

Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois Rematch Being Finalized For July 12 at Wembley

Mike Coppinger
Apr 15, 2025
1 min read
Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois are in the process of finalizing a deal for a Ring Magazine and undisputed heavyweight championship rematch July 12 at London’s Wembley Stadium, sources told The Ring.
Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois are in the process of finalizing a deal for a Ring Magazine and undisputed heavyweight championship rematch July 12 at London’s Wembley Stadium, sources told The Ring.
Usyk, The Ring’s pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer, defeated Dubois via ninth-round KO when they met in August 2023 in Wroclaw, Poland.
There was controversy after London’s Dubois landed a low blow in Round 5 that he claimed was a legal body punch.
After the fight, both Usyk and Dubois went on to reach far greater heights. Ukraine’s Usyk (23-0, 14 KOs) scored a pair of decision victories over Tyson Fury last year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to cement himself as the greatest heavyweight of his generation.
The first meeting in May was named Ring Magazine’s 2024 Fight of the Year. In Round 9, Usyk floored Fury with a barrage of 14 unanswered punches that forced the ropes to hold up the “Gypsy King.”
That win earned Usyk the undisputed heavyweight championship but it was short lived as he soon relinquished the IBF title to head into the rematch with Fury.
The IBF, which ordered Usyk to defend against Dubois, elevated him from interim titleholder to recognized champion.
London’s Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) then went on to score the biggest win of his career, a fifth-round KO of former unified champion Anthony Joshua in September at Wembley.
After the 38-year-old Usyk retained his three titles in December, the 27-year-old Dubois entered to ring to call him out for a rematch.
First, Dubois was set to face Joseph Parker in February in Riyadh before he fell ill, which cancelled the fight.
Now, Dubois has his chance at revenge.
Mike Coppinger is The Ring’s senior insider. He was formerly ESPN’s boxing insider. Follow him on X/Instagram: @MikeCoppinger
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