Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois rematch could take place at Wembley Stadium for undisputed heavyweight title
Daniel Dubois had to withdraw from his IBF title defence against Joseph Parker last month but is in talks to go straight into an undisputed heavyweight world championship fight with Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBC, WBO and WBA belts; Wembley Stadium is an option to host their rematch
Wednesday 12 March 2025 18:41, UK
Oleksandr Usyk could take on Daniel Dubois in an undisputed heavyweight world title fight next - and Wembley Stadium is an option for the blockbuster rematch.
Ukraine's unified world titlist Usyk defeated Tyson Fury in May of last year to become boxing's first undisputed heavyweight world champion in 25 years, the first since Lennox Lewis and the first of the four-belt era.
But his commitment to a rematch with Fury meant he could not make a mandatory defence of the IBF title against Britain's Dubois.
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That saw him vacate the belt and Dubois was upgraded from IBF Interim titlist to full world champion.
Dubois defended that title when he knocked out former champion Anthony Joshua in front of a sold-out Wembley Stadium in September.
In December the IBF holder was ringside to see Usyk defend his unified WBC, WBO and WBA belts when he outscored Fury in their rematch.
After the result was announced, Dubois stormed into the ring to demand his own fight with Usyk.
Talks are ongoing for Usyk to meet Dubois in a second undisputed heavyweight world title fight and Wembley Stadium in London could host the event.
Alexander Krassyuk, Usyk's promoter, told Sky Sports: "We are now working on this fight [Usyk vs Dubois II], Wembley as one of the options."
Dubois challenged Usyk in 2023, losing inside nine rounds but only after sending Usyk to the canvas with a blow that the referee ruled low. Dubois and his team still consider that decision unfair and the British heavyweight wants his chance at revenge.
Dubois was due to make a defence of his IBF title against Joseph Parker in February, but an illness forced him to withdraw from that bout.
But that would have been a voluntary defence and there are no impediments to him going straight into an undisputed championship fight.
Calling for the Usyk rematch, Dubois previously told Sky Sports he wanted to "run it back".
"My next fight I'm working towards, I'm ready for it now," he insisted of Usyk.
"I've got to be even better than I was against AJ. That was just what it was at the time. A special moment but I need to be even better than I was.
"Still the kingslayer. I'm the man that beat the man. Bring them on."
World title action on Sky
Kenshiro Teraji and Seigo Yuri Akui meet in a world title unification on Thursday live on Sky Sports.
WBC flyweight world champion Teraji fights WBA ruler Seigo Yuri Akui at Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
This two-belt showdown tops a world title triple-header that also features WBO flyweight world champion Anthony Olascuaga making his second title defence against former two-weight world champion Hiroto Kyoguchi and Japanese standout Shokichi Iwata defending the WBO light-flyweight strap against Puerto Rico's Rene Santiago.
Watch Teraji vs Akui live on Sky Sports Action from 9am on Thursday.
