Oleksandr Usyk closing a major betting favorite to beat Daniel Dubois in july title rematch
Ukrainian heavyweight star, Oleksandr Usyk already holds a prior title fight win over British star, Daniel Dubois during his decorated divisional run. And come next month, the former undisputed champion is closing as a rather sizeable favorite to repeat history and finish the Londoner on hostile soil.
Usyk, who looks to repeat his prior undisputed championship success next month at Wembley Stadium, will rekindle his rivalry with IBF heavyweight champion, Dubois — following their first title pairing back in Poland in 2023.
On that occasion, Usyk would rally from some adversity in the form of a controversial low-blow — which may have argued the legality of, to finish the Greenwich native with a ninth round knockout win in Wroclaw.
Oleksandr Usyk major betting favorite to beat Daniel Dubois
And ahead of his return in the capital next month, fans of gambling and betting can find all the best odds and games over at sweepstakes casinos list — as Oleksandr Usyk closes as a staggering -450 betting favorite to beat IBF gold holder, Daniel Dubois — currently drawing underdog odds of +320.
In the time since their battle in European two years ago, Oleksandr Usyk has gone on to set heavyweight boxing history. Becoming the undisputed champion in May of last year, the Ukraine pugilist became the first fighter to beat former WBC heavyweight champion, Tyson Fury — landing a decision win over the Manchester native in their Middle East blockbuster.
Rematching later that same year in December, Usyk moved to 2-0 against Fury, once more taking home a decision win in the desert.
As for Dubois, the 27-year-old has only improved since his stoppage loss to Usyk. In three fights since then, Dubois has recorded consecutive victories over Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic via knockout. And most notably, took out former two-time world heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua.
Matching with the common-foe in Wembley as recent as September, Dubois would fell the Watford heavy hitter with a hellacious fifth round KO win to retain his IBF crown, having dropped Joshua on multiple occasions in the earlier rounds.
Fighting an uphill battle to convince punters to stack cash on him against Usyk, Dubois has even been issued a word of warning by former fighter-turned-analyst, Johnny Nelson. As far as the former WBO cruiserweight gold holder is concerned, Usyk is primed to land another knockout win over the Greenwich native on home soil later this summer.
“I do believe Oleksandr Usyk could possibly stop Daniel, and it won’t be with one shot,” Nelson told RingMagazine. “It’ll be an accumulation of simple pressure on Daniel. Daniel is the stronger of the two, but Usyk has been in with a lot of people who were stronger, but he’s been able to negate what advantages they had.
“Knowledge is power,” Nelson continued. “Oleksandr Usyk knows what Dubois is about. Usyk has shown that he can think and change the direction of a fight. He proved that in the [previous] fight
Coming under fire for crashing the celebration party of Usyk following his December win over Fury, next month, Dubois will have one more chance to put all the talk behind him — and score what would come as one of the biggest upset wins in the recent heavyweight history in the squared circle.
