Daniel Dubois says he wants to fight for an undisputed title against the winner of the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 rematch after successfully defending his IBF heavyweight title against Joseph Parker on February 22.
Dubois (22-2, 21 KO) and Parker (35-3, 23 KO) will be teammates at Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 in 65 days in Riyadh. Parker, 32, has a shot at the title after recently beating Deontay Wilder and WBC interim champion Zhilei Zhang in back-to-back fights.
Dubois, 27, has strength, youth and momentum in his favor with recent knockout wins over Anthony Joshua and Jarrell Miller. He stopped Joshua in the fifth round on September 21 in a four-knockout performance at Wembley Stadium in London.
Next target: Undisputed
“I want that next and I know I deserve it because I beat AJ. I put him to sleep and now I'm the guy. They have to fight me,” said Daniel Dubois Secondsout about wanting to fight for the undisputed championship against the winner of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk on 2
“It will be a good fight. It will be a real war. He's going to come and try to take my head off and I'm going to do the same thing,” Dubois said of his February 22 title defense against Joseph Parker. “Let's see. I'm ready to go though.
“I'm not even studying it yet. Put him in the ring with me, and we'll see what happens,” Dubois said of how he rates Parker compared to his recent opponents in terms of talent. I didn't take my foot off the gas. We're going to go harder for this,” Dubois said.
February war
Parker, having transformed into a crafty mover, doesn't let go of bad intentions like he did before his 11th-round knockout loss to Joe Joyce on September 24, 2022. Since that loss, Parker has won his last five fights, but hasn't faced with no one like Dubois.
“I won't tell you. We'll make a game plan (for Parker). It's war. Let's go. It was great to do it in front of the British public. It was a special moment. The people we brought with us, the music. It was spot on. We have to keep that momentum going, and he's on the next one now. Keep proving them wrong,” Dubois said in his message to the doubters.
