder Dubois roared in Usyk’s face during the tense staredown[/caption]
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Dubois and Usyk took part in a ceremonial face off outside the home of English football on Tuesday in front the media.
The duo stared intently into one another’s eyes as Usyk’s team chanted his name.
The IBF titleholder, who knocked out Anthony Joshua at Wembley last September, lapped up the chants by cupping his left hand to his ear.
And seconds later, he started roaring, “and new” in the face of the stoic and slick southpaw Usyk.
Former undisputed king Usyk was unnerved by Dubois’ war cry and brief front double bicep pose.
Dubois will be on a revenge mission when the opening bell sounds and he trades leather under the famous Wembley arch.
The Greenwich gladiator suffered a ninth-round TKO defeat to the pound-for-pound king in their Polish punch-up in August 2023.
Dubois thought he’d done the seemingly impossible and stopped the Ukrainian in the fifth round with a body shot.
Usyk vs Dubois 2 – All the info
OLEKSANDR USYK and Daniel Dubois meet again in a blockbuster heavyweight unification fight at Wembley Stadium THIS SATURDAY!
Usyk won the first fight in August 2023 via a ninth round KO – but only after Dubois knocked him to the canvas with a body blow that was ruled a low blow.
Dubois, 27, has improved massively since that first meeting, reeling off stunning wins over Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua.
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But referee Luis Pabon deemed the shot to be a low blow and gave Usyk the alloted five minutes recovery time.
Dubois and promoter Frank Warren appealed to the WBA to overturn the result of the fight to a no-contest due to Pabon’s questionable low-blow call.
But their attempts to have the result of Usyk’s second defence of the unified heavyweight titles were KO’d by the Panama-based sanctioning body.
Dubois is hellbent on getting his revenge, saying: “This is the fight I wanted and demanded and now I get my chance for revenge.
“I should have won the first fight and was denied by the judgement 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.”
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