{"id":7150,"date":"2024-06-26T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:46:07","slug":"joshua-to-fight-dubois-for-world-title-at-wembley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/joshua-to-fight-dubois-for-world-title-at-wembley\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua to fight Dubois for world title at Wembley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk\u00a0vacated the belt\u00a0on Tuesday and interim champion Dubois, 26, was elevated to champion status as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two-time world champion Joshua, 34, is on a four-fight winning streak and has three stoppages in his past three bouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubois has won his past two fights, stopping Jarrell Miller in December and Filip Hrgovic this month to become interim champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian Usyk initially requested that he not be stripped of the IBF belt so the undisputed title could remain on the line when he faces Britain’s Tyson Fury in a rematch on 21 December, but then changed his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Anthony and Daniel, I know the IBF title is important to you. It is my present to you on 21 September,” Usyk said in a video message on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubois lost in controversial fashion to Usyk in August in his first bid to win a world title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubois floored Usyk in the fifth round with what the referee deemed a low blow, before losing by stoppage in the ninth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubois has won 21 of his 23 fights, while Joshua has 28 victories and three losses. They have a combined 45 knockouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be be the first time since\u00a0Fury’s win over Dillian Whyte\u00a0in December 2022 that Wembley will host boxing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua will be making his fourth appearance there – and third as a headliner – while Dubois will fight in a main event at a 60,000-plus venue for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winner will put themselves in prime position to fight the winner of Usyk-Fury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Analysis – big-time boxing returns to UK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BBC Sport journalist Kal Sajad<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Joe Bugner v Henry Cooper to Lennox Lewis v Frank Bruno, there is something a little bit special about an all-British heavyweight tussle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one is no different as it marks the return of big-time stadium showdowns to the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua will compete on home soil after his wins over Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. Dubois\u2019 previous two bouts were also in Riyadh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are few more experienced 26-year-old heavyweights than Dubois, and he has come a long way since a stoppage defeat in the 10th round at the hands of Joe Joyce in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubois battled unjust criticism afterwards as some labelled him a quitter, with doctors saying he could have lost his eyesight had the fight continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He might be a world champion for the first time, but his status as such will only be truly confirmed when he takes on Joshua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The losses to Joyce and Usyk are firmly a thing of the past – Dubois is invigorated after the win over Hrgovic, despite being the underdog, and will feel he has the power to topple Joshua and become Britain\u2019s poster boy of the division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Joshua is also enjoying a resurgence and, with three straight stoppage victories, the 2012 Olympic golden boy has gone some way to silencing his critics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk\u00a0vacated the belt\u00a0on Tuesday and interim champion Dubois, 26, was elevated to champion status as a result. Two-time world champion Joshua, 34, is on a four-fight winning streak and has three stoppages in his past three bouts. 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